But what about when the fault is blatantly obvious, or a 3rd party accepts responsibility ?
I can appreciate the need where there may be some doubt as to who is at fault e.g. overtaking , warp etc.
But take another example , a driver leaves the track ( for whatever reason ) then makes a bad rejoin like, driving across the track instead of joining at an narrow angle ?
Or a driver minding his own business and suddenly a S/R car appears right in front who'm cannot be avoided ?
Can there not be room left for claiming the right to s/r after such an incedent without further incuring a time penalty (pit stop ) , post race ?
Pit stops can also be hazardous , very easy to do a mistake when trying to make up lost time due to some one elses bad driving.
On some tracks , the pit exit can cause problems to those on track passing at high speed , Brands Hatch for e.g.
In the not too distant past we used to run pit stop penalties as part of the handicap system , these were given up for various reasons but mostly because pit stops caused more problems than they cured