Following this year's United States Grand Prix, the FIA took action to change its approach to using black and orange flags - used to instruct a driver to pit when their car is damaged - after complaints from Haas, which felt it had been unfairly penalised earlier in the season.
Haas drivers were told to pit on three occasions in 2022 due to loose front wing endplates, despite the team feeling the car was still safe and not posing any risk. That prompted Haas to launch a protest against Fernando Alonso’s car in Austin, which raced with a loose rear view mirror that eventually fell off due to accident damage.
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