This particular issue yes, but there's plenty of GTS server issues to go with it. My point is that there are too many unpredictable factors and no remedies in place to make this championship work fairly. I see a lot of potential for angry racers in the course of this season...
I had a issue earlier (about a hour ago) but it sorted itself out with a turn off/ turn on again trick. Numbers online seem to be a tad smaller than normal for this time on a weekend though.