And they would have had a case! - he intended to come in for a stop, then saw the yellows flashing on and instantly returned to the track, realising that a stop under full yellows would cost him less time than a stop under green. Only Ilmor and its new partner Mercedes-Benz saw their 1995 investments go down the drain but at least they had that one victory in 1994. The other alternative would be that since Goodyear had got away with a pacecar-assisted yet avoidable driver error USAC had no other option than to clear Villeneuve as well! On lap 66, he gained back his first lap, and on lap 116 he was back into the lead lap again, even though it wasnt good fortune all of the time. The die for the 1995 controversy was cast. Almost instantly, Villeneuve's victory was branded controversial by some. Because of taking up speed so early, Goodyear and Villeneuve gained rapidly on the pace car that was still trying to get away from the field. The entire top-four was right behind the pace car, Eliseo Salazar and Christian Fittipaldi following Villeneuve. Not so much of a surprise, however, was the fact that the Team Menard Lolas powered by the Menard V6, a derivative of the turbocharged Buick V6 stockblocks, dominated the speed rankings. Thus, when one lap later a yellow came out for debris on the track, the pace car had to pick up Villeneuve. Watch. USAC could have shown mercy with Goodyear to avoid him losing the race at the final hurdle, with no chance of making up lost ground anymore. One year before Honda had seen their cars withdrawn before being bumped from the field. Now it must be said that there were more complaints about the way the pace car was handled that day. I'm re-watching the 1995 500 from the satellite feed and the Brazilian broadcast (to compare the two). Goodyear was obviously determined to ensure that Villeneuve could not do the same job on him that he had done on Pruett a few laps earlier. Pruett picked up speed when entering Turn Four but second-placed Scott Goodyear was instantly all over him. This had been brought over to the Speedway where the team failed to understand that this set-up change didn't work at the Speedway at all. On lap 176, there had been another restart. Indy Review Volume 5 Of the two yearbooks in existence at the time, it remains by far the best, adding more sidenotes and side stories. So if Goodyear hadn't been penalized for passing the pace car, it is highly likely that Villeneuve's team, Team Green, would have filed a protest on the grounds of inconsistent application of the rules. The procedure for picking up the leader back then clearly wasn't as refined as it is now. Ironically, the first man behind Goodyear, heading the rest of the field - and thus the first of the drivers who remained behind the pace car - had earlier got into trouble with the pace car himself. Besides that, with the track gone yellow the pitlane would be closed, so a stop would have earned him another penalty. Winner Jacques Villeneuve, victorious despite the fact he had been two laps down on the leaders early on in the race. With a driver passing the pace car, USAC was brought in a position in which they simply had to react. The disqualification of the race winner, the announcement of a new winner and the reinstatement of the original winner had caused a lot of bad publicity. Of all people, that particular driver was the one following Goodyear at the time of his crime. Considering that the pace car driver had not been acting unusual when leaving the field for this particular restart, the penalty was correctly applied. Yet another yellow followed. If USAC had shown mercy with Goodyear an entirely new situation would have occurred, since another driver had been penalized for passing the pace car earlier in the race.
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