Safety Car Finish

[Walford]

HustleRussell said:

The circuit has to be controlled by flags at a minimum if any recovery is ongoing

Virtual safety car

[Walford]

HustleRussell said:

Still need marshals on track to hook up
Twice as many hook ups to make
The car will still need stabilising and guiding onto flatbed
Truck mounted crane wouldn't be able to cope with gravel

FFS it 2015, things can be recovered from 2 mile's deep in the oceans
.

[Far Cough]

I did make me laugh watching the marshals keep crashing that expensive nose cone into the pit wall until the teams mechanics ran in and saved the day .... and the nose cone !

I dont think anyone was going to change places in the last lap or 2 so it was just an early finish. Another 8 laps would have been a different story but they would have all run out of petrol before that happened.

[mph1977]

Walford said:

Why does it take so long to recover a 700Kg car,

Because they are crap at it and use the wrong equipment, and the cars are only lifted from one point, the main roll over structure

If they had two lifting points and a suitable truck mounted crane, they could drive up to it and lift it in a fraction of the time

how many hours have you spent trackside in orange , red or green ?

[mko9]

Speed Badger said:

I don't know why they don't just simply add however many laps done behind the safety car to the race distance unless it will surpass the 2hr limit, like they do in the BTCC. It's like what happened in the Indycars last week too.

Let's not hold up that atrocity at NOLA as an example of what F1 should be doing. That race was pathetic.

[kiseca]

Walford said:

HustleRussell said:

Still need marshals on track to hook up
Twice as many hook ups to make
The car will still need stabilising and guiding onto flatbed
Truck mounted crane wouldn't be able to cope with gravel

FFS it 2015, things can be recovered from 2 mile's deep in the oceans
.

I'm really curious to know which technology from deep sea recovery you think could have been applied in China to prevent the race from finishing behind a safety car?

[Ki3r]

kiseca said:

I'm really curious to know which technology from deep sea recovery you think could have been applied in China to prevent the race from finishing behind a safety car?

Flood the circuit?

[Walford]

Ki3r said:

kiseca said:

I'm really curious to know which technology from deep sea recovery you think could have been applied in China to prevent the race from finishing behind a safety car?

Flood the circuit?

The tractor, flatbed truck, and Hiab date back to the second world war, to suggest that something purpose designed and built would not be more suitable in the 21st century is ridiculous,

[kiseca]

Walford said:

Ki3r said:

kiseca said:

I'm really curious to know which technology from deep sea recovery you think could have been applied in China to prevent the race from finishing behind a safety car?

Flood the circuit?

The tractor, flatbed truck, and Hiab date back to the second world war, to suggest that something purpose designed and built would not be more suitable in the 21st century is ridiculous,

None of those were used to remove Verstappen's car. Their history is no more relevant to this thread than the submersible you suggested earlier.

Now how about actually answering my question?

[anonymous-user]

Walford said:

The tractor, flatbed truck, and Hiab date back to the second world war, to suggest that something purpose designed and built would not be more suitable in the 21st century is ridiculous,

Come up with an idea, build it, sell it, make alot of money?

[kiseca]

Walford said:

kiseca said:

Flood the circuit?

Carnt see how flooding the track would help

I didn't write that. Get your quoting right.

[Walford]

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[ellis12345]

green, white, checkered like they do in nascar? if the race is set to finish under the safety car, wait til the track is clear and just add 2 laps at the end. surely that wouldnt affect the fuel too much and it leads to some fantastc finishes in nascar.

Edited by ellis12345 on Sunday 19th April 15:12

[kiseca]

Walford said:

Deleted miss quote

Thank you. Now please answer my question.

[Inertiatic]

ellis12345 said:

green, white, checkered like they do in nascar? if the race is set to finish under the safety car, wait til the track is clear and just add 2 laps at the end. surely that wouldnt affect the fuel too much and it leads to some fantastc finishes in nascar.

Edited by ellis12345 on Sunday 19th April 15:12

I love the way they turned left at the end :-)