Mercedes' Doriane Pin has lost her victory in the F1 Academy season opener in Saudi Arabia after completing another lap once the chequered flag had been raised.
Mercedes' Doriane Pin has lost a victory in the F1 Academy season opener in Saudi Arabia after failing to realise the race was over and completing another lap once the chequered flag had been raised. French racer Pin won both races at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, only for a mishap in Saturday's second event to see her drop to ninth and Alpine's Abbi Pulling promoted to winner. Pin went full pelt on what was the cooldown lap, with the red flag needing to be shown to stop her.
Speaking to Pulling and Weug before heading to the podium, Pin said she encountered a radio issue when her race engineer asked: 'Doriane, what are you doing? It's the chequered flag.' In the moment, she responded: 'You didn't tell me!' Sky Sports F1's Damon Hill was critical of the decision, writing on social media platform X: 'Maybe they should indicate the end of the race with lights too, instead of just waving a flag about 20ft up in a blind spot.
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