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Leaving aside Whincup's actions (I'm not sure it's too harsh to say he should be DQ'd as a repeat offender) this would have to be the worst example of a safety car interfering with a race result. It's one thing for the cars pitting to be able to put in a lot more fuel, but to gain a lap at the same time makes a joke of it.
Raises a lot of questions too, such as why can't they keep the commentary team and thus the viewers informed what is going on? Would they have asked the team whether the car was dead or still running? Given there was no real danger, why put the safety car out when they did, knowing it would not pick up the race leader?
High time they shut the pit lane under yellow, at least for a lap or two, which would also stop the issue of racing back to the pits. Can't be that hard to sort out rules to cover fuel emergencies, and at the same time avoid the American system where every SC basically runs for long enough for everyone to do a pitstop under yellow, regardless of time needed for cleanup.
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