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Originally posted by Wiggy
They should've brought out the safety car and done a lap then that would've been fairer...but now it's too late and they've made a complete balls up...and it's not the first mistake the officials have made this year either!
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It's very easy to run a race meeting from behind the fence! The Clerk of the Course has to make decisions based on the recommendations or requests of the observer at the post where the incident has occurred; the primary consideration is the safety of all concerned - drivers, marshals, spectators, etc.
In this instance, a car was in a dangerous position & could not be removed safely without pushing it into the path of oncoming cars, a dangerous act even with the safety car on the track. To have brought out the safety car would have meant that a lot of cars would have passed the incident under waved yellows; sadly, in F3, the waved yellow flag seems to have little effect on the speed of the cars.
Just remember, decisions as to how to handle an incident have to be made quickly; with hindsight, we can sometimes see that things could have been handled differently.