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Originally Posted by Mike Hedlund
SC is normally deployed when the race director wants the cars packed up so that there is a longer interval of clear track for safety workers (and vehicles) to do there thing around an incident. If it's close to the track surface and not far away, it's easier and safer for them to work when cars aren't going by... even at slow speeds.
-mike
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I remember reading somewhere that the reason there is an SC after FCY is that everyone can put some heat on their tires during the lap or two it takes to group everyone behind the Safety Car. They referred to several accidents on cold tires at Spa after restarts. Must be a couple of years ago or so.