De verdediging van Red Bull op het feit dat slechts 5 wagens zich ontdubbelt hebben :

Red Bull argued that 1. “Any” does not mean “all”. 2. The Article 48.13 of the Sporting Regulations states that the message “Safety Car in this lap” is the signal that it will enter the pit lane at the end of that lap. 3. That therefore Article 48.13 “overrides” Article 48.12. 4. That Article 15.3 gives the Race Director “overriding authority” over “the use of the safety car”. 5. That even if all cars that had been lapped (8 in total, of which 5 were allowed to overtake the safety car) it would not have changed the outcome of the race.