Drivers to get pre-blue flag warning

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With blue flags a hot topic in this year’s championship, F1 race director Charlie Whiting has revealed that lapped cars will be given pre-blue flag warnings from Austin onward.

Many frontrunners have voiced their frustration this season with backmarkers being slow to get out of the way.

Esteban Gutierrez has been the most heavily criticised with Red Bull telling Daniel Ricciardo in Germany not to worry, “he’s doing this to everybody, not just you.”

The FIA have now taken steps to resolve the issue.

As of Sunday’s United States GP, cars about to be lapped with will given a pre-warning while the blue flags will be shown when the faster car is 1 second behind as which time the slower car …

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