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Not a big fan, . .
just nocking a visual together
What 5 know: 10 lights in two rows of 5, bottom ones come on in sequence, but what happens for the race to start?
They go off.
This was changed when Murray Walker retired.
Prior to that the drivers all waited for him to shout 'GO GO GO' and off they went.
Once all the cars have come to a halt the five second light will appear followed by the four, three, two and one second lights. At any time after the one second light appears, the race will be started by extinguishing all red lights.
Ok while we're on this, why did they change it from red-green to red-off for the start?
'cos Ferrari are red
Colour-blind drivers disadvantaged? </speculation>
Didn't the greens fail to come on at one race and half the grid launched off leaving the other still standing.
I think the green light was removed because drivers react to the red light going out not the green light coming on, so the green light served no purpose.
Didn't the greens fail to come on at one race and half the grid launched off leaving the other still standing.
Don't recall for F1, but there was one for a lower formula, where the lights went to the "go back around for 1 more formation lap" sequence (probably a stalled car?). Half the field did so, but the other half react to cars in front moving, so floored it, thereby creating much carnage. Think there's a repeat set of lights halfway down the grid, but maybe some drivers still get a better view that others?
Colour-blind drivers disadvantaged
dunno about that, they'd still know the relative position of the light, just like on normal roads.
do all ten lights come on, then go out to start the race, or are one of the rows unused?
Didn't the greens fail to come on at one race and half the grid launched off leaving the other still standing.
yeah it was something like that, probaly 10 years ago now? Maybe even longer.
IIRC there were two incidents in the same season
from what I've seen, the red lights come on in pairs.
dunno about that, they'd still know the relative position of the light, just like on normal roads.
Yeah, but that doesn't exclude people from [i]thinking [/i]it might happen.
from what I've seen, the red lights come on in pairs.
That would be sensible, redundant systems in case a bulb (or controller circuitry?) failed.
I noticed on the Brazil circuit the lights come on right to left?
Whathaveisaidnow. You keep saying all 10 lights, but I only remember seeing 5 lights which come on one at a time and then all go out. Or am I missing the question somewhere?
There are 10, but only 5 used for the start sequence
skip to 40s for a good shot
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