05 November 2011

The Blue Flag

I'd much rather see a return to the old blue flag regulations in Formula One. Before the current rules, where a blue flag means a car that's being lapped must move over and let the car lapping him pass, a blue flag was just advising a driver that a faster car was behind him. In those days lapping backmarkers was a skill in itself and being good at it was one of the weapons a great driver kept in his armament to help maximise his advantage over his competitors. Great Grand Prix drivers for a century or so had no trouble dealing with tail enders without any outside interference, I don't see why it should be any different for todays superstars?


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