Live F1 race control: flags, safety car and penalties

F1 race control messages live: flags, safety car, VSC, investigations and penalties in a single list.

What it shows

The list of official race control messages for the session: yellow, blue and red flags, safety car and VSC, incidents under investigation and penalties, with time and lap.

How to read it

The most recent messages appear on top. An open investigation is not a penalty: it ends in no further action or in added time, a lost place or a grid drop. Check the lap of the message to place it in the race.

What to look for

Incidents under investigation that can change the result, double yellow flags and a safety car being deployed, which usually changes everyone's strategy.

Data and limits

These are the messages exactly as race control publishes them, without interpretation; the final decision can come after the race. For the exact rules, see the FIA regulations. Lap times and telemetry come from the official F1 feed through FastF1 (with TracingInsights as a fallback); results come from Jolpica.

Data is updated when each session ends.

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