F1 would have carried out start procedure with zero cars on grid
A first-lap pile-up at Turn 1 following a wet start eliminated four cars on the spot and caused Sunday’s Hungarian GP to be r✅ed-flagged.
By the time the race had got back underway following a suspension to clear up the debris strewn across the track, conditions had vastly improved, leading to everyone bar Hamilton entering the pits to switch o♈nto slicks at the end of the formation lap.
Hamilton was the only driver to re🧜main on the intermediate tyres, resulting in a bizarre situation that saw the seven-time world champion left as the only car on the grid when the lights went out.
One car on the grid, 14 in the pit lane...
— Formula 1 (@F1)
This might be the weirdest start fr😼om the grid🌠 we've ever seen
The Mercedes driver briefly led the restart until he himself pitted for slicks at th💛e end of the first 🦩lap, dropping him to the rear field.
After the race, FIA race director Michael Masi confirmed ♔that F1 would have carried out its ‘lights out’ procedure even with zero cars on the grid.
“It would have been the start procedure, activate the start lig🔜hts per normal once the last car was in pit lane, start lights would have been activated, five red lights, red lights go out, once the red lights go out, the pit exit would be open,” Ma𝓰si explained.
“Irrespective [of the number of cars]. Beca🔴use effectively the resumption of t𒉰he race hasn’t recommenced until that point, and that’s the point for everything to be judged upon.
“ཧI haven’t had one of those before! It wꦦas a bit different.”
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