2023 São Paulo Grand Prix - Interlagos, Nov 03 - 05

[Farnborough]

That’s probably true, some big brain thinking back then.

Think that was a Mr Ross Brawn heading that one up

Alternately, I THINK the LH finish at Silverstone with flat front tyre to win just maybe have benefited from exactly this, passing the finish line while in pit entrance and taking a shorter run to that line, may have been a consideration if the second car was closer at that finish, thereby securing a win from the opposite circumstances to the MS scenario.

Everything has some consequence though, depending if a team is on the ball to spot something to leverage.

SV speeding up into pit under safety car in Australia another one that had not been generally well known.

[mzso]

Looks like the finish line is placed before all of the pit boxes to avoid this potential, instead of perhaps dividing them to before and after the finish line and provide "options" in strategic time penalty taken. Now not possible on final lap as you'd have finished the race by crossing that line BEFORE you took a penalty.

Seems like the origin of the current arrangement, but not completely sure thats the case.

As far as I know, after that incident the rules were changed to not allow penalties to be served on the last lap.