F1 2015 OK, what am i doing wrong?

[Dick Hobbs]

I can use the game in every mode except the Short Race. I want to do some short races to get up to speed, but it won't work.

As soon as I leave the pit lane, the computer takes over to the first turn and then the car stops and does not respond to my gas pedal and just sits on the track until what seems like preview takes over and the practice or race ends with me being disqualified, game over. Is there a setting i am missing?