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F1 blue flag ‘crackdown’ led to Spanish GP penalties

A “crackdown” on blue flag rules ultimately led to the more stringent penalties handed out to Sergio Perez and Daniil Kvyat at Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix. Check out the Crash F1 YouTube channel - CLICK HERE Perez was handed a five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags instructing him to allow race leader Lewis Hamilton to lap him, with the Mercedes driver coming up behind him heading into the tight and twisty final sector of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Instead of allowing Hamilton through immediately, Perez opted to let Hamilton lap him at the start of the following lap on the main straight. The FIA stewards subsequently handed the Mexican a five-second time penalty...
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