F1 2022 thread - see post 1 for rules

It would do ot in exactly the same way the safety car does it, but it wouldn't be limited to whatever speed the safety car happens to be able to do. E.g safety car can do a lap in 150 seconds but the virtual version could be set at 130 seconds. Cars bunch up behind the leader doing a lap time set at in 130seconds and they follow him. Simple enough. Cars then pass the incident in about 20seconds from first to last, leaving the marshals about 110 seconds clear track time per lap to fix the problem.

@muckwarrior everyone wouldn't drive to the delta, just the leader. And the other cars would drive to the delta when they reach the pack behind the leader. Then they'd all drive to the delta in exactly the same way they do when following the safety car.

This can't be hard to figure out. It's exactly the same as a safety car, but done with a delta instead.

I suppose its the same as the great confusion caused by lapped cars. But in realitynits not a cause of confusion at all. If the leader pints then the next car becomes the leader. The confusion might takenplace between the time the leader enters the pits, and the next car actually overtakes them. So we're probably talking a matter of a few hunderd meters of potential confusion - easily solved by briefing and making the drivers aware of potential leadership change

But in reality the delta would apply to the leader whoever they are. And if they want to slow them down at the imcident site, it could be easily achieved. They have speed limits innother parts of the track all weekend like the pit lane.

The safety car is a relic. Totally unnecessary. But i suppose it's old so there will always be resistance to any chanage.

I like that idea that the leader is the defacto safety car and all other cars line up behind. The leader then just keeps their Delta to a set time/speed around the track.

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Do you think they allowed the FIA to draft the letter themselves or do you think they just handed them the finished statement?

The drivers complaining about the safety car is just like Horner and Wolf complaining to Masi last year. They shouldn't be broadcasting the drivers messages complaining as it could be seen to be either directly or indirectly trying to influence the workings of the safety car.

The clue is in the name, is a SAFETY car. It's not designed to drive around a breakneck speed to satisfy the drivers. It's there to keep the marshals out on track safe.

Hopefully the letter the FIA released will put this issue to bed once and for all.

Yeah, those situations aren't ideal but those are a big different as the tyres are usually and morecambe to build speed and the cars aren't screaming hot needing the airflow to cool them.

The safety car does great controlling the speed through the danger zones, protecting marshals. But the rest of the lap is just ambling around at sports car speeds when the f1 cars could be driving much faster while still bunching the cars, allowing marshals plenty of time to address the issues and keeping everything working properly

I don't believe all 20 drivers on the grid right now could be trusted alone to drive in such a way that marshals could be guaranteed safe working conditions to carry out their necessary work on track therefore having an external force keep them in check is absolutely essential. I can think of two incidents in Albert Park and Monza where marshals have lost their lives and a more recent incident in Brands Hatch last year. Marshals are volunteers remember. They're not getting paid to risk their lives. They are trusting the FIA, the local track owners and the drivers to keep their working conditions as safe as possible.

Not really. I was an Emergency First Responder for the Civil Defence for a time, used to man an ambulance at Tynagh karting track on occasion. Great enjoyment watching the racing from a trackside vantage point . If I ever looked for a job with the ambulance service that serves Mondello or the professional paramedics, that experience stands me in good stead.

First sprint race of the season is on next weekend.

I hate the sprint races. They are a stupid gimmick.

The sprint races are on at the wrong time for one. It should be free practice 1 and 2 then the sprint race then qualifying after that for Sundays race. The positions for the Sprint race would be decided from the race had the weekend or two before that race.

Yes I do and I think it would make more sense too.