The virtual safety car encountered a positive response
Formula One racers also tested a new system of the so-called virtual safety car at the second free practice in Austin. During the training, yellow flags were hung on a part of the track, as in the case of an accident of one of the race cars, and the racers had to drive that part reasonably slowly, within a certain time frame. The move is the result of a serious accident of Jules Bianchi in a Suzuki, which did not slow down enough in the area of double yellow flags and flew off the track and collided with a mobile elevator, which was pulling the stuck car out of the excursion zone. Racers with a virtual safety car system slow down on their own, so there is no need to drive an actual safety car onto the track, which would slow down the racers in all parts of the track. Although they are both racers and leaders