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unusual facts about safety car



2007 Formula Palmer Audi season

They would be forced to hold station for the opening laps as the safety car was deployed for a collision between Jack Clarke and Andreas Demetriou at Becketts.


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2003 British Grand Prix

On the following lap, Neil Horan invaded the circuit and another safety car period was necessitated.

2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China

The 2004 DTM race around the streets of Pudong in Shanghai was hampered by crashes due to manhole covers becoming undone; the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix on the Shanghai International Circuit was interrupted when the safety car had to be deployed when a water runoff drain became open.

2010 Valencia Street GP2 Series round

A safety car was brought out while the mess was cleaned up and just 13 of the 24 cars were still on the track for the restart three laps later, although Ocean's Fabio Leimer and Trident's Adrian Zaugg were also able to rejoin after pitting for repairs.

2013 British Touring Car Championship season

The race was interrupted by a safety car period early on after a collision at the end of the first lap between Andy Neate, Nick Foster and Will Bratt.

Automotive Crash Injury Research Center

The project led to Liberty Mutual's funding the building of a demonstration Cornell Safety Car in 1956, which received national publicity, and influenced carmakers.