Most racers are very happyif shown to them black and white flag, which is usually covered with small squares or rhombuses, and means that it is the race is over. Most of all, he is the lucky racer who sees her first. However, in Formulas 1 there is more the other black and white flag divided diagonally. This, in turn, is used for less gratifying things. V sports code The FIA states: “This black and white flag appears only once, as a warning to a racer who has behaved unsportsmanlike on the track."
In the last race for GP of Belgium in Spa, they showed this flag Pierre Gaslyu, team racer Toro Rossobecause he was young French slightly more robustly defended against a rival. To be precise, the young man put his car in brake zone put in a new position (changed direction), which v Formulas 1 means an offense. For a similar case, we need to go back all the way to races in Malaysia, where he received such a warning Lewis Hamiltonbecause he was circling in front of the race car Vitaly Petrova. Between the years 2010 in 2019 they replaced this flag with warnedintroduced by the deceased Charlie whiting. The teams received a warning from the commissioners, who received it via radio transferred to his sinner in the race car.
Michael Massi, Whiting’s successor, however, now wants to use this more often black and white flag. The Australian is after the race in Belgium said: “We talked to the sports team bosses and explained to them that they now have to count on this flag more often. I see no reason why we should not do this. For me, this is a motorsport version of the yellow card, so why not use it? We can also show this flag when a racer would shorten a certain place on the track again. In both cases: This flag will only be displayed once, then the matter goes into the hands of the race commissioners, who must consider the penalty. This flag can be used for various crimes."
Alexander albon, team racer Red Bull Racing, said: “For me personally, this is a good thing, because we often saw this flag in go-karting and it worked very well there. A case like the one between Sebastian Vettl and Lewis Hamilton in a race in Canada would certainly be solved in a more elegant way - with a warning, only then would punishment follow."
