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AS AN AUSTRALIAN I APOLOGISE FOR the decision made by the Australian race director. One of the tactics in racing is to try and place slower cars between you and a competitor. In the event of a safety car that advantage is still maintained. Where was the logic or precedent for waving the lapped cars past the safety car?
Fans need to understand that if his training was here in Australia, where V8 Supercars rule, then contrived race results are standard. The classic, once-fantastic Bathurst 1000 is now a race between the contestants, the race director and the safety car. They look for reasons to deploy it simply to reform the field, turning a long-distance race into a series of sprints.
Common decency should have seen Verstappen concede that he wasn’t the winner and not passed Hamilton. Then again, decency doesn’t seem to be one of his attributes, as witnessed by his recent brake-testing. What happened to sportsmanship? Let’s hope the race director isn’t re-employed to run grands prix.