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Current Blue Flag Rules Suitable Despite Singapore Criticisms – Whiting
Despite criticisms from drivers during the Singapore Grand Prix, the FIA are not planning to change the blue flag regulations in Formula 1, with Charlie Whiting saying the current 1.2 second ruling is good enough for the time being. Currently a front-running driver needs to get within 1.2 seconds of a backmarker to trigger the blue flags, which then dictate to that backmarker to move out of the way, but during the race around the Marina Bay Street Circuit, drivers were finding it hard to get within that time, with Valtteri Bottas in particular outspoken about it as he struggled to get close enough to Nico Hülkenberg in the closing stages. Bottas said over the radio that the 1.2 second gap...
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