English

Noun

virtual safety car ‎(plural virtual safety cars)

1. (motorsport) a race condition where the race steward declares that all race cars must run a similar pace and must not exceed a certain speed, so that they will appear to each follow their own personal imaginary safety car, theoretically maintaining race separations without change, and where they cannot overtake each other

Synonyms

• VSC (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• VSC (abbreviation)

Related terms

• safety car (SC)

See also

• full-course yellow (a race condition where all race cars must slow down and where they cannot pass each other, indicated with waving yellow flags along the entirety of the circuit)