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Old 2010-05-17, 08:28 AM   #235
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Thought's on Schumacher's pass: http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/formula-1-...p-monaco-pass/

I was actually wondering if something like this was going to happen because I saw the "SC in this lap" graphic on the screen during the last lap and thought "does this mean they get to race from pit-in to the s/f line!?!" Apparently not, but if that's the case, why did they wave green flags as the SC came in? I understand the SC is supposed to pit to allow the cars to parade across the line (I guess just for the photo ops?) if they're finishing under caution, but doesn't that pretty explicitly imply there should have been yellow flags waving?

Frankly, I think MSC has a pretty good argument. But I'm sure the FIA will ignore his protest, then quietly revise their confusing rules to prevent this in the future. Really the fair solution is to deny MSC his pass and just set the finishing order as it was just prior to the SC pulling into the pits. A 20s penalty is dumb when the reason for the "pass under the SC" was because the SC rules aren't rigorously defined.
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