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Re: Shenington red flag
Posted by 'MightyA' on 19 Feb 2013 @ 10:04

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My thoughts:

First and foremost whenever where is a Red Flag incident I am sure that everyone's wish and priority is to hope that nobody was injured. Fortunatley in this case I believe all of the drivers involved were OK.

Secondly, 'rules are rules' (whether we like them or not), and in the case of a Red Flag, the count back rule applies where sufficient laps have alreday been completed to declare a race result.

I think the challenge comes if the Red Flag happens to be caused by a driving standards incident that would ordinarily have been punished had the race been completed (e.g. with an exclusion, time penalty, finishing position penalty, etc). If this is the case I think it would be fairer to other drivers if the appropriate penalty were still applied to the offending driver(s) and the final result adjusted accordingly: If a driver commits an offence that causes a Red Flag incident they should not benefit from it.

I am not sure how the rules deal with this situation, but I suspect the challenge is that, once you have counted back a lap, then the driving offence that may have that caused the Red Flag had not yet ocurred and therefore you can't apply a penalty for it ...

For the avoidance of doubt I am not suggesting for a moment that there was a driving standards issue at Shenington as I did not see the incident, only its aftermath.

Message Thread:

Shenington red flag by 'Danlee' (18 Feb 2013 @ 20:41)

Re: Shenington red flag by 'Easyrider' (19 Feb 2013 @ 10:02)

Re: Shenington red flag by 'MightyA' << You are here!

Re: Shenington red flag by 'Danlee' (19 Feb 2013 @ 14:49)

Re: Shenington red flag by 'michaelg36' (19 Feb 2013 @ 15:25)

Re: Shenington red flag by 'SAS' (19 Feb 2013 @ 17:51)

Re: Shenington red flag by 'Graham S' (19 Feb 2013 @ 18:42)

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