I have been given that a thought aswell a few times, but I came to the conclusion that a your local time needs to change date (to the next day) before timestamp is shown.
EDIT: I'm just talking bs, don't listen to me :something ... you're right
Getting a timeout in a good positions is always a harsh thing as you loose tons of time on the dc, join up again and leave pits. But I'm sure admins will see what teams actually got a "timeout" for engine damage and which teams did not, I think it's pretty obvios when looking at the topspeeds and all that. (and which teams deserve a penalty lap and which do not).
I had the same with my last momo, and I have the same with my current one. When I turn it fast from left to the right or the opposite (e.g. when correcting a slide) it goes offcenter. I think it's cos when it gets worn out it starts to "jump over" some off the electrical signals or something like that. So stay off drifting and learn to be smooth on exit's and you'll be fine