Lewis Hamilton warns against making F1 like NASCAR

Lewis Hamilton has spoken out on the use of red flags, which made a rare appearance during the Italian Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc crashed at Monza’s Parabolica, and that coupled with a Safety Car as well as a 10-second stop-go penalty for Lewis Hamilton, which let to an entertaining race as AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly went on to win. In the following race, the red flags were used twice during the Tuscan Grand Prix held at Mugello. “I know the fans loved the last race [in Monza] with the restart and everything. So even if there is a piece of paper on the track, it seems they’ll pull out the red flag and do a fresh start,” he said after the Tuscan Grand Prix. “I can understand why and that it is exciting. Ultimately, these races can get boring when everyone streams out and there’s such big gaps between everyone and so this does bring it back it in. “They do it in NASCAR — they put out the yellow flag all the time and safety cars, whatever, all the time to keep the race exciting, but they definitely need to take into account the safety aspect because [the Tuscan Grand Prix] wasn’t particularly safe with the restart. “I could almost see that coming. I’m sure they will learn from it and we will move together, the sport together.” source - planetf1.com

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