I was on the last lap of a 40 lap race leading by 9 seconds at Phoenix
when I clipped the barrier on the last corner. I slid into the pit lane
before regaining control. As I didn't have time to back up I drove over
the finish line in the pits (didn't speed) and was duly disqualified. I
know it wasn't normal behaviour but I'm puzzled by the disqualification.
Explanations?
Dean
>I was on the last lap of a 40 lap race leading by 9 seconds at Phoenix
>when I clipped the barrier on the last corner. I slid into the pit lane
>before regaining control. As I didn't have time to back up I drove over
>the finish line in the pits (didn't speed) and was duly disqualified. I
>know it wasn't normal behaviour but I'm puzzled by the disqualification.
>Explanations?
You probably broke the speed limit when you entered the pits. Since there
wasn't time to serve the black flag before the end of the race, you got a
DQ instead. Not the way CART would have handled the situation, but
understandable, given that a computer can't make a judgement call on why
you were speeding in the pits.
Dave Sparks
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