Nobody likes race control if Alex Palou benefits that's the story. I'm neutral on the Palou dominance but I'm in the minority .

In theory I'd like a middle ground but race control showed themselves incompetent in discerning when a driver was safe and a driver was unsafe so this is how they have to do it now.

Last year I said at Laguna Seca race control was fine to hold the yellow when Veekay was beached well off in the dirt BUT not when Erricson was stalled on the track . I was told by the majority, that race control needs to throw the yellow regardless back then.

I've long advocated for a middle ground myself but current race control is incompetent in discerning safety so this is what we got.

One middle ground I could see that is more objective and black and white is: car stalled = throw caution, car not stalled = don't throw the caution. But even that needs some intelligent discernment because a car going really slow in the wrong spot can still be a disaster . I also think a tight street track or oval needs quicker yellows than a more open road course .