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pace car
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pace car  (ps)
n.
A usually high-performance automobile that leads a group of competing cars through the pace lap of a race but does not participate in the race.
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Noun1.pace car - a high-performance car that leads a parade of competing cars through the pace lap and then pulls off the coursepace car - a high-performance car that leads a parade of competing cars through the pace lap and then pulls off the course
auto racing, car racing - the sport of racing automobiles
auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"


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During the first stint the safety car was deployed due to a crash between Force India's Adrian Sutil and BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld forcing Button to pit ahead of schedule.
Vettel's Red Bull team-mate SPECIALS Bet365 - number of classified finishers: 6-4 under 15, 6-5 over 16, 3 15 or 16; safety car to be deployed?
Every F1 race driver knows that the safety car is deployed on a track when there is an accident, which leads to the track being blocked either by debris or a stationary car, and where it is difficult to recover a damaged car, as was the case here.
 
 
 
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