BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - JULY 30: The safety car leads Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF70H and Kimi Raikkonen of Finland driving the (7) Scuderia Ferrari SF70H on track during the Formula One Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on July 30, 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
Driverless cars could be coming to auto racing, but star drivers in the near future probably won’t have to worry.
Autonomous technology is something that first could be implemented in the pace car or safety car, which limits the speed of the competing cars on the track for safety reasons caused by an accident, debris or weather.