The race start at 2pm no matter what and software development teams from different F1 teams compete against the time and against each other to deliver features that give the best possible competitive advantage to their F1 team.
They often deliver mission critical software, where serious bugs can affect the result of the race, in extreme conditions the safety of the driver, and during the last races of the season bugs and defects can jeopardize championship victory.
Meanwhile software engineers are fully responsible of the outcome of their work, how the software will operate on the track and of the...