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To improve safety under yellow flag conditions, the FIA has run two tests of the news “virtual safety car” at Circuit of the Americas in Austin.
This test comes after Jules Bianchi's terrible accident at Suzuka where he crashed into a heavy recovery vehicle under double waved yellow flags.
Here at Austin, a sector of the track was deemed to be yellow and drivers were asked to drive to a specific delta time through it.
The objective of the concept is to slow drivers down without recourse to the presence of the actual safety car.
Although all drivers and the FIA agree that adjustments will be needed before the system can be introduced, all were happy with how the first tests had gone.
The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile will assess the feedback from Austin and will probably continue testing the system over the final two Grands Prix of this year in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
This test comes after Jules Bianchi's terrible accident at Suzuka where he crashed into a heavy recovery vehicle under double waved yellow flags.
Here at Austin, a sector of the track was deemed to be yellow and drivers were asked to drive to a specific delta time through it.
The objective of the concept is to slow drivers down without recourse to the presence of the actual safety car.
Although all drivers and the FIA agree that adjustments will be needed before the system can be introduced, all were happy with how the first tests had gone.
The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile will assess the feedback from Austin and will probably continue testing the system over the final two Grands Prix of this year in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.