would this work in F1, to get rid of the safety car.

Give the cars batteries, a starter motor and electric fans and put red /green lights all round the track Then instead of safety car the put the red lights on, drivers have 5 seconds to stop. They all have GPS so tracking is easy. The use the fans to keep cars from overheating after switching off engines. A quick check of GPS makers sure all the cars are in the right place (i.e. no one sneaked forward). Then when all clear green light flashes to say start engine and then goes off and they race again. Yes, the teams will have to adapt but if any sport can adapt it is F1, they have such brilliant engineers. yes, tyres go cold so drivers have to adapt again they are brilliant so can adapt.

Then drivers are in the correct relative position for the restart.

I'm sure there would be queries and questions!

Posted By: Farkeball on December 12th 2021 at 19:52:14

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would this work in F1, to get rid of the safety car. (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 12, 19:52:14
- You need a giant snooker referee to reposition the cars (Other Sports) - MonkeyPuzzle, Dec 12, 23:23:41
  - WWII vvvv 😉 (n/m) (Other Sports) - McGill, Dec 12, 23:56:46
- Pretty dull to watch. At least safety cars bring a little bit of excitement (n/m) (Other Sports) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Dec 12, 20:09:34
- No, the tyres wouldn’t work (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Dec 12, 19:53:28
  - Thats why the driver would have to be careful for a lap (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 12, 19:59:56
    - Yes, they’d have slick tyres on (n/m) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Dec 12, 20:00:41
      - sorr, what I mean was are cool slicks similar to running wets in the rain (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 12, 20:02:02
        
        No, more like driving on ice (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Dec 12, 20:03:42
        
        that would be a good test of their skill! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 12, 20:04:56
        
        Point of a safety car is to reduce risk not add it! (Other Sports) - CWC, Dec 12, 20:12:40
        
        yes, it would be impossible to get the cars back to their relative positions (n/m) (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 12, 20:14:18
        
        Would it? Surely you just take the time difference, adjust it downwards to (Other Sports) - Jim, Dec 12, 20:37:12
        
        Can't they do it like snooker ? (Other Sports) - McGill, Dec 12, 20:39:10

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