About that Safety Car Pitstop by Button
As Christine pointed out in her F1 Digest show earlier, during yesterday’s race in Canada, Jenson Button entered the pit lane whilst it was closed under safety car conditions, and then exited without receiving a penalty.
Despite much due-diligence I’ve yet to find a single explanation for this anywhere. However, I have a vague idea that Button’s stop may have been a stroke of genius on Honda’s part, or at least, they may have found a way of exploiting a loophole in the regulations.
Retracing the Steps
Let’s take a quick look at the early part of Jenson Button’s Canadian Grand Prix.
