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Originally Posted by gtcapri
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The way I saw it was at the deployment of the safety car Scott Mac (the then leader) was coming in, which meant while he was being serviced Whincup etc wouldve passed the pits while McLaughlin was in there, meaning Whincup (who had already pitted) was back in the lead on corrected order. The safety car knew who to pick up and tried. Once 888/Dane complained to Burgess and race control after Whincup took matters into his own hands is where the confusion started. In hindsight they shouldnt have waved the rest past as the order was correct with the exception of Whincup who was busy doing his own thing. A drive through and hold Whincup at pit exit until the field has passed wouldve put Jamie back on the correct lap, albiet at the rear of the field.
Give him a large fine or grid penalty for ignoring the safety car procedures next round. It's not as though he hasn't got enough laps to regain the deficit.
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This is exactly correct. I don't defend race control often, but the deployment of the saftey car was correct. Whincup caused all the issues by passing the safety car when he was the leader of the race. In hindsight he should have been given an immediate penalty an Lee becoming the new leader. But whether the saftey car driver didn't notify race control that the leader had passed him and they then tried to pick up the leader who was Whincup, this screwed all the guys who had pitted early.
So what it all boils down to is if Whincup had of followed the rules/procudures instead of thinking he knows better than everyone else there would be no issue.