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Originally Posted by v8man
The other thing with the safety car restart is that we did not have any problems with the safety car restarts in the F2 and F3 races on the main start and the lead driver did not take off until he got to the start line the same as Bottas, also the commentators were saying that due to the length if the straight that the drivers will not go until the last minute so the drivers at the back in F1 should of known that Bottas would not be going early
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Is this not the very idea of what inspired the likes of Russell to hang back.... knowing that they could make their break a little before Bottas and have speed onboard already to more than bridge the gap they created by dropping back.
Those that did that ie Russell created the whole issue with their action.
I think that those who tried that idea are now away / educated into the ramifications of that thought and wont try it again. Maybe the last line is a bit simplistic.... in which case mandate a maximum gap and penalise violations