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Red-Flags, Restarts, and Rulings at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix

The Ringer F1 Show

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The FIA Red Flag Decision

The FIA decided to red flag and do a standing restart, which is two laps to go. Many drivers hop on the radio and strongly disagree with this. Lando Norris gave some strong quotes about this after the race. But I've sensed this for the last five or six years now where safety cars have been easier to come by. And since Abu Dhabi, there has been this itchy kind of trigger finger over the red flag. Instead of having it normally and naturally end under the safety car, we throw a red flag and we have a two lap sprint like they did in Baku in 2021. This did not need a red flag. They just didn't want to end it under the

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