Chris
Premium
Hi all,
I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced the following scenario that I experienced a couple of hours ago.
I was doing a 100% race at Monaco with Kimi in the Lotus, and had gotten to Lap 28 before it started raining. It started lightly, but increased to heavy rain within 3-4 minutes. Because the AI dont pit for wet/int tyres until they have zero grip, the chances of them crashing sky rocket, especially at places like Monaco.
Which was exactly what happened to Mr. Vettel at the exit of Tabac. He DNF'd, however, the car never disappeared, it just stayed perpendicular to the track right in the middle, and there was only a small amount of room to get around him.
Soon after, the Safety Car was triggered (Hallelujah!), however, the stricken Red Bull was still there. And wouldn't move. When the Safety Car eventually got around to the exit of Tabac, it got stuck because it couldn't pass by the Red Bull.
I was leading the race and was right behind the safety car. I then stopped the car because i couldn't go any further forward otherwise I'd hit the safety and get DSQ'd.
So I sat there stationary for about 10 seconds, and then apparently I got DSQ'd anyway, for no apparent reason. I didn't touch the safety car, and wasn't getting the Black & White warning flag for blocking.
I just got DSQ'd suddenly, and ended my race. lol
If the Red Bull had been collected then none of this would happened, but it just sat in the middle of the track eternally waiting for someone to T-Bone it.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to video the replay, because the replay ended as the Safety car was called out for some reason.
Anyone had a similar experience to this?
I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced the following scenario that I experienced a couple of hours ago.
I was doing a 100% race at Monaco with Kimi in the Lotus, and had gotten to Lap 28 before it started raining. It started lightly, but increased to heavy rain within 3-4 minutes. Because the AI dont pit for wet/int tyres until they have zero grip, the chances of them crashing sky rocket, especially at places like Monaco.
Which was exactly what happened to Mr. Vettel at the exit of Tabac. He DNF'd, however, the car never disappeared, it just stayed perpendicular to the track right in the middle, and there was only a small amount of room to get around him.
Soon after, the Safety Car was triggered (Hallelujah!), however, the stricken Red Bull was still there. And wouldn't move. When the Safety Car eventually got around to the exit of Tabac, it got stuck because it couldn't pass by the Red Bull.
I was leading the race and was right behind the safety car. I then stopped the car because i couldn't go any further forward otherwise I'd hit the safety and get DSQ'd.
So I sat there stationary for about 10 seconds, and then apparently I got DSQ'd anyway, for no apparent reason. I didn't touch the safety car, and wasn't getting the Black & White warning flag for blocking.
I just got DSQ'd suddenly, and ended my race. lol
If the Red Bull had been collected then none of this would happened, but it just sat in the middle of the track eternally waiting for someone to T-Bone it.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to video the replay, because the replay ended as the Safety car was called out for some reason.
Anyone had a similar experience to this?