The FIA has admitted it "overreacted" to an incident at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix which hampered Haas on several occasions across the rest of the 2022 season.
The scarcely-used black and orange flag, also known as the 'meatball', became a more regular sight than usual this year. It is designed to be flown whenever a driver is running with damage that the stewards feels is "likely to endanger himself or others" on the track.
When shown that flag, a driver is obliged to pit so their mechanics can attempt to fix it. They can only rejoin the race once whatever the problem was is no longer posing a significant risk, in the eyes of the stewards.
