anybody see it?
Who actually won then? offcially?
Castronevis got accross the line first, and in victory lane, him and the penski team were celebrating, but i actually think paul tracey won the race
What happened -
with just two laps left, Tracey is wheel to wheel to Castronevis, Tracey on the outside of Turn 3, Castronevis on the inside. Theres an accident at turn 2 with two cars, the caution is put out, and of course, its an oval so its a full course yellow, saftey car deployed, so we know the race will finish under caution.
BUT whislt Tracy and Castronevis are wheel to wheel, castronevis suddenly slows, fuel looks like the problem, we had been worrying bout castronevis because of his odd pit stop sequence. The commentators didnt think it would be possible for him to reach the end of the race. And if it wasnt for this caution on lap 199 of 200 they would have been right.
So as they go under yellow, Tracey is AHEAD of Castronevis. But as soon as this happen, the cars all slow down (becasue of safety car) and Castronevis repass's Tracey UNDER FULL COURSE YELLOW, claiming that Tracey had passed under yellow and Castronevis rightly held 1st position. Not risking a penatly, Tracey and Team Green do not repass Castronevis and Castronevis cross's the line P1
According to Franchitti, running behind these two, but a lap down, Tracey was ahead BEFORE the yellow was out out, so Tracey rightly had the place. The replys showed that Traecy was slightly ahead when the yellow was deployed and clearly Castronevis would not have made it to the flag if the race had finished under green.
So, who won? Well Penski and Castronevis were sure they won, since they got over the line first, but Tracy/Team Green/Franchitti and the TV cameras think that Castronevis passed under yellow and P1 should be awarded to Tracey and Team Green
apparently Team Green have already filed a complaint.
Intresting end to a very exciting race
Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waitingJesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps