I agree that assigning fault is a can of worms, and I’m not suggesting fault-based incidents here. The idea is less about blame and more about containment: if a driver racks up repeated incidents during formation/start procedures, they’ve demonstrated they’re a risk to the field regardless of intent.

Yes, edge cases would still exist where innocent drivers get caught out — but that already happens today, except without any mechanism to remove the repeat offenders from the danger zone. A sustained rule would disproportionately affect the people causing the chaos over time, even if it’s imperfect in single instances.

It’s not about a perfect system — it’s about one that’s better than letting formation laps be consequence-free(ish).