The underbonnet system was not activated when the car was stopped - a little while after the driver got out he went back into the passenger side and activated it.
Before that the marshall hit the front of the car with a fire extinguisher - she did not seem to have any troubles using it but because she did not jump down and poke it through an opening it had no impact. I was wondering why she did not jumo down as she was ineffectual where she was but the discussion about not going onto the circuit cleared that up - but it did make her actions (lack of action) understandable.
She then could be seen to be "fumbling" with another extinguisher (but she obviously new how to use it) but gave it to the driver who went around to the drivers side and squirted it under the front wheel arch - still not much use. Maybe the marshall was talking with the driver about the approach so maybe this is why she seemed to be fumbling.
Then the fire unit arrived.
For me the marshall not jumping down to give the car a squirt was the main issue but has now been explained - on one hand I can understand the rule but marshalls should also be given a bit of leaway - the driver was allowed on the circuit so if the marshall (remember they need to be fully trained) was happy then maybe OK.
In the circumstances I think that Marshall did exactly what she should have done and performed well.
I was disappointed that the crash message either by radio or the marshall system did not reach the Merc drive in the last crash as the Merc did arrive on the scene sometime later and possibly should have been aware of the incident ahead if the system had worked as it should.
I dont have a better solution but I think the safety car is killing car racing in Australia but I certainly dont have a better answer.
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