What do all the flags mean in F1?

Black flag with an orange circle... red and yellow striped flag... There are plenty of flags in Formula 1, but what do they all mean?

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[MX]

Green: Send it
Yellow: Someone sent it too hard, please slow down.
Red: Someone sent it WAY too hard and the race must be stopped
Blue flag: Someone is sending it harder than you.
Black Flag: You sent it in such a way that the Stewards want to have a chat about it.
Chequered flag: Your time to send it has come to an end, please return to the pits.
Audible flag: "Valterie, it's James.."

[carolin]

I doubt they'll get rid of the actual flags any time soon; they're easily visible for the audience, and drivers really can't miss anything when there's signals everywhere. Plus, redundancy is always good when it comes to safety :)

[michelhintze]

The most recent black flags are actually Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean. During a practice session at the 2019 Monaco Gp they've lost radio to the team. The team needed them to come in and as this was the only way so, they asked the race director to black flag them.

[BlackFantasy]

I wonder how long we will see flags in F1. While not always easier to see for the drivers, they are better recognizable by viewers on TV than the lights that replace them on many tracks.

[hridhaybhushan]

Yellow flag : Slow down
Green Flag: start racing
Black flag : disqualified
Red flag : Charles Leclerc on Pole

[sambitbasu]

Thanks Matt, I'm sure proper F1 fans know all of these, but for someone like me who's just starting to see F1, this is really helpful

[onziie]

0:44 - Single Yellow Flag
0:47 - Double Yellow Flag
1:35 - Red Flag
2:12 - Green Flag
2:33 - Blue Flag
3:06 - White Flag
3:25 - Black Flag
4:02 - Black & White Flag
4:24 - Black Flag With Orange Circle
4:39 - Yellow And Red Striped Flag
5:00 - Chequered Flag

[greatantoine]

I’m loving the 2022 animated cars. So good

[explosiveboy]

Mat, I've been researching the f101s and one of them said you can't copy other teams survival cells. If all the teams made a safe one, there would be less injurys. Can you do an f101 on why?

[shadowguy]

Basically
Yellow: Mazepin spun
Double Yellow: Max and Lewis hit each other
Blue flag: Max or Lewis is behind you
Red Flag: Max or Lewis crashed hard
Black Flag: Maldonado was being Maldonado
Black/Orange Flag: Haas's engine died
Orange/Yellow Flag: Haas spilled oil
Checkered Flag: Stop racing cuz race is over

[cameronrimmer]

It might just be me, but I’m really glad that they’ve started to use more red flags, it just feels a lot safe and means more racing (normally)

[TheDdude]

Love that you have intergrated models of the f1 2022 car in the animation.

[ashishagrawal]

I challenge Matt to NOT end the next video with "there you have it".

[FireBlaze]

"And can be displayed at the end of the pitlane to warn drivers of a faster car on the racing line"
Why tf do we not have that in practice and quali on the F1 game? Seriously has anyone else who plays f1 2021 have issues with AI on out/in laps NOT getting out of your way when you're right behind them on a fast lap?

[legato]

It would be cool to have a video on how rolling restarts work and some notably good ones or bad ones throughout F1.

[cinderofgods]

I'm new in f1 got into it at the end of the 2021 season so thanks for the video. I'm loving your channel.

[cornenieuwenhuize]

Thank you Matt! I legitametly only knew red, blue, yellow and black flags before this….

[KroK]

I've been watching motorsports for actual decades now and never realized F1 used the white flag to indicate slow cars or non-racing vehicles ahead. Also interesting to see different flags for things that would all be simple black flags here in the US.
I was going to make fun of Americans for being the target audience of this video, but here I am actually learning things. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[ProcyonSyNTaX]

White Flag also means indicate Leading car on Final Lap in American Racing. Such as Indycar and Nascar.

[justinwonfor]

Great content thank you for all the hard work.
Can you do a video on all the red flag incidents in the 2021 season.