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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
One rule that should change is under a red flag, if racing is stopped and all cars are in the pits, the cars should have no tire changes or wing adjustments at all. The car should remain in the "as raced" condition. I am OK with taking off the times and putting them in warming blankets, but the exact same tires need to go back on the car.
New tires should result in a 5 car position drop for the restart.
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Absolutely agree. In the past few years that have been several races where one driver has benefited from being lucky enough to be P1 when a Red Flag occurs and then they get to remain such by making changes during Red. Otherwise they would have cycled back, in other words a free pit stop while the dude formerly in P1 basically gets a big screw for having his strategy.
I'll say again that the race in question could have cleared lapped cars much sooner, like 5 laps or more sooner. They need to start that once lead car is behind SC. Otherwise you end up with this situation. I believe Masi didn't want the season or WDC to be finished under SC and decided in that fashion, which is why he let those 5 cars go thru. I don't believe he favored either driver nor that it was a mistake/rule infringement. Rather the race director wanting the race and title to be decided by racing.