F1 24 disconnects from online servers after a short time of playing

Have the same problem with BF2042, and F1 23 last year, and now F1 24. EA online platform is a joke, always has been with all other EA games. When you get into the game, everything works as expected, online games, leaderboards etc, but after about 5 mins of play, it will say there is an error connecting to online servers. Switch back to F1 23 and there is no problem at all as of today, so I won't accept "check your internet connection", "reboot router", "format your HD", "reinstall Windows", "clear cache", "update this and that", "turn off virus checker" Blah! Blah! Blah! No other game does this except EA games.

Also, why can't we just use a mouse to navigate through the F1 menus?? Just trying to change the car settings setting takes 1000 button pushes on my steering wheel over a single session. Designers need a crash course in UI/UX. Just loading and getting into the game menu takes ages. By comparison, it's 10 seconds flat to load Assetto Corsa Evo to the menu from cold.