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[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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[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

@CogZoom @Darkerthanyourd @Motorsport @GeorgeRussell63 You can’t prove george russell doesnt slow down enough to make a direction change. Because he didnt drive on the limit in the yellow part, he slowed down. And since there is no failed manuever or change of direction, no evidence says he is too fast for yellow flag

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

@ThoedoreL @Motorsport @GeorgeRussell63 “Knowing your regulations doesnt mean no penalty” bruh, thats like saying “just because he didnt do anything wrong doesnt mean he doesnt get punished”. Russell knows the regulations and played it well

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

George did lift the throttle under yellow flags (the double yellow came later) and took pole so he gets that pole. Was he wrong? Nope. Shouldve it been a double waved earlier? Yes. And FIA should have a standard on what “lifting the throttle” is

[Formula 1 @F1]

"It was hooked up like a BEAUTY" 😮‍💨

George Russell crosses the line and secures Pole Position at the Red Bull Ring! 👏

#F1 #AustrianGP

[kah @Kahneedakid]

"Why wont you give up"

"Because he NEVER did"

[Thour @ThourCS2]

Falcons and FURIA's matchups at IEM Cologne 2026

Who do you think had the toughest road to reach the Finals? 👀

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

3 FUCKING 13-11s NO OVERTIME JUST NECK TO NECK COUNTER STRIKE AND FALCONS KILLING THE BEAST. THE CRAZY MONESY AWP THE KARRIGAN MASTERPLAN EVEN THE FALCONS CHOKE IS IN THIS FUCKING GAME BUT THEY WIN IT

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

“Max has a daughter at home and fallen has a son in the server”
-Launders on fallen molodoy vs max

One of the best lines in this major
#iem

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

I cant believe i know of oliver tree’s death less than 7 hours after his death and informed by Ohnepixel in his stream. It was the major co stream and someone says RIP oliver tree and then ohne pixel says “RIP oliver tree” and that made me do a quick google search and found out

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

Ya iyalah klo jadi prabs juga pasti akan ngurusin yang lebih jago dlu

[🍋Mama Lemon 🍋 @safa_andriana]

Pak Ganjar tuh kok aman banget ya dari serangan buzzer , beda dengan pak anies

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

@cantverstopim @wavvrz @grok is this true

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

@kirawontmiss He is big, but his heart is bigger

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

Yesterday i just saw one of the best CS matches and absolute nail bitter and heartbeats pumps to the roof (i think i lost a year or two of my age by watching this)

[alexinio05 @alexinio05]

We just witnessed one of the BEST games ive EVER seen. ABSOLUTE CINEMA

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

m0NESY was something else

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

@peri_evrdy Kentang ama jagung juga sumber karbo dan mereka lebih gampang ditanem dibanding nasi

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

@Geo_Menes Blimp has multiple accident tbh

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

Tiap jumat ada senam/lari. yg senam diubah dri 2 angkatan jdi 1 sisanya lari keliling area sekolah. Pas gw kelas 9 angkatan gw harusnya senam tpi pada cabut krn pgn lari. Osis2 yg tugasnya nyari trs amanin, di overrun pas nemu kita. Mentalitasnya ruang BK ngga cukup buat kt semua

[SUV speeder @GASSJG]

@thebossun1 @vlajo0509 @unknownmerc Bro i watched all of those matches live, spirit beat falcons and then proceeds to get absolutely smashed by vitality after blundering a match points lead. This unpredictability is what makes cs fun to watch (though sometimes frustrating). But sure better than vit win everything