Safety car
![Mercedes-Benz SLK pace car of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.](/Images/godic/202502/19/2006FOS_DTMSafetyCar5020.jpg")
![Two Superleague Formula safety cars in the paddock at Silverstone Circuit](/Images/godic/202502/19/Silverstone_2010_-_Safety_Cars5020.jpg")
![When required, the F1 safety car will lead the field around the circuit at reduced speed with the race leader immediately following.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Safety_Car_with_Felipe_Massa_2006_Brazil5020.jpg")
![Bernd Mayländer, the F1 safety car driver since 2000](/Images/godic/202502/19/Bernd_Maylander_2008_Japan5020.jpg")
In motorsport, a safety car or pace car is a car which limits the speed of competing cars on a racetrack in the case of a caution period such as an obstruction on the track or bad weather. The aim of the safety car is to enable the clearance of any obstruction under safer conditions, especially for marshals and/or await more favourable track conditions weather-wise.