A slow lap can be done by driving through the pits (or is there some other alternative road?). A car has to do a slow lap if he did not have DRS for 2 laps while the car following did have DRS.
Then, on the 57th lap, McLaren's David Coulthard suddenly had to swerve around Fernando Alonso approaching the chicane, and spun into retirement. “Alonso braked ten metres earlier than he had the lap before,” said Coulthard. “He was dealing inconsistently with problems, as his rear tyres looked completely worn out. But I just got caught out.”[citation needed] The Spaniard continued, and was very nearly caught on the final lap by the recovering world champion. The stewards investigated the incident after a report was filed to them by the FIA race director Charlie Whiting. They spoke to both Alonso and Coulthard and members of their respective teams. After a review of telemetry and video data, no driver was imposed a penalty.
Comments are not visible for this blocked YT movie in India. There is only the message that you can see in my other comment. So it is not much use to publish anything there.
The piped link does work: https://piped.video/watch?v=ZSC4Bc8LHGM
Sure, she should have been aware. A reprimand or penalty is correct. But that is not the point. Because she missed it, a potential hazardous situation occurred and there was no other indication to stop the danger than this single flag.
This was a situation that was not foreseen because in F1 radio-messages and fireworks will indicate to the driver that the race is over. In F1Academy this is different. Pit-crew/FIA/stewards must also learn from this and can for example wave the white flag for 'last lap', and use the start lights and position lights to indicate 'track closing'. Or wave blue flags all around the track for the winner and everybody behind.
We looked at it in the live show, we were shocked the lights/flags did not signal anything. Also, the finish flag is oddly located, is easily missed and might have come out too late.
From Russel's car-cam, you can see that Norris first moves while all lights are on. Probably before he actually leaves his start-box, the lights go out. He stops outside the box, everybody starts and he goes last.
I can imagine that the sensors did not catch that as a violation. It is (on F1TV) about 1 movie frame that you can see movement under lights on. Would love to see someone slowly playing it with broad-cast quality. It could have been the fastest start ever if he had continued to drive.
Yes, that is the question for RB Racing. The basic question for RedBull is: do they want their brand linked to this racing team, or these team members?
Nah. I have now seen the full images. It is definitely a different phone with a different OS. She probably has two phones, one private, one company. Not unusual.
Does anybody know how much weight the tyres lose during a long stint like Russel did? And when compared to a 20-lap?