When I first saw the video of the accident yesterday what struck me was the lack of yellow flags and the position of the flag marshal, crews hangers on etc. I'm no expert on racing in the USA but look at any video of racing in Europe where somebody stalls on the grid and there's instantly 2 or 3 vigorously waved yellows to try and give at least some warning for those further down the grid. In this case there seemed to be one flag marshal who wasn't particularly quick to react and was in a position where had, quite rightly, to look after his own safety. The poor guys at the back had no chance.
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