safety car
Origin of safety car
1First recorded in 1830–40
Words Nearby safety car
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How to use safety car in a sentence
Masi chose to deploy the safety car, which would slow the field and force the cars to follow in a specific line while still clinging to the possibility that the drivers could resume racing before they ran out of laps.
Formula One’s 2021 Season Was As Close — And Controversial — As Advertised | Justin Moore | December 17, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightThat changed in 1993, when F1 got over its case of "not invented here" and adopted the safety car, calling on the service for the first time at that year's Brazilian Grand Prix.
Ever wondered about the F1 safety car? We talk to its driver | Jonathan M. Gitlin | October 22, 2021 | Ars Technica
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