Die Begründung ist ja schon cool, das sagt ja aus "unsere Regeln sind so scheiße, dass wir uns vernünftigerweise nicht daran gehalten haben".
48.13
In Artikel 48.13 heißt es, dass das Safety-Car in der gleichen Runde an die Box kommen muss, in der die Nachricht "SAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP" erscheint. Deswegen galt die Regel auf 48.12, das Safety-Car erst eine Runde später reinzuholen, nach Ansicht der Stewards nicht. Trotzdem etwas seltsam, denn man hätte die Nachricht ja auch einfach erst eine Runde später anzeigen können.
Hier der Artikel 48.13 im Wortlaut:
"When the clerk of the course decides it is safe to call in the safety car the message 'SAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP' will be sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system and the car's orange lights will be extinguished. This will be the signal to the Competitors and drivers that it will be entering the pit lane at the end of that lap."
"At this point the first car in line behind the safety car may dictate the pace and, if necessary, fall more than ten car lengths behind it."
"In order to avoid the likelihood of accidents before the safety car returns to the pits, from the point at which the lights on the car are turned out drivers must proceed at a pace which involves no erratic acceleration or braking nor any other manoeuvre which is likely to endanger other drivers or impede the restart."
"As the safety car is approaching the pit entry the SC boards will be withdrawn and, other than on the last lap of the sprint qualifying session or the race, as the leader approaches the Line the yellow flags will be withdrawn and a green flag and/or green light panel will be displayed at the Line."
