"virtual safety car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: virtual safety cars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=virtual safety car}} virtual safety car (plural virtual safety cars)
  1. (motor racing) A racing condition where the race steward declares that all race cars must run a similar pace and must not exceed a certain speed, so that they will appear to each follow their own personal imaginary safety car, theoretically maintaining race separations without change, and where they cannot overtake each other. Categories (topical): Motor racing Synonyms: VSC [abbreviation] Derived forms: VSC [abbreviation] Related terms: safety car (alt: SC), full-course yellow (english: a race condition where all race cars must slow down and where they cannot pass each other, indicated with waving yellow flags along the entirety of the circuit)
    Sense id: en-virtual_safety_car-en-noun-nWa-0A9y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports

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