06-17-2018, 12:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-17-2018, 01:00 PM by James Blint.)
Popular series have enforced rules about blue flags, generally as follows in the FIA regulations:
During practice: Give way to a faster car which is about to overtake you.
During the race: The flag should normally be shown to a car about to be lapped and, when shown, the driver concerned must allow the following car to pass at the earliest opportunity.
In F1 passing 3 Marshall spots without complying to a blue flag gets you a pit penalty or disqualification. We are talking about long races here (F1, GT,..), where it's normal for backmarkers to get lapped. In 20 min races, it's just common sense or basic racing courtesy to give ways to leaders, regardless of laps or positions, because it means you are 10-15s slower a lap on average, clearly you don't know, either the track, the car or both, and have other issues to sort out first than trying to save 1s at the end of a race.
During practice: Give way to a faster car which is about to overtake you.
During the race: The flag should normally be shown to a car about to be lapped and, when shown, the driver concerned must allow the following car to pass at the earliest opportunity.
In F1 passing 3 Marshall spots without complying to a blue flag gets you a pit penalty or disqualification. We are talking about long races here (F1, GT,..), where it's normal for backmarkers to get lapped. In 20 min races, it's just common sense or basic racing courtesy to give ways to leaders, regardless of laps or positions, because it means you are 10-15s slower a lap on average, clearly you don't know, either the track, the car or both, and have other issues to sort out first than trying to save 1s at the end of a race.