My understanding is that GPS is outlawed for safety reasons. I don't understand why other parameters couldn't also be used though - hence why this failure is so

My understanding is that GPS is outlawed for safety reasons. I don't understand why other parameters couldn't also be used though - hence why this failure is so baffling. Further Discussion can be found at /r/Formula1 [1] [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/6w6vp5/ https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/6w6vp5/