Samples 2016 British Grand Prix Edition | Page 122

SAFETY CAR... REQUIRED?

T

he Formula 1 paddock is split over whether
the 2016 British Grand Prix really needed to
have started behind the safety car.
A growing trend in F1 is that significant pre-race
rain means the race will not be started from the grid
but instead only after several laps behind the safety
car, despite rain tyres available for the purpose.
Nico Rosberg backed race director Charlie

Whiting’s call at Silverstone
“Yes, for sure,” he said
big rivers in places so it’s im
look at least where they ar
But Max Verstappen sa
of pre-race safety car perio
ready to race after maybe
Lewis Hamilton agreed