Charlie Whiting says Romain Grosjean forgot the ‘golden rule of blue flags’ during the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, with the Frenchman continuing with his own battle with Sergey Sirotkin rather than letting the leaders pass him. Whiting, the FIA Race Director, constantly reminds drivers that it is imperative to allow the leaders through when shown the blue flags, even if they are embroiled in a battle of their own, something that Grosjean forgot as Lewis Hamilton came up behind him at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. As a result, the Haas F1 Team driver was handed a five-second time penalty during the race, which relegated him from thirteenth to fifteenth in the final result behind...
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