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Martin Brundle:

"Ferrari's reserve driver is Pedro de la Rosa"

Yeah lol. In fact if it hadn't tankslapped on him, this would've been called the craziest recovery of the year.
Not to say it's a chance a driver should take when racing in lap 1 pack though, just lifting off while crossing the grass patch might've sufficed to keep him in.

41) SUSPENDING A RACE
41.1 Should it become necessary to suspend the race because the circuit is blocked by an accident
or because weather or other conditions make it dangerous to continue, the clerk of the course
will order red flags to be shown at all marshal posts and the abort lights to be shown at the
Line.
41.2 When the signal is given overtaking is forbidden, the pit exit will be closed and all cars must
proceed slowly to the starting grid. The first car to arrive on the grid should occupy pole
position and others should fill the remaining grid positions in the order they arrive.
If the race is suspended during a safety car intervention, and the safety car is directed into the
pit lane, cars should stop in a line behind the safety car in the fast lane of the pits.
41.3 Any cars unable to return to the grid as a result of the track being blocked will be brought back
when the track is cleared and will be arranged in the order they occupied before the race was
suspended.
Additionally, any cars in the pit lane or pit entry at the time the race was suspended will be
pushed onto the grid and arranged in the order they occupied before the race was suspended.
If the race has been suspended in the pit lane (see Article 41.2) any such cars will again be
arranged in the order they occupied before the race was suspended.
In all cases the order will be taken at the last point at which it was possible to determine the
position of all cars. All such cars will then be permitted to resume the race.
The Safety Car will then be driven to the front of the grid.
41.4 Whilst the race is suspended :
a) Neither the race nor the timekeeping system will stop, however, in accordance with
Article 5.3 the length of the race suspension will be added to the maximum two hour
period.
b) Cars may be worked on once they have stopped on the grid or entered the pits but any
such work must not impede the resumption of the race.
c) Only team members and officials will be permitted on the grid.
41.5 Cars may not enter the pit lane when the race is suspended. A penalty under Article 16.3(b)
will be imposed on any driver who enters the pit lane or whose car is pushed from the grid to
the pit lane after the race has been suspended. Any car which was in the pit entry or pit lane
at the time the race was suspended will not incur a penalty. However, if the race has been
suspended in the pit lane (see Article 41.2) a penalty will only be imposed on any driver whose
car is moved from the fast lane to any other part of the pit lane.
All cars in the pit lane will be permitted to leave the pits once the race has been resumed and,
subject to the above, any car intending to resume the race from the pit exit may do so in the
order they got there under their own power, unless another car was unduly delayed.
At all times drivers must follow the directions of the marshals.
42) RESUMING A RACE
42.1 The delay will be kept as short as possible and as soon as a resumption time is known teams
will be informed via the official messaging system, in all cases at least ten minutes warning will
be given.
42.2 Signals will be shown ten minutes, five minutes, three minutes, one minute and fifteen
seconds before the resumption and each of these will be accompanied by an audible warning.
42.3 When the three minute signal is shown all cars on the grid must have their wheels fitted, after
this signal wheels may only be removed in the pit lane, or on the grid during a further race
suspension. If the race has been suspended in the pit lane (see Article 41.2) all cars in the fast
lane must have their wheels fitted at the three minute signal.
2014 F1 Sporting Regulations 36/55 28 February 2014
© 2014 Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile
A penalty under Article 16.3(c) will be imposed on any driver whose car did not have all its
wheels fully fitted at the three minute signal.
At the two minute point any cars between the safety car and the leader, in addition to any
cars that had been lapped by the leader at the time the race was suspended, will be waved off
to complete a further lap, without overtaking, and join the line of cars behind the safety car.
When leaving the grid drivers must respect the pit lane speed limit until they pass pole
position.
42.4 When the one minute signal is shown, engines should be started and all team personnel must
leave the grid by the time the 15 second signal is given taking all equipment with them. If any
driver needs assistance after the 15 second signal he must raise his arm and, when the
remainder of the cars able to do so have left the grid, marshals will be instructed to push the
car into the pit lane. In this case, marshals with yellow flags will stand beside any car (or cars)
concerned to warn drivers behind.
42.5 The race will be resumed behind the safety car when the green lights are illuminated. The
safety car will enter the pits after one lap unless :
a) The race is being resumed in wet conditions and the race director deems more than one
lap necessary, in which case see Articles 25.4(g) and 40.16.
b) All cars are not yet in a line behind the safety car.
c) Team personnel are still clearing the grid.
d) A further incident occurs necessitating another intervention.
When the green lights are illuminated the safety car will leave the grid and all drivers must
follow, no more than ten car lengths apart, and must respect the pit lane speed limit until they
pass pole position. Soon after the last car in line behind the safety car passes the end of the pit
lane (including any cars which were waved off under 42.3 above) the pit exit light will be
turned green, any car in the pit lane may then enter the track and join the line of cars behind
the safety car.
42.6 Overtaking is only permitted if :
a) A car is delayed when leaving the grid and cars behind cannot avoid passing it without
unduly delaying the remainder of the field, or
b) There is more than one car starting from the pit lane and one of them is unduly delayed.
In either case drivers may only overtake to re-establish the order before the race was
suspended or the order the cars at the pit exit were in when the race was resumed.
Any driver delayed in either way, and who is unable to re-establish the original starting order
before he reaches the first safety car line, must enter the pit lane and may only rejoin the race
once the whole field has passed the end of the pit lane.
42.7 Either of the penalties under Article 16.3b) or c) will be imposed on any driver who, in the
opinion of the stewards, unnecessarily overtook another car during the lap.
During this lap Articles 40.13, 40.14, 40.15 and 40.16 will apply.
42.8 If the race cannot be resumed the results will be taken at the end of the penultimate lap
before the lap during which the signal to suspend the race was given.

He's right. For some reason I thought the reserve was Fisichella.

According to RTL Germany, Kimi's first question after question was: "Is Felipe okay?"

Agreed on that. But it takes two to tango. The one in control is the driver. If you don't want to crash then be more circumspect.

how are we looking weatherwise?

Martin Brundle:

"Ferrari's reserve driver is Pedro de la Rosa"

if sutil had not been there, the save coming out of the tunnel in monaco 2008 would have been epic as well

how are we looking weatherwise?