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Speeds are simulated · Facts up to date after the Mexico City Grand Prix

Glossary/Tyres and race weekends

Safety car

A road car that leads the field at reduced speed after a crash or hazard. No overtaking is allowed until it pulls in.

Learn it properly

Chapter 01: Your first race

More in tyres and race weekends

  • Compound
  • Stint
  • Degradation
  • The cliff
  • Graining
  • Blistering
  • Intermediate
  • Crossover
  • Pit stop
  • Undercut
  • Overcut
  • Qualifying
  • Pole position
  • Sprint
  • Virtual Safety Car
  • Sector
  • Street circuit