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Kyle Kirkwood finished second in Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix, but blamed media coverage of previous events for the changes to caution procedures that affected him during the race. At the heart of the discussion was Alexander Rossi’s incident during the Sonsio Grand Prix on the IMS road course. Rossi slowed to a stop on the […]
Kyle Kirkwood finished second in the Detroit Grand Prix and attributed changes to caution procedures during the race to media coverage of previous incidents, particularly Alexander Rossi’s incident at the Sonsio Grand Prix on the IMS road course. The coverage of Rossi’s incident led IndyCar to update their procedures to escalate situations to full yellows more swiftly. Kirkwood expressed his disappointment with how quickly yellows were shown in Detroit, believing it was influenced by the media. He criticized the excessive pressure race control faced after the Rossi incident and emphasized that the drivers and media played a role in the change in procedures. Despite his disappointment, Kirkwood acknowledged the difficult position race control was in due to the external pressures.
