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iks
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Well, so happy there is another race tomorrow!


Another wet race... :twisted:
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Stops a race for lightening yet there's people standing out in the pit lane. Yep. Makes sense.


They said it was for the safety of the crowds in the stands and the TV crew who are generally up higher

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iks wrote:
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Well, so happy there is another race tomorrow!


Another wet race... :twisted:

Tomorrow looks much much worse :ohmy:
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"tomorrow's weather forecast calls for the possibility of some weather"

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Juihi wrote:
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Stops a race for lightening yet there's people standing out in the pit lane. Yep. Makes sense.

They said it was for the safety of the crowds in the stands and the TV crew who are generally up higher

But how does a yellow make them safer???? Yellow or green, lightning could hit a grandstand either way.
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Not sure why there'd sudden bitching, lightning is a fairly common reason to stop races and the yellow was probably just a "let's calm down so we can assess if this is temporary or we need to get people out of granstands" measure to which they realised they then needed to go red.


Indycar makes a lot of lousy calls but today wasn't one of them....

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My point was more around the fact that there were still officials and team personnel in positions of risk. When there's lightening you find shelter in an appropriate place. Standing next to a wire fence, grandstand or other type of conductor is not so safe.

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Raikkon wrote:
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Stops a race for lightening yet there's people standing out in the pit lane. Yep. Makes sense.

They said it was for the safety of the crowds in the stands and the TV crew who are generally up higher

But how does a yellow make them safer???? Yellow or green, lightning could hit a grandstand either way.


Never mentioned yellows in either posts you quoted :o , but to answer anyway, I think the reason for the yellow initally was to just see if it would get worse, throwing a red flag for one flash of lightening would be a bit extreme, but when it became apparent it wasn't going to stop they threw the red so I have absolutely no issue with the procedures they followed

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Raikkon wrote:
Juihi wrote:
kals wrote:
Stops a race for lightening yet there's people standing out in the pit lane. Yep. Makes sense.

They said it was for the safety of the crowds in the stands and the TV crew who are generally up higher

But how does a yellow make them safer???? Yellow or green, lightning could hit a grandstand either way.


No way of officiating if the officials has to take cover

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I don't think we're going to see a race today :lol:
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:ohmy:

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Good thing there's another 6 and a half hours until the race
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Well, according to Wetter.com rain in Detroit is suppoed to decrease at around 2pm.
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They've gotta qualify before that though. ... :whistling:

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They've gotta qualify before that though. ... :whistling:


just use season standings

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They'll probably do that
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The PWC support race has been cancelled.
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