[Russell Sobie]

Can someone let me know how I was supposed to rejoin the track soon enough to not get automatically teleported to the pits and then put a lap down on top of that? I lost control at VIR and went safely into the grass. I turned around to try to get back on track as soon and as close as I could... but before I could even start towards the track the game just put me in the pits, gave me what I think was a 60 seconds no controls penalty, and then when I finally did go back out on track I was showing a lap down on everyone (last place and exiting the pits towards the middle of the pack... right into traffic).
Is this some sort of anti-wrecker prevention that was triggered because my McLaren didn't want to face the correct way on the track soon enough? The grass on this track is like a giant oil slick. It wasn't like I was trying to cut the track or had plans on re-entering right into someone or something. Sigh.