da silva Wrote:
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> The thing is that the rule states that:
>
> - a car is in a yellow/green flag zone once the
> car goes exactly past the board or flag and not
> when it appears in front of the car!
> - in fact the flag sign on the driver's steering
> appears precisely as soon as the car goes past the
> board or flag!
>
> At the time of Vettel's overtake on Vergne, the
> Red Bull was not passed the green board and thus
> Vettel was still in a yellow flag zone!
Not true - have a look at the image and PDF I posted. Vettel passed a marshal's post that was displaying a green flag
at the pit exit. The dash lights are for reference only, and - per the FIA's decision in the PDF - do not supersede flags.
davidm Wrote:
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> The third pass on that video on F1 Fanatic clearly
> shows that it was an illegal pass on the Toro
> Rosso and if the FIA choose to look into it as a
> result before tomorrow they can do so. An illegal
> pass is an illegal pass and a time penalty is
> appropriate under the rules. This has been argued
> here on a number of occasions before.
The pass was not illegal, as a green flag had been displayed at the pit lane exit. This invalidated the yellow lights displayed on the following straights.
The rules are quite clear on this, and the appeal decision that I have linked to doubly so.