Charlie Whiting is confident there will be no "downside" to standing restarts while revealing that "someone at McLaren" proposed the idea. Next season, Formula One will introduce standing restarts after a Safety Car period except in the first two laps of a grand prix and the last five. The move has been met with contrasting opinions as while some believe it will increase the excitement, many of the drivers fear it will lead to more crashes and unfairly penalise the driver leading the race. "Standing restart is something that I was involved in personally," Whiting told the official Russian GP website. "I was talking to someone at McLaren and we came up...
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