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Originally Posted by Woolley
Couple it with zero tolerance of yellow flag infringements and a compulsory lecture to the driver as to why they need to obey the flags, maybe in time we could get back to not needing to neutralise the race. But I suspect that horse has long since bolted.
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Originally Posted by The Fat Clerk
You've got to take the drivers point of view into account as well though, imagine looking through a letter box (helmet) with cars all around you, flags that are often a long way away not always the easiest thing in the world to see (or think about)
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Both fair points and often in this situation, it is a matter of perception. For the driver, the requirement is to slow. Drivers have told me that they slowed from a race speed of 200 down to a yellow flag speed of 160 through the designated zone and from the driver's point of view that is a big slow down, the car is fully under control and there's plenty of time to deal with anything. From the point of view of the corner workers though, that 160 probably looks like either no slow down or way too much pace.
That's why code 60 may be a better answer, it takes away the different perceptions, has a quantifiable speed and both the drivers and corner workers know exactly what is expected and what is going to happen as cars go through the yellow flag zone.