Formula One

superchuck500 said
The stupid irony of it is that had they called the safety car right away like they should have (and were inevitably going to have to anyway) instead of screwing around, we wouldn’t have had the weird Lando issue and maybe could have had a decent race to the finish.

The FIA's explanation is as stupid as the actual events.

The FIA said of this decision: “Normal practice is for the Safety Car not to be deployed if there is a small amount of debris, and off the racing line.

“The extensive debris after a car hit the mirror and the punctures that occurred shortly after forced the decision on a Safety Car.

I would call the entire main straightaway, the sole DRS passing zone, a racing line.
In the link below, there's a clip of Lando's "infraction". Dude had a thousandth of a second to react to that light.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...x-including-safety-car.3yHdxqVUyINnY41tkiIt3y

superchuck500 said
F1’s biggest product problem is a lack of truly competitive races. Nascar learned a long time ago that bringing the field together is good for entertainment product. If fate gives you a good safety reason to do it, you jump on it.

That's has been the nature of F1 racing since its inception though. Their intricate road courses have always been dominated by their wealthiest teams. NASCAR has basically turned themselves into the IROC series with all their cars being a mirror image of each other and that has brought their races into a tighter pack.