Safety Car Periods - the Regs, theory and Practice

[johngee]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

The point is that the SC is only there to control the crocodile. All cars on the circuit should slow down to allow the crocodile to catch up, at least that's my understanding. None of us are allowed to return to racing speed until we cross the start/finish line after the SC has pulled off. It changes if cars are waved past the SC because then the hazard has been cleared and racing speeds can be attained for those who need to get to the rear of the crocodile. Although they still cannot overtake.

At the grave risk of sounding condiscending, if only more drivers had that much understanding and appreciation of the safety car concept, we would have a much better success rate in its' deployment.