[Al Weyman]

Originally Posted by morninggents

I would still like to know if there has been any study on the safety aspects of standing starts and rolling starts.

Most of the 'safety' arguments against standing starts such as trying to make up places, using the grass, etc., apply equally to rolling or standing starts. I accept that a stalled car on the grid is a real hazzard to those behind but, similarly, a car that is, say, in the wrong gear or suddenly oils a plug is also a hazzard in a rolling start.

On the plus side to rolling starts I concede that it is kinder on old transmissions. On the debit side is that cheating by passing before the race start is harder to detect than a jumped standing start.

You wouldnt be in the wrong gear as you would know immediately what gear you were in by the speed you were travelling and the rev counter so that scenario would never happen.