F1 Safety Protocol

So in the comments to the frontpage story about track marshals someone brought up the Jules Bianchi crash. I was googling some information on it, since I wasn’t sure about all the circumstances and came across a video of it. I don’t remember this being discussed at the time, but the track marshal right next to the crash was waving a green flag.

Gif: internet
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Motorsport.com does a nice write up on why this was happening.

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Who knows if that contributed to the crash or not, but I can’t believe that’s how the FIA protocols were written at the time.

It’s still sad to think about. RIP Jules.

Just so it’s not all doom and gloom in this post, have a fun F1 meme.

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