after reading this interesting post , you seem that you haven't got a clue about the officiating side of motorsport i saw the F1 qualifying and i have even said what a disgrace. But calling up bookies to place a bet on someone being killed WHAT A F-------- IDIOT YOU MUST BE. now the reason I'm saying this is because i am a track-side official here in Australia and do some off the biggest motorsport events within Australia. Even though these officials are not paid one dollar we are highly trained and skilled in what we do.
Here is a video of just how fast you need to be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIiexyn_LNQ
now i am the person waving the yellow flag on the left hand side of screen and this car is going at 250 KPH + down the fastest straight in the southern hemisphere
if the pitcrews are walking across the pitlane they are the ones who need to be schooled and that i agree with you but everything else i don't