Quote Originally Posted by airshifter View Post
As for today, strange for McLaren to wait so long to switch the drivers. They had chances when Leclerc made a couple errors and fell out of DRS. And with the failing of Hulk's car, they almost still screwed it up. As for the VSC timing, I don't wade into the conspiracy theories that many embrace, but TBH it was a poor decision regardless IMHO. We watched the race leaders passing under yellow as Hulk walked out of the car, but then after that they finally imposed a VSC. I guess in the FIA's mind the lives of the track workers was more important than the life of Hulk. They should have flown the VSC as soon as it was apparent that the car would be left in a bad spot.
You forget, that whether there was a virtual safety car or not, there was still a yellow at the incident. Hulk's car still needed to be cleared which I believe was the reason for the VSC. I also don't remember seeing any cars passing others in the yellow zone.