Editing Formula One (section)

====Safety car====
{{Main|Safety car#Formula One}}
In the event of an incident that risks the safety of competitors or trackside [[Motorsport marshal|race marshals]], race officials may choose to deploy the [[safety car]]. This in effect suspends the race, with drivers following the safety car around the track at its speed in race order, with no overtaking permitted. Cars that have been lapped may, during the safety car period and depending on circumstances permitted by the race director, be allowed to un-lap themselves in order to ensure a smoother restart and to avoid blue flags being immediately thrown upon the resumption of the race with many of the cars in very close proximity to each other. The safety car circulates until the danger is cleared; after it comes in, the race restarts with a [[rolling start]]. Pit stops under a safety car are permitted, and in many cases can offer a great advantage to teams who are able to pit and change tyres prior to the end of the safety car period.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coleman |first=Madeline |date=22 March 2023 |title=F1 safety cars explained: How caution laps shaped the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4331763/2023/03/22/f1-safety-cars-explained-saudi-arabian-grand-prix/ |access-date=13 September 2024 |work=[[The Athletic]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127044400/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4331763/2023/03/22/f1-safety-cars-explained-saudi-arabian-grand-prix/ |archive-date=27 November 2024 |quote=But there are benefits to teams, too. During actual safety car periods, teams practice fuel saving and make cheap pit stops. Drivers typically flood the pitlane to capitalize on the reduced time for a better pit stop as they swap for fresh tires. Tires tend to lose grip and temperature during this period, which makes the restart challenging.}}</ref> On the lap in which the safety car returns to the pit lane, the leading car takes over the role of the safety car until the timing line. After crossing this line, drivers are allowed to start racing for track position once more.

[[Mercedes-Benz]] has supplied a variety of its [[Mercedes-AMG|AMG]] models to Formula One to use as the safety car since 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bart-Williams |first=Nadim |date=17 June 2023 |title=Timeline: The 50-year history of the Safety Car's evolution in Formula 1 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/timeline-the-50-year-history-of-the-safety-cars-evolution-in-formula-1.3pYd8T6uM4dVWnp1VQ30Vz |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=Formula1.com |language=en |quote=However, that all changed midway through the [[1996 Formula One World Championship|1996 season]], thanks to an agreement that has lasted until this day. Formula 1 and Mercedes joined forces, giving the German manufacturer the responsibility of supplying the Official Safety Car for all races. |url-status=live |archive-date=14 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114131435/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/timeline-the-50-year-history-of-the-safety-cars-evolution-in-formula-1.3pYd8T6uM4dVWnp1VQ30Vz}}</ref> From 2021 onwards, [[Aston Martin]] has supplied the [[Aston Martin Vantage (2018)|Vantage]] to share duties with Mercedes-AMGs.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 March 2021 |title=Check out the new Mercedes and Aston Martin Safety Cars that'll be used in F1 in 2021 |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.check-out-the-new-mercedes-and-aston-martin-f1-safety-cars-2021.6oPIsF0xEkmJXmwkvrp3Tu.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308170924/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.check-out-the-new-mercedes-and-aston-martin-f1-safety-cars-2021.6oPIsF0xEkmJXmwkvrp3Tu.html |archive-date=8 March 2021 |access-date=12 March 2021 |website=Formula1.com}}</ref>[[File:Formula 1 Safety Car Mercedes-AMG GT R.jpg|thumb|The [[Mercedes-AMG GT R]] safety car at the [[2019 Hungarian Grand Prix]]]]
[[File:Aston Martin Safety Car F1 2022.jpg|alt=An Aston Martin Safety Car during the 2022 Formula One World Championship|thumb|An [[Aston Martin Vantage (2018)#F1 Safety Car|Aston Martin Safety Car]] during the [[2022 Formula One World Championship]]]]
Since 2000, the main safety car driver has been German ex-racing driver [[Bernd Mayländer]].<ref>{{cite news |date=8 March 2000 |title=New safety car driver announced |url=http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/2713/new-safety-car-driver-announced/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529171909/http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/2713/new-safety-car-driver-announced/ |archive-date=29 May 2016 |access-date=30 January 2011 |publisher=GPUpdate.net}}</ref> He is usually joined by FIA technical assistant Richard Darker, who relays information between the safety car and race control.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bradley |first=Charles |date=13 May 2023 |title=Why Bernd Maylander is the safest pair of hands in F1 |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/bernd-maylander-f1-safety-car-interview/10468948/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527143733/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/bernd-maylander-f1-safety-car-interview/10468948/ |archive-date=27 May 2023 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=[[Motorsport.com]]}}</ref>

===== Virtual Safety Car =====
{{Main|Safety car#Virtual safety car (VSC)}}
Following an accident at the [[2014 Japanese Grand Prix]], which saw driver [[Jules Bianchi]] suffer a serious head injury that led to his death, the FIA established an "accident panel" to investigate the dynamics of the accident and ways to minimise the risk of a crash during similar circumstances that do not warrant the deployment of a safety car and cannot be simply managed with [[Racing flags#Yellow flag|yellow flags]]. When the virtual safety car is deployed, the virtual marshal panels around the track display "VSC". All drivers receive a "VSC" notice on their steering wheels, and they must all keep their lap times above a pre-determined minimum, also known as keeping a positive delta.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2015 |title=FIA clarifies new virtual safety car procedures |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2015/1/FIA-clarifies-new-virtual-safety-car-procedures.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422185038/https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2015/1/FIA-clarifies-new-virtual-safety-car-procedures.html |archive-date=22 April 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=Formula1.com |language=en}}</ref> The system was first implemented during the [[2015 Monaco Grand Prix]], before being upgraded to a full safety car, following a collision between [[Max Verstappen]] and [[Romain Grosjean]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Adam |date=22 May 2023 |orig-date=24 May 2021 |title=When Mercedes "screwed up" Hamilton's race in Monaco |url=https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-hamilton-monaco-screwed-rosberg/4795991/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021093557/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-hamilton-monaco-screwed-rosberg/4795991/ |archive-date=21 October 2021 |access-date=13 September 2024 |website=[[Motorsport.com]] |quote=The reigning champion didn't simply consolidate his lead, he extended it, and by lap 63 he was 19.6s ahead of his teammate. But at Monaco you are always in the hands of the gods, and it was while Hamilton was on his 64th lap that Verstappen collided with Romain Grosjean at Ste Devote, and F1's first ever Virtual Safety Car was called for.}}</ref>