FIA explains Virtual Safety Car glitch in French GP

Following Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu stopping at the side of the track with an engine problem in the closing stages, the FIA called out a virtual safety car to allow marshals to retrieve his stricken car.

Once the track was clear, race control messaged teams to let them know that the virtual safety car period was ending.

According to F1’s Sporting Regulations, the race is then supposed to go green at ‘any time between 10 and 15 seconds later,’ which is when drivers are…