On PC, ensure you press or the A button on a controller to "activate" the text field before typing with your keyboard. Profile Reset:

Using a .reg script, the fix adds a missing GFWL-emulation entry to the Windows Registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Codemasters\FormulaOne2013\1.0\GFWL\ This tricks the game into thinking a valid offline profile exists.

If you prefer not to use external files, some users have success by bypassing the initial setup and editing the profile later.