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Originally Posted by Alfisti
He did pull a massively well judged overtake in R3 though and looked very much on the ball the whole of R3. And the team stuck a lot of yellow tape on the pit wall for R2, Mr Magoo could have lined up perfectly with that. Maybe that's the answer...
One question: given there was a good while between pulling up on the grid and race start, why didn't the team get a radio message to JP to back up? Surely one of them must have been aware he was out of place?
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Same marker they used in R1 from what I could see on the TV. Difference was that he was on the right side of the grid so only had to line up directly with the marker rather than having to do it by angles. Think they need to set the marker up further back in future to counteract car positioning difference. Better to be two foot behind the line than one inch over it.
Not 100% sure but I don't think they are allowed to reverse on the grid. Certainly not when the green flag has been waved at the back and, with the TV coverage delays that JP mentioned, by the time the team saw the pictures it probably would have been too late. They would only have been able to see on the TV like the rest of us as they aren't allowed on the pit wall at the start.