Glossary
Safety car
What it means
The car that comes out after an incident: drivers line up behind it without overtaking until it pulls in.
Related terms
VVirtual Safety Car (VSC)A neutralization procedure without deploying the physical safety car.YYellow flagA warning of hazard on or beside the circuit, commanding drivers to slow down and strictly prohibiting…PPit stopA trip into the pit lane to change tyres (and, until 2009, refuel).
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