For example, the chequered flag is commonly used across all of motorsport to signify the end of a session (practice, qualifying, or race), while the penalty flags differ from series to series. While there is no universal system of racing flags across all of motorsports, most series have standardized them, with some flags carrying over between series. Alternatively, some race tracks employ lights to supplement the primary flag at the start/finish line. Track marshals are also stationed at observation posts along the race track in order to communicate both local and course-wide conditions to drivers.
Typically, the starter, sometimes the grand marshal of a race, waves the flags atop a flag stand near the start/finish line. “I don’t think anyone – maybe apart from Haas – felt that having a mirror knocked off in an accident that wasn’t your fault, and then that drive Fernando did, he merited should have kept that seventh place.Racing flags are traditionally used in auto racing and similar motorsports to indicate track conditions and to communicate important messages to drivers. We had some very positive discussions with the FIA technical department and I think they agreed that things have gone a little bit too far. Reflecting on the situation, Permane believes teams should know where they stand going forward, saying: “It was great to get that outcome and I’m really happy and pleased that things worked out between us and the FIA.
TREMAYNE: Alonso’s Austin fightback proved F1 drivers are not the same as us mere mortals Alpine Sporting Director Alan Permane has described “very positive” discussions with the FIA regarding the use of black-and-orange flags in F1, after Fernando Alonso’s seventh-place finish at the United States Grand Prix was reinstated.Īlonso initially dropped out of the points in Austin when Haas successfully protested that his car had been run in an unsafe manner due to damage sustained in a dramatic collision with Aston Martin rival Lance Stroll – which saw one of the Spaniard’s wing mirrors shake loose and break off.Īlpine managed to get the penalty overturned on a technicality, but questions remained over the situations that warrant a black-and-orange flag – used to inform drivers to pit immediately on safety grounds – given that it had been shown to Haas’s Kevin Magnussen for crash damage at several races earlier in the season.
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