[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by F1Guy

The "stupid woman" was given the flag too early and was asked to wave it by an FiA official. It was not the "stupid cow" who messed it up. The "nitwit" was just doing what she was asked to do. The FiA have said they made the mistake and have taken full responsibility for the early flag.

Charlie Whiting: "The chequered flag was shown a lap early because there was a miscommunication between the start platform and the guy that they call the starter, the guy that starts and finishes the races.

"He thought it was the last lap, he asked race control to confirm it and they confirmed it.

"They thought he was making a statement when in fact he was asking a question and he just showed it a lap early, it's as simple as that. In fact, he told the flag waver to wave it a lap early, so it wasn't anything to do with the fact it was a celebrity flag waver.

"We always do our best, but there's a lot of human beings - different countries, different languages, so it's not always absolutely perfect. We always strive for perfection but there was no real harm done insofar as it didn't impact the outcome of the race."



But don't let facts get in the way of your intolerance now will you.

How on Earth could race control confirm it was the last lap, when it wasn't? It's not as if lap timing and scoring is done by someone with a clip board and a stop watch anymore.