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9 Jun 2013, 15:11 (Ref:3259787) | #1 | ||
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De Silvestro Penalty at Texas
I haven't watched a lot of Indycar racing, and had a question about this weekend's race.
During the race, Simona De Silvestro was given a penalty for passing the pace car. As far as I could tell, she did nothing different than Andretti and about half the rest of the field getting waved by, who did not receive penalties So, my question is; what did she do to get the penalty? Were the commentators just wrong about what the penalty was for, or is there something I missed? |
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9 Jun 2013, 15:34 (Ref:3259795) | #2 | ||
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I wasn't sure either and am still a bit confused but I did find this quote:
"Steve Moore, team manager, was proud of the job both of his drivers did. "Simona drove a heck of a race," he said, "but unfortunately she had a blend-line infringement that cost her a stop and go penalty. We feel it was a very harsh penalty, but she came back and drove back through the field finishing 16th. What a great drive by Tony; starting 13th and finishing third. He had a strong car all day and had an excellent drive. Both drivers were outstanding." |
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10 Jun 2013, 08:34 (Ref:3260204) | #3 | ||
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And for those of us over here: what's a "blend line"?
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10 Jun 2013, 11:50 (Ref:3260315) | #4 | |
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Might that be the line which a driver is not supposed to cross when exiting the pits to keep slower cars away from break-testing oncoming traffic?
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Yannick is correct - line separating pit out from race track. I didn't see this incident at all though, and it was described on the IndyCar site as "passing the pace car", so I'm not at all sure what the actual infraction was.
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16 Jun 2013, 00:01 (Ref:3263208) | #6 | ||
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The blend line is the transversal line at the pitstop exit that determines which drivers recover the lap, I think.
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18 Jun 2013, 21:17 (Ref:3264569) | #7 | ||
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Ah, that would make more sense (i.e. is consistent with the "passing the pace car" statement). My apologies, I've heard "blend line" used in the other sense, but that may have been for ALMS and/or F1, not IndyCar.
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It seems so, according to this IndyCar Nation article:
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Typically in American motorsport, you are held in pit lane and there is no "blending" under safety car conditions. The blend line has always been the line separating the exit of pit lane from the track and you cannot cross this line without penalty. I've never known it to mean anything else.
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