Something that's been bothering me for a while and I meant to post about it sooner.
Was the race restarted in contradiction to the current rules?
As I understand it, if there's a red flag in the first 2 laps, the race is restarted for the full distance, as if it never happened.
If there's a red flag before 75% of the race has been completed, the race is restarted from where it left off.
If there's a red flag with more than 75% of the race run, it is declared and not restarted.
So why was the Monaco GP restarted with just 6 laps to go, considering over 90% of the race had been run?
It's my opinion that it would have been bad the "the show" for the race to finish as it did, especially at Monaco of all places.
We saw last year how they cynically pulled the safety car in on the last corner, just so the drivers could cross the start/finish line at speed to simulate the appearance of a racing finish.
Did the same thing happen on Sunday?
Was the race restarted in contradiction to the current rules?
As I understand it, if there's a red flag in the first 2 laps, the race is restarted for the full distance, as if it never happened.
If there's a red flag before 75% of the race has been completed, the race is restarted from where it left off.
If there's a red flag with more than 75% of the race run, it is declared and not restarted.
So why was the Monaco GP restarted with just 6 laps to go, considering over 90% of the race had been run?
It's my opinion that it would have been bad the "the show" for the race to finish as it did, especially at Monaco of all places.
We saw last year how they cynically pulled the safety car in on the last corner, just so the drivers could cross the start/finish line at speed to simulate the appearance of a racing finish.
Did the same thing happen on Sunday?