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[lais @laistappen]

"but i have to say that the last few races more and more people are seeing the same as what i saw coming a long time ago"

[Wruce @amigosrockerz]

Russell,Lando,Damon Hill, Martin Brundle and everyone who told Max to leave F1 owes him an apology he wasn't crying he was warning people and tbh he cares about F1 more than FIA

[Daniel Valente 🏎️ @F1GuyDan]

Kimi Antonelli end of Q3 radio

Bono: “Yellow. Yellow.”

Kimi: “Fuck, that was the lap, man. Oh my god. Fucking hell.”

Kimi: “How did George improve?”

Bono: “He did apparently lift through the yellow”

Kimi: “Yeah but it was a double yellow”

Bono: “Need to double check that”

Kimi: “But Bono, I don’t understand you told me yellow yellow.”

Bono: “Affirm. Yes.”

Kimi: “I had double yellow on my dash.”

Bono: “It’s only showing single yellow here. It was single yellow.”

[Ruth Buscombe @RuthBuscombe]

Same flag, same corner, two different calls at Mercedes.

Verstappen crashed in the final sector. On a single waved yellow, George Russell lifted
right at the flag, 25 km/h off the throttle, then got straight back to it. His sector was
unchanged (+0.03s), but the dab is there in black and white. Pole stood. Kimi Antonelli read
it as a double yellow, where the rule is simple: bin any meaningful time or take a penalty.
He came off 61 km/h, lost about two seconds, and parked the lap.

Both were right for what they saw. A single yellow needs a clear, discernible lift, not an
abandoned lap. The benchmark for "enough"? Qatar 2021: Carlos Sainz gave up a measured 0.155s
on a single yellow and walked. In 2019 Verstappen kept it pinned through a single yellow at
Mexico, didn't reduce at all, and lost pole. Russell's trace looks like Sainz's, not
Verstappen's. Mercedes nailed the read.

If you the numbers have a look 👇

TECHNICAL NOTES

Session: 2026 Austrian GP qualifying, Q3. Single waved yellow in Sector 3 at the site of
Verstappen's crash (~3.9 km into the lap, final-corner complex).

RUSSELL (pole)
- Flagged lap (pole): 1:06.113. Clean reference run: 1:06.457.
- At the flag: speed drops to 215 km/h vs 240 on his clean lap = a 25 km/h lift.
- Local cost at the marshalling point (~300 m window): about +0.09s.
- Sector 3 net: +0.03s vs his clean lap so he recovered the time after the dab.
- Read: a clear, discernible reduction exactly where the flag was, on a single yellow. Cleared,
not investigated.

ANTONELLI (P4)
- Flagged final run: 1:08.215. Clean reference (his grid lap): 1:06.414.
- At the flag: speed drops to 178 km/h vs 239 = a 61 km/h lift.
- Sector 3: +2.07s vs his clean lap. He treated it as a double yellow and abandoned the lap,
keeping his earlier 1:06.414 for fourth.

THE RULE : 2026 F1 Sporting Regulations, Art. B1.8.4 (a)/(b)
- Single waved yellow: "must reduce their speed and be prepared to change direction... expected
to have braked earlier and/or discernibly reduced speed in the relevant marshalling sector."
No fixed numeric threshold (judged on telemetry, at the flag point.)
- Double waved yellow: must not attempt a meaningful lap time; in qualifying the lap is deleted
automatically (2026). Don't back off enough and it's a grid penalty.

PRECEDENT (single yellow, measured the same way)
- Sainz, Qatar 2021: +0.155s lift in the yellow sector. No action cleared. (The benchmark.)
- Verstappen, Mexico 2019: S3 -0.001s, no measurable lift, improved the lap. Pole stripped, -3
places. (The line you can't cross.)

WHY MERCEDES ARE CONFIDENT, AND THE EVIDENCE THEY'D PRESENT IF CHALLENGED
- It was a single yellow, not a double so an abandoned lap was never required, only a
discernible reduction.
- The car telemetry shows a distinct throttle lift and a 25 km/h speed drop precisely at the
marshalling sector where the flag was shown the "discernible reduction" the rule asks for.
- The magnitude matches the cleared Sainz Qatar 2021 precedent (~0.15s), and is the opposite of
the penalised Verstappen Mexico 2019 case (no reduction at all).
- Same-team control case: Antonelli, same corner, same flag, shows what a double-yellow-style
abort looks like (61 km/h, +2.07s). Russell's trace is plainly a single-yellow lift, not that.
- Supporting: onboard footage of the flag/panel state, and the marshalling-sector light status
by the time he arrived.

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[i @0aquari]

bu da bi onceki barcelona yarisinda ayni sebepten ceza yiyen colapintonun dokumani. ingilizlerin olmadigi adam gibi bi rallidir yaristir bisey cikarin da ona para verelim ya

[FIA @fia]

DOC 62 - Infringement - Car 43 - Failing to slow for yellow flags https://t.co/nVLPv627jK #BarcelonaGP #F1 #FIA

[Martin Dry @martin_seco]

@F1 You're all just a bunch of clowns 🤡🤡🤡 https://t.co/bVPgyhyuho

[🏁【 Alerta F1 】🏁 @AlertaF1]

@F1 What a shame!

He never lifts in double yellow flag!

[i @0aquari]

ona ragmen degil ceza vermek pole pozisyonunu hediye ediyo fia. bunu ingiliz olmayan biri yapsa anasina bile kalk tribunden git evinde izle yarisi diye ceza verirlerdi bu arada

[i @0aquari]

herhangi biri f1de british ya da mercedes bias sorarsa double yellow flag altinda pole hediye edilen bu yarisi gostericem

[Formula 1 @F1]

GEORGE RUSSELL IS ON POLE IN AUSTRIA!! 🥇👏

#F1 #AustrianGP

[i @0aquari]

antonelli russell’in onundeyken double yellow flag aliyo ve yavasladigi icin 2sn geride lap bitiriyo ve bu arkadas daha gerideyken her nasil oluyosa “ayagini gazdan cekerek” herkesin onunde bitiriyo. onboard cam ile double yellow flag oldugu da belli bu arada

[⚙️ @verstappentane]

u can call max every demon under the sun for his behavior but if I ever saw him quote autosport on twt with a public apology to the fia after one race crash out I would hijack his next jet flight and pilot it straight into rbr towers than ever endorse that pathetic suck up act

[Sweta @kingofferrari]

It’s giving “He can't deal with adversity. When things don't go his way he lashes out with unnecessary anger and borderline violence.” From Russell

[¹² @kimiforwdc]

kimi will definitely hang this photo in his house and im not even exaggerating

[Oracle Red Bull Racing @redbullracing]

@lestappia borderline something something

[helena @sinnerstappen]

trago notícias

[t #MEKIESDID911 #EXECUTEWACHE #NUKETHEFIA @polit3cat]

No way Russell is being investigated for lashing out with unnecessary anger and borderline violence

[aldi 🇦🇷🧸 @kindacurly_]

“Whenever anything is not going his way, he lashes out with unnecessary anger and borderline violence”

[i @0aquari]

diablo iv basladim

[Junior Bryan @BryanMaharaji]

Because i swear Diddy a Pedophile