lewis should have known the rules, mclaren should have known what to tell lewis on the radio and the marshalls should have told lewis to get out...why did no one do anything correctly?6.1 If a car stops
If a car stops on the course, or leaves the track, the fi rst duty
of the course marshals in that sector is to take it to a place of
safety.
No driver has the right to refuse to allow his car to be taken off
the track, he must do everything he can to help and obey the
marshals’ instructions. Once the car is in a place of safety the
driver may, if the specifi c regulations of the event permit, work
on it in order to re-start. In such cases other means, such as
breakdown vehicles, cranes, etc. should not be brought into
action until the driver has made it clear that he will not continue.
It is desirable that the driver stays near his vehicle until the end
of the race or at least informs the post chief how his car may be
lifted, or towed back to the pits.
funny how neither itv commentator mentioned any idea that craning lewis out of the gravel would be illegal, in fact they praised lewis' attitude and spirit saying something like 'all that time he never wanted to retire..he kept his engine on'...
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