Rolex 24 @ Daytona on Now

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Jalopnik is reporting that there wasn't a full course caution on at the time of the collision - only a local yellow which may not have been visible to the Delta Wing driver. Full caution only went on after the collision

There was a yellow. A local yellow, because the prototype car was still running so they didn't want to throw a FCY in case he just started moving again which seemed likely at the time.

I think the local yellow call was acceptable, but every now and then you have some dingbat not heads-up racing. If you look at replays, you can clearly see he tried to dive deep. He actually was going probably a bit too fast anyway to make the inside line that he "supposedly" was going for. He under steered right into the back of the other car.

That's my take as a racer. Turn 1 is somewhat blind, but they have radios (which he claimed he didn't hear), yellow lights (which were on), and a waving yellow.

The BIGGEST mistake he made however is something nobody has touched upon. All the other drivers slowed up just a tiny bit. He went for it. Most experienced racers notice when everybody is "off pace" just a second and looks ahead with caution. I know if I see people dropping back, I look ahead to see if there is something I missed. But that's me as a cautious driver.