New Safety Car Measures

[Mitch14]

its unfortunate if you run out of fuel because of somebody else but maybe thats just racing

[Scott]

No, it's still stupid to close it unless the problem is there.  There are clear rules in other series about joining or passing thesafety car depending on where it is when you re-join the track.  When the rules are followed, it is safe.

[Steven Roy]

The whole problem is Max wants pit stops to create position changes.  What he should be doing is writing the technical regulations in such a way that overtaking is possible and we can get back to proper racing without pit stops.  Max likes to say that there never were races with lots of overtaking in them but as usual he is talking rubbish.  I saw a comment from Jackie Stewart in a magazine a couple of weeks ago.  It showed a picture of JYS and Rindt at Silverstone in 1969/1970 and Stewart reckons they swapped the lead at least 30 times.  Proper racing and no pit stops.

[raindancer]

I don't think you can provide for a freak situation. If Hamilton could have, he would have stopped. The fact is he didn't see the lights or the cars in front. What was he doing ?

[Ian]

Reading Playboy ?

[johnbull]

The whole problem is Max wants pit stops to create position changes.  What he should be doing is writing the technical regulations in such a way that overtaking is possible and we can get back to proper racing without pit stops.  Max likes to say that there never were races with lots of overtaking in them but as usual he is talking rubbish.  I saw a comment from Jackie Stewart in a magazine a couple of weeks ago.  It showed a picture of JYS and Rindt at Silverstone in 1969/1970 and Stewart reckons they swapped the lead at least 30 times.  Proper racing and no pit stops.

No overtaking? Max seems to have a very short memory when it suits him.

Here's just one small reminder. Clark - Monza - 1967. Punctures whilst in the lead. Pits and exits a solid last. Comes back out and passes EVERY CAR IN THE RACE. The rest is history.

Perhaps Max calls that something other than overtaking.

The point is that since Max took over at the top in the FIA, there has been nothing but instability in F1.

How many engine capacity changes? How many qualifying changes? how many different rule changes that never worked?

[Mitch14]

if i was the FIA then i would get rid of the rule and just keep the pitlane open at all times