If you haven’t heard, Supercars and Motorsport Australia have elected to backflip on its controversial slow zone/slow down/Safety Car rules. To recap, various iterations of controlling the field before the physical Safety Car takes effect have been in place since the start of last season. The idea was to stop drivers being able to ‘race’ back to the pits to get a strategic advantage once a Safety Car was called. We were heading towards a situation where there would be no strategic freedom, and everyone would need to run long, every stint, in case there’s a safety car. It’s unusual for such a comprehensive backflip to take place on a change made in the name of safety.