Scott Dixon didn’t have a problem with the new rules, but rather with a competitor or two. “It wasn’t a matter of starting too slow or being too close; it was one or two people driving like idiots,” said the two-time champion whose race was ruined shortly after it began.

Ryan Briscoe blamed the dirt and dust for a major lack of visibility while Oriol Servia pointed to the slippery surface off line of the airport circuit.

But winner Dario Franchitti may have had the best take: “Is the problem the double file restart? Is it the late acceleration? Or is it people not paying attention or not respecting each other? We have to work out what was the problem and fix it.”