F1's confusing JapaneseGP created uncertainty over multiple topics – even on if the race had ended at the right moment 🤔 Here's a dig into the rules and what unfolded ⬇️ F1
With the Suzuka race having been red flagged early on due to deteriorating conditions, and the event not resuming until there was just under 40 minutes of the three-hour maximum time limit remaining, it was never going to run to full distance.
But while teams had a rough idea of how long it would play out for, they were caught on the hop about the exact lap it would finish on. Under F1’s two-hour time limit for a race’s duration, the rules are clear that once the two-hour cap has been reached, then the lead driver will have to complete one more lap after that before the chequered flag comes out.
Article 5.4 of F1’s sporting regulations states: “Should two hours elapse before the scheduled race distance is completed, the leader will be shown the end-of-session signal when he crosses the control line at the end of the lap following the lap during which the two hour period ended, provided this does not result in the scheduled number of laps being exceeded.”
So some teams had been anticipating that once the three hours were up, then there would be one more lap before the chequered flag was shown.
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