Former F1 boss makes red flag plea after British GP confusion

Former F1 boss makes red flag plea after British GP confusion

FIA race director Rui Marques followed the rules at Silverstone, but former Formula 1 team boss Otmar Szafnauer believes an alternative course of action would have played better with the British Grand Prix fans

Ex-F1 boss calls on FIA to alter F1 red flag rules ‘for the fans’

Otmar Szafnauer has urged the FIA to start red-flagging races for the fans’ sake after an anticlimactic end to the 2026 Formula 1 British Grand Prix. The 52-lap race at Silverstone, last week, ended under the Safety Car, with Charles Leclerc bagging his first win of 2026, followed by George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Max Verstappen suffered a high-speed spin, at Stowe, beaching his RB22 in the gravel trap and calling Bernd Maylander into action…