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Originally Posted by steve_r
I cant see that weaving caused the issue at the last race. We were discussing this on the race thread. The drivers are pointing to the lateness of the safety car switching its lights out, which meant that the lead driver was always going to be inclined to wait until the last moment to start again - which caused the bunching and accident.
If the quotes in the press are true, the race organisers seem to be mightily offended at the mere the hint that they might have contributed to this accident in some way, and instead attribute the blame to 12 drivers.
My view is that if over half the drivers are supposedly at fault, then the race organisers have created something wrong.
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Were the lights late in going out, or was it where they should have been extinguished, but the circuit layout, and to a degree unfamiliarity of it by the teams and drivers leading them to think that?
The circuit layout was always likely to lead to a bunched restart, given the slipstreaming potential, but was it necessary for the continued weaving by the leader at that point, it surely wouldn't be a heat issue, rather gamesmanship in picking the moment that the he opted to "go".
It appeared that more than just the light panel on or after the line went green, that in fact panels nearer the final corner went green, resulting in drivers at the back rightly believing that they were no longer under Yellow flag/Safety car constraints, which in turn expecting those in front to be accelerating and not still bunching, did so to create an overall but not to overtake before the line as per regulations.
What the solution actually is I don't know, but to quickly come out with statements saying they won't be looking at the restart procedures is wrong.
Like any accident or incident, it should be reviewed and lessons learnt.