“We also understand the FIA president has initiated a review into the use of the black and orange flag.”Īlonso said drivers need the race director to take action if there is a loose part on their car which needs attention. In their latest decision, the stewards said they “strongly recommend procedures be put in place to monitor such matters and where necessary, require the problem to be rectified as has been done multiple times in the past, through either a radio call to the team or display of the black and orange flag.” Although the stewards later reversed that decision on a technicality, they reiterated their concerns Alonso had not been shown the black-and-orange flag during the race. While their Red Bull protest was immediately rejected, Haas initially won its protest against Fernando Alonso, whose Alpine lost its right-hand wing mirror during the race. In Austin the team brought protests against Red Bull and Alpine after parts came off their cars during the race. We have made it very clear to the FIA on the past two occasions and it’s just like you have your back against the wall.Haas driver Kevin Magnussen has been shown the flag, which requires drivers to pit for repairs, on three occasions this year after damaging the front wing endplates on his VF-22. “The incident on lap one with Kevin, we lost all positions and again we received a black-and-orange flag, now for the third time, when there is no need for it. “It was a disappointing race as we could’ve scored points here realistically, without dreaming of them,” he said. Team principal Guenther Steiner said the team has previously told the FIA that there is no need to use the black-and-orange in such situations. “We finished P12 when we had an extra pit stop that I didn’t need, so it’s frustrating.” “I got the black-and-orange flag which to me seems unnecessary as the part wasn’t about to fall off, there were no safety concerns as it has tethers to the car – it wasn’t even moving. “I had very slight damage but it was nothing,” he said after yesterday’s race. Magnussen has repeatedly said insisted it is unnecessary to force a driver to replace their front wing to make a minor repair. On all three occasions a front wing endplate was the damaged part in question. Magnussen had to pit from 12th place on lap six, dropping him to last, from where he finished outside of the points. Race control displayed the flag to Magnussen for a third time when he picked up front wing damage at the start of yesterday’s race. Magnussen had been shown it twice already this year in the Canadian and Hungarian rounds prior to yesterday’s race. The flag, which ordinarily does not appear often in F1, forces drivers to pit in order have a problem with their car addressed.
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