The ongoing discussion concerns how the flag will be used at coming events, with the understanding that officials will now be less inclined to automatically give the warning as F1 teams have so much data to prove a part, even if damaged, is not going to suddenly become a safety problem. We have made it very clear to the FIA on the past two occasions and it’s just like you have your back against the wall.The black-and-orange flag usage was discussed at a meeting of the F1 team managers at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez track ahead of opening practice for the 2022 Mexico City GP on Friday. “The incident on lap one with Kevin, we lost all positions and again we received a black-and-orange flag, now for the third time, when there is no need for it. “It was a disappointing race as we could’ve scored points here realistically, without dreaming of them,” he said. Team principal Guenther Steiner said the team has previously told the FIA that there is no need to use the black-and-orange in such situations. “We finished P12 when we had an extra pit stop that I didn’t need, so it’s frustrating.” “I got the black-and-orange flag which to me seems unnecessary as the part wasn’t about to fall off, there were no safety concerns as it has tethers to the car – it wasn’t even moving. “I had very slight damage but it was nothing,” he said after yesterday’s race. Magnussen has repeatedly said insisted it is unnecessary to force a driver to replace their front wing to make a minor repair.

On all three occasions a front wing endplate was the damaged part in question. Magnussen had to pit from 12th place on lap six, dropping him to last, from where he finished outside of the points. Race control displayed the flag to Magnussen for a third time when he picked up front wing damage at the start of yesterday’s race. Magnussen had been shown it twice already this year in the Canadian and Hungarian rounds prior to yesterday’s race. The flag, which ordinarily does not appear often in F1, forces drivers to pit in order have a problem with their car addressed.

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