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Originally Posted by joeb
Obviously hard for a driver coming around the bend to see the yellows waving that we can see in the video, but I wonder if there were yellows at the previous marshals post to warn them coming in to that mess? Or was the timing not right for that?
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As per 2020 WEC flagging rules no automatic back up yellow for double waved ones. Back up only by race control order. This might have changed since then or be different for LM/certain sections but my 2023 Sebring flagging info is no longer accessible.
Also, on track incidents require double waved yellow flags - only one was initially displayed which could have caused additional delay in having a race control ordered back up yellow displayed at the preceding MP (if at all). We saw the opposite flag position at the incident bringing out their second yellow flag right as the T-bone is about to commence but no view/info about the MP directly upstream.
N.B. certainly not claiming the accident wouldn't have happened either way, just providing some insights. And it won't change a dime anyway!