Following the safety car

[jjjanos]

Once the field ("the field", not "the field under control of the Safety Car", just "the field") has completed lap under FCY, there is no need to "re-grid", as the order of the "last scored lap" is exactly how they will arrive in Pit Lane under a BFA. If a Safety Car is dispatched, there are relatively few circumstances where the field hasn't completed a full lap under FCY by the time the Safety Car would make it back to Pit Lane (illuminated or not) and crosses S/F. No re-grid necessary (ibid).

The steward has 4 options:

1. Original grid
2. Running order on last lap scored
3. Restart from a scoring tape (which implies the last lap scored before the FCY was declared) and would be running order
4. Restart from a lap chart (which implies the last lap scored before the FCY was declared) and would not be running order.

Only one of those options does not require regridding the cars.

 

[JohnRW]

The steward has 4 options:

1. Original grid
2. Running order on last lap scored
3. Restart from a scoring tape (which implies the last lap scored before the FCY was declared) and would be running order
4. Restart from a lap chart (which implies the last lap scored before the FCY was declared) and would not be running order.

Only one of those options does not require regridding the cars.

FYI, you are reading from a GCR edition earlier than 2010.

Maybe I'm reading your post incorrectly, but it looks like you're stating that laps under FCY are not "scored" laps.

Laps under FCY are "scored" laps, unless Supps say otherwise. If the field has turned an entire lap under FCY and then the BF comes out, the last "scored" lap is the last lap under FCY before the BF.

 

[jjjanos]

FYI, you are reading from a GCR edition earlier than 2010.

You are correct. I had an out-of-date GCR.

The only options are regrid to original order or single file in the order on the last completely scored lap.

 

[MIKEL]

Another issue with not using the flaggs is the back markers if they are trying to catch up and are not in sight of the pace car they could easily assume some cars are just pitting if they see the corner station showing yellow then they can only assume to continue they have never seen the pace car going in lights or no there is where the main problem arrises with that system.
No pace car in sight a full corse yellow pit and possible miss restart and loose of position if not needed to pit or continue under caution???? You would normally follow the flag and continue YES??

 

[wally2]

FWIW, I posed the question to a steward at the GLDiv driver school this weekend. His quick answer was that unless there was a BFA, racers were to remain on the track.