"The FIA has brought back the rule allowing lapped cars to pass the
safety car.
The rule was last used in F1 in 2009. It proved problematic because of
the large amount of time lapped cars needed to pass the safety car and
re-join the train, as most F1 tracks are over five kilometres long.
As a result the rule was enforced inconsistently as the race director occasionally chose not to allow unlapped cars to pass the safety car, in
order to prevent the safety car being kept out for too long."
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