virtual safety car

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Noun

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virtual safety car (plural virtual safety cars)

  1. (motor racing) A racing condition where the race steward declares that all race cars must run a similar pace and must not exceed a certain speed, so that they will appear to each follow their own personal imaginary safety car, theoretically maintaining race separations without change, and where they cannot overtake each other.

Synonyms

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  • VSC (abbreviation)

Derived terms

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  • VSC (abbreviation)
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See also

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  • full-course yellow (a race condition where all race cars must slow down and where they cannot pass each other, indicated with waving yellow flags along the entirety of the circuit)