It is displayed motionless and should be “accompanied by a black board with a white number which should be shown to the driver whose car’s number is displayed. The International Sporting Code defines the black and white flag as “a warning to the driver concerned that he has been reported for unsportsmanlike behaviour”, noting it should “be shown only once”. But we see it effectively as motorsport’s version of a yellow car, to put it in football terms.” It serves as an indication that the driver. “Squeezing drivers, moving under brakes, all those types of things. The black and white flag, often referred to as the 'warning flag,' is used by race officials in F1 to caution a driver about their behavior on the track. The flag could be used for “a range of ”, said Masi. The stewards warned him for weaving on the straight to disrupt the slipstream of a driver behind. ![]() The last F1 driver to be shown the flag before Gasly was Lewis Hamilton during the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix. Masi said the discussions around reviving its use began before the Canadian Grand Prix, where Sebastian Vettel as controversially penalised for rejoining the track in an unsafe fashion. FIA race director Michael Masi says the return of a black and white flag warning for unsportsmanlike driver conduct should be considered Formula 1's equivalent of football's yellow card. ![]() But the warning made a return in Belgium earlier this month and then again in Italy, where it was shown to Charles Leclerc during his wheel-to-wheel battle with Lewis Hamilton. It’s effectively the motorsport version of a yellow card.” A black-and-white flag has long been available for use by stewards across the motorsport ladder, but rarely has it been used in Formula 1 over the last decade. ![]() Every single sporting director and every single driver is supportive of the use of it. It’s one of the flags that exist in the code. “One of the reasons I haven’t used it to date was trying to find out off as many of them why it stopped being used, and no one can come up with a valid reason. “But one of the discussions that’s been ongoing with the sporting directors is using it. ![]() “The black-and-white flag, ‘bad sportsmanship’ flag, is something that hasn’t been used, prior to this, 2010,” he explained.
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