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McLaren explains reason behind F1 British GP hard tyre call for Norris (www.autosport.com)
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[–] davetapley 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like race control are doing this VSC then full SC thing more and more, I wonder if it's the default procedure now?

[–] Chreutz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One theory is that it's to secure the track, instead of having yellows for the sector, while waiting for the race leader to come around to the safety car.

[–] davetapley 1 points 1 year ago

That makes total sense, I bet that's it βœ