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See my post above. It's a UK thing. When the Safety Car goes out, the yellow flags and SC boards are displayed first at the Start/Finish line, then around the circuit.
So until the drivers cross Start/Finish, yes, they are racing. At Brands the Safety Car is often released onto the Bottom Straight, simply to avoid the problem of cars thundering along the Pits straight and tripping over the slow moving Safety Car through Paddock.
The solution is to have instant (radio) communication between Race Control and all marshals posts. Then the yellow flags and SC boards could be displayed all around the circuit straightaway, as happens in F1, and the cars are brought down to a safe speed in good time.
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