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[caraware]

I was reading about the new AMG SLS and was wondering whar were the famous safety cars in the 80s and 90s. I didn't see anything on internet and I am not old enough to remember the 80s.

[7UpJordan]

Safety Car first made its appearance at Brazil in 1993. The car has tended to vary between tracks.

[cap-dude]

Actually, apparently they had tried the safety car thing before during one race at the 1973 Canadian GP.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Canadian_Grand_Prix

But it came out on front of the wrong car, and messed up the order of the field. I guess they gave up till 1993 after that.

[LifeW12]

Safety Car first made its appearance at Brazil in 1993. The car has tended to vary between tracks.

It also came out at Silverstone that year

Here's a bit from wikipedia:

The first use of the Safety Car in Formula One was at the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix. However, the Safety Car took its place in front of the wrong driver, which placed part of the field incorrectly one lap down. It took several hours after the end of the race to straighten out who the winner actually was. Starting from the 1993 season, safety car was introduced to official rules. It was used in Brazilian and British Grands Prix that year.

The 2010 the Safety Car will be based on the gull-wing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The supercharged V8 supercar will be the fastest F1 safety car ever. It will make its debut at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix.

[Jabberwocky]

I still chuckle when I think of the Clio safety car

[caraware]

Well I presume the SLS is by far the coolest safety car F1 ever had then. As far as I remember AMG has been providing safety cars in the past years, but I have seen some Renaults (official die cast) models with the safety car labels on them. I don't know if they were genuine or not. Like I said I didn't find anywhere in the internet with a list of safety cars.

[welshie]