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When Haas reinvents the use of the black flag in Free Practice
Obviously Haas does not act in the usual way. The American team received the black flag for its two cars during Free Practice 1 on Thursday morning in Monaco. But far from being an exclusion from the session, this flag was waved in order to inform Romain Grosjean et Kevin Magnussen.
In fact, the pit wall was facing a complete blackout in terms of data and radio exchanges with the drivers. No data, nothing more! “We could no longer contact them and we no longer see what the cars were doing, explained Günther Steiner, Team Principal.
Positive Thursday on track for Haas in #MonacoGP Practice.
Full report and reaction from today's time on circuit https://t.co/E6wd23rxgH pic.twitter.com/VyJ9OBL0PF
—Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) 23th May 2019
They had to return to the pits as quickly as possible.. So we started by asking the drivers, but they didn't see anything, so we had the idea of asking the Race Direction to wave the black flag. » A funny system in the ultra-technological and controlled world of Formula 1!
“If for more than five laps you don’t hear anyone on the radio in Monaco, then something is wrong,” laughs the Italian boss. They continued to film, we had to think of a solution, but it ended well.
Remembering Niki
In our thoughts this weekend. pic.twitter.com/XrSngeZUxP
- Haas F1 Team (@ HaasF1Team) 23th May 2019
Everyone was eager to talk about it, but we got creative. We were able to resolve this issue and the drivers were back on track for the last 20 minutes”, adds Günther Steiner.
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