safety car
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of safety car
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Antonelli looked capable of winning any which way, but decided to stop for fresh tyres under a virtual safety car mid-race and narrowed a 15-second gap to nothing before carving past Russell.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
But Russell, with help from a further late virtual safety car to allow marshals to recover debris on track, held Hamilton off to take the final podium position.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The safety car confusion was just the final episode in a race that was always engrossing but had ratcheted up several notches in the final 20 laps or so.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc had been 20 seconds in front when the safety car came out for a high-speed crash by Verstappen's Red Bull.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Each day in the week would have its special work: Monday would be beach drill, practising with the firing gun and line and the safety car.
From Tides of Barnegat by Francis Hopkinson Smith
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