I’m saying that before any radio messages occurred, I might be entering the pits, behind the safety car, assuming that I’m not going to be speeding, and therefore may not think to press the speed limiter button.
By the time someone tells me it was too late it’s already too late.
Imagine you’re following a police officer on a road, they’re slowing down traffic for some problem up ahead, and then they pull you over for speeding.
I’m saying that before any radio messages occurred, I might be entering the pits, behind the safety car, assuming that I’m not going to be speeding, and therefore may not think to press the speed limiter button.
By the time someone tells me it was too late it’s already too late.
The replay I saw clearly had no time for a relaxed radio message. He was a second or so too late. Unforced error by him and neither he nor the team complained.
Imagine you’re following a police officer on a road, they’re slowing down traffic for some problem up ahead, and then they pull you over for speeding.
Pit lane has the speed limiter button. Always. No exceptions. Why are you trying to argue this?
At no point have I suggested that the pit limiter shouldn’t be used. I’m simply stating, over and over again, that a change in circumstances can make a person forget a procedure. Following a safety car might just be the kind of thing that makes you forget, or feel like the usual procedure doesn’t need to be followed.
There’s no real argument against what I’m saying. Humans are fallible, we make mistakes in unusual circumstances.
Usually it doesn’t involve following the safety car through the pit lane because the start/finish straight usually is not closed.
If anything I think that causes confusion.
I can certainly imagine myself thinking “we’re behind the safety car, surely we’re not speeding through the pits”
You mean when on radio the race engineer said that the speed limiter button was pressed too late, affirming that the button had to be pressed in time?
I’m saying that before any radio messages occurred, I might be entering the pits, behind the safety car, assuming that I’m not going to be speeding, and therefore may not think to press the speed limiter button.
By the time someone tells me it was too late it’s already too late.
Imagine you’re following a police officer on a road, they’re slowing down traffic for some problem up ahead, and then they pull you over for speeding.
The replay I saw clearly had no time for a relaxed radio message. He was a second or so too late. Unforced error by him and neither he nor the team complained.
Pit lane has the speed limiter button. Always. No exceptions. Why are you trying to argue this?
At no point have I suggested that the pit limiter shouldn’t be used. I’m simply stating, over and over again, that a change in circumstances can make a person forget a procedure. Following a safety car might just be the kind of thing that makes you forget, or feel like the usual procedure doesn’t need to be followed.
There’s no real argument against what I’m saying. Humans are fallible, we make mistakes in unusual circumstances.