Brundle reveals key ‘school kids’ F1 rule he wants changed

Martin Brundle has revealed he is keen to abolish blue flags from the current F1 regulations. 

Under the current rules, a blue flag is waved to a driver during the race when they are being lapped.

The driver is required to slow down and let the car behind pass in a safe manner, something not required in the past.

Brundle has voiced his desire to see the rule written out of the regulations going forward which would require the leaders to overtake the lapped traffic through skill alone.

“I think we should ban blue flags,” Brundle told Sky Sports F1. “Drivers have lost the skills of working and managing the traffic as we used to do.

“I quite like that and now everybody has to jump out the way, like school kids when the big boys come through in the faster cars.”

Brundle accepts challenge of blue-flag change

However, complications arise when considering the fact the field is running closer than ever in terms of pace.

Additionally, the aerodynamic regulations make it difficult to follow cars ahead, with Brundle acknowledging it would be a challenge for the leader to force their way by.

“The trouble is, with today’s aerodynamics, you might never pass the back marker,” he said. “So things have changed a little bit like that. But I do think it’s a skill that’s been lost.

“The rest of it has been fairly well fine-tuned, to be honest. The cars are well scrutineered and they’re well monitored for integrity, safety and legality.”

Addressing another change he would like to see in F1, Brundle looked towards Singapore.

“The races are a decent length, he said. “I‘d probably shorten the Singapore Grand Prix a little, like we do in Monaco. Monaco is 260 kilometres, I’d probably make Singapore 280 kilometres.

“I’d tweak that a little bit. I’m calm where we are. I’ve never known F1 as popular as it is today. So if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”