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Originally Posted by thebishman
What we need to know is what flags were being waved at the Marshall's stand BEFORE this actual corner. If the previous stand was waving double yellows warning drivers of a serious situation coming up that is how the system is supposed to function, so that drivers can be forewarned.
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From everything that I have read. The on track LED lights were yellow going into the corner and the marshal stand going into corner was waving double yellow. The stand (post 12) in the video that momentarily went green was looking after a different sector of the track. Marshals’ boundaries are strictly defined and once the recovery vehicle and Sutil’s car had gone backwards beyond point 12 his sector would have been acknowledged as clear. The cars also have yellow lights that flash in the cockpit as well.
With the amount of rain and I was surprised at the speed at which he hit the tractor. He must have been booking it around that corner. Would have been one hell of head-on hit into the barrier, even without the tractor. It was an unfortunate accident, honestly could have just been driver error.