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Originally Posted by Nick Koan
At first I thought you couldn't pass until start/finish, but as someone pointed out on another forum to me, this year they changed the regs. As soon as the car comes in, they can pass. Except in the case that its the last lap and the race is finishing under the safety car.
So, I went from thinking MSC was a dumbass, but now I'm starting to see his argument (especially if they were waving the green flags). I doubt Mercedes will even get an appeal though, let alone win it. Its being scored as a post-race drive through penalty, which is always a 20 sec penalty, and which usually doesn't even see a day in court.
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Yeah. I just read at the bottom of that article I linked: they can appeal the ruling, but not the penalty ('cause yeah, that makes sense).
But the most important thing in what you just pointed out is that "the race is finishing under the safety car". That race didn't finish under the safety car... there was a notification that the safety car was coming in, and green flags waved.
FIA really needs to clarify the difference between bringing in the SC with 0 to go, and having it pull out of the way for a photo-op as the finish under caution. Maybe the SC could pull off to the side but stay on track and wave everyone by to the finish line. Or they could stop being retarded and actually finish behind the SC and end all the confusion.