![]() ![]() Haas team boss Guenther Steiner admitted afterwards that the request had been a creative use of the power the stewards have. Magnussen and Grosjean would emerge from the Haas garage in the closing 15 minutes, as soon as the issue had been fixed. Initially, there were questions about why a black flag was waved and not a black and orange flag, which is usually used for a driver who must return immediately to the pit-lane due to a car problem. Haas later confirmed it had asked for the flags to be waved at their drivers as they were unable to communicate, having lost all telemetry and radio on the pit-wall. The black flag is the most serious that can be waved at a driver - it demands a driver returns immediately to the pit-lane ahead of what is usually disqualification. MONTE CARLO, Monaco - It's rare to see the black flag waved in a Formula One race these days - even more so to see one during a practice session.īut that's what happened in the early stages of the opening session for the Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday, when they were issued for Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean. ![]() You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserīlack flag incident was Haas getting 'a little bit creative' ![]()
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