I agree with the above, if you watch the slow motion version on Youtube, you clearly see the light, a short pause, then him launching, so it shows that it wasn't even a case of him guessing the light much less leaving early.
I watched the video too and I didn't know which car was supposed to have jumped, so I wasn't biased either way. If you concentrate on the light only coming on, and I watched it five times, that car did not move, wheels or car. Why didn't the TV guys show all the angles in slo-mo to us? They have to know there are a lot of savvy guys watching this show. In normal time it probably looked like a jump to the starter( he can't see the light anyway since its pointed away from him) but he didn't have to go thru those motions, he's the ring leader and will bias everybody's opinion. That stupid run back then turn on the light is all wrong, just stand perfectly still then turn the light on, why all the drama.
