In Formula 1, the black and white chequered flag marks the end of a race and the driver who is waved off first with it is the winner. But what does it mean when, as seen several times over the 2025 F1 season, two chequered flags are waved at the conclusion of a grand prix?
This isn’t a joke, attentive viewers of this year’s F1 race finishes may have noticed that at some grands prix, there were indeed two black and white chequered flags waving. In Suzuka, for example, but also in Miami and this weekend at Barcelona, two chequered flags were waved to ring in the end of the race. However, just one of them is the official flag.
