<p>Red flags will replace waved double yellows in the event of hazardous incidents in qualifying, Formula One's race director Charlie Whiting said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Whiting made this newly-revised position clear following last weekend's controversy surrounding Nico Rosberg's pole position lap at the Hungarian Grand Prix.<br /><br />The German drove through a waved double yellow zone and only slowed by one-tenth of a second.<br /><br />The decision means that all drivers on track at the time of an incident that led to a red flag would have to stop.<br /><br />"That's what I intend to do in the future, just to remove any discussion about whether a driver slowed down or not," Whiting told reporters at the German Grand Prix.<br /><br />"I think most drivers decided to call it a day and stop their attempt at qualifying," he added, referring to the incident at the Hungaroring last Saturday.<br /><br />"But in Nico's defence, he had only one yellow sector to go through, and that was a short one -- whereas the other drivers had two yellow sectors to go through.<br /><br />"So there is a difference. I just don't want to get into these discussions where you need to try and decide whether a driver has slowed down enough.<br /><br />"If you apply the double waved yellow flag rule absolutely to the letter it says you must be prepared to stop."<br /><br />Stewards at the Hungarian Grand Prix sent the wrong message aby failing to penalise Rosberg, his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton had claimed. <br /></p>
<p>Red flags will replace waved double yellows in the event of hazardous incidents in qualifying, Formula One's race director Charlie Whiting said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Whiting made this newly-revised position clear following last weekend's controversy surrounding Nico Rosberg's pole position lap at the Hungarian Grand Prix.<br /><br />The German drove through a waved double yellow zone and only slowed by one-tenth of a second.<br /><br />The decision means that all drivers on track at the time of an incident that led to a red flag would have to stop.<br /><br />"That's what I intend to do in the future, just to remove any discussion about whether a driver slowed down or not," Whiting told reporters at the German Grand Prix.<br /><br />"I think most drivers decided to call it a day and stop their attempt at qualifying," he added, referring to the incident at the Hungaroring last Saturday.<br /><br />"But in Nico's defence, he had only one yellow sector to go through, and that was a short one -- whereas the other drivers had two yellow sectors to go through.<br /><br />"So there is a difference. I just don't want to get into these discussions where you need to try and decide whether a driver has slowed down enough.<br /><br />"If you apply the double waved yellow flag rule absolutely to the letter it says you must be prepared to stop."<br /><br />Stewards at the Hungarian Grand Prix sent the wrong message aby failing to penalise Rosberg, his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton had claimed. <br /></p>