[Official] Brazilian Grand Prix 2019: Grand Prix Weekend Thread - Round 20 of 21

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Sorry, but nothing will convince me this free pass rule belongs in F1. Quite frankly if you’re a lap down you shouldn’t have it handed to you on a plate. Especially as the SC doesn’t come out every race. Also consider the fact the leader did all the hard work of lapping those cars to build a buffer

a lapped car goes to the back of the pack though...how does that disadvantage the leader?

if anything its actually a benefit to the race leader to have the back markers sent to the back of the pack as the leader now gets to drive in clean air for a longer period of time and distance.

its about positioning on the track as opposed to actual race position.

so a SC essentially does what a standing restart would do except that it does so more quickly then a restart, sending out all the team members and equipment back on track, doing a formation lap etc etc.

anyways, im not too bothered to see a Williams gifted a lap...heck i would gift them a race win if i could!