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Originally Posted by Dan Friel
The yellow flag shouldn't have been withdrawn, and the red was virtually invisible. Should a waved white also have been shown?? That might have helped in these circumstances..
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I think i'll disagree with that one. If you have 2 flaggies on post then it's easy enough for the 2nd person to grab the red, but if you are on your own (not sure in this case) then red is far more important than yellow. Yellow tells the drivers to be wary of an incident on track, red means to stop racing immediately and return at vastly reduced pace to pits / start finish.
Really couldn't tell from the stills, but the video is clear - flags were out as they should have been. What's also pretty obvious is the post where the yellow was is far too far away from the previous corner. Its no way in the line of sight of the drivers. It's not unlike the final flag point on Old Hall - no one is ever looking over there so you're fighting a lost battle trying to communicate with your flags.
There is no defence on the red at the next post tho. If from the vantage point of the specator is clearly being waved vigorously and is directly in the line of sight of the drivers entering the turn, so there's no excuse of missing that.