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[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 4353033, member: 966"]
I agree with some of this—the spirit of it.  
But, they don’t always know how long it will take to clear a hazard, and they can’t just extend a race because the cars don’t have enough fuel.

Not sure what you mean about the track crew. Because it took so long to deal with the stopped car at the end of yesterday’s race? One issue is that the crews are local to each event. So, they do one race weekend each year. And Who knows about retention—if they have to deal with new guys each year, versus repeat service. Either way, that’s not a lot of experience, and they have to deal with both variables and the complications of foreign equipment that is already malfunctioning in some way.

It does seem as if cars were cleared much more quickly in the past. Seems like they used to have cranes all over the track, and plucked cars up almost immediately. I wonder if that’s no longer true because of the Jules Bianchi death? [Damn, I thought that was just 2-3 years ago. It was 2015….]

But, yeah, there is wayyyy too much ambiguity in the most high-tech sport. The resolution of last season’s championship was the most absolute and declarative illustration of the absurdities that are built into the sport. But, every race day there are minor controversies, as drivers have different ideas about what they’re entitled to on track. Some of that has to do with the dynamics and high speeds and reactions and visibilities… but even in slo-mo replays in hindsight and retrospection, they don’t always agree with even what the stewards decide.
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