I saw it live from T16 and thought the same thing but you need to remember that the number of motorsport experienced firies is suplimented by professional & volunteer fire fighters who may only do the F1GP. It could've been as simple as a rush of blood to the head but it NOT standard procedure to cross a hot track down here.
I also noticed several people in pit lane uniforms out on the track during the clean up for Shuey's off.
Actually the one thing that they probably should investigate is a couple of vehicle based track cleaning flying squads who can turn out under SC to clean up a big mess quickly using blowers and then dive off the track at the next gap in the fence, kind of like the Safety Teams in US based series operate.
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