(It is NOT waved at the start of the final lap of the race.) A safety car is often used to allow the circuit crew to clear wreckage and clean the track for further racing.Ī red flag with yellow stripes warns the driver of a slippery track and is demanded to slow down for his own safety.Ī white flag indicates a slow-moving vehicle such as an ambulance, tow truck, or safety car, ahead on the track, and instructs drivers to slow down. Drivers must slow down and be prepared to stop no overtaking is permitted.Ī yellow flag accompanied with a white sign with SC in black written on denotes that the safety car is on track and that overtaking is forbidden for the duration of the safety car period.

A double yellow, consisting of two flagmen waving yellow flags (or one waving two flags) at the same post, indicates great danger ahead.

Drivers must slow down as they pass no overtaking is permitted.

A single yellow indicates danger ahead, such as debris from a crash.

The most obvious and important of these measures are 10 flags that have a well known meaning, not only in Formula One but also widely known in all FIA motorsports and other racing series that are not governed by the FIA.Ī yellow flag is a general sign to notify drivers of a dangerous situation on the track that is not caused by themself. In order to guarantee on track driver safety at any moment during a race weekend the FIA prescribes several ways of signalling drivers that there is something unusual happening somewhere on the course.

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