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. MODEL Winnie Harlow was caught up in a Canadian Grand Prix storm that left a stunned Daniel Ricciardo unable to speak.

THE Canadian GP ended in confusion after the chequered flag, marking the end of the race, was unfurled prematurely.

As a result of the mistake, the 70-lap race has officially been declared as 68 laps long with the final two laps erased.

The flag was waved prematurely by Winnie Harlow — a model and friend of Lewis Hamilton.

well, maybe this will cure them of putting an affirmative action Holstein in any semblance of responsibility position from now on...

Although the final result wasn’t affected, with no changes of position taking place over the final laps, the early flag caused confusion after the race when a startled Daniel Ricciardo was told by Sky F1 that Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen had been credited with the race’s fastest lap.

Ricciardo had, though, lapped even faster on his final tour of the circuit — only for his effort to be declared invalid, on the official timing computer at least, when the final two laps were erased because of Harlow’s gaffe.

Needless to say, he was shocked.

“There is a bit of controversy about celebrities and non-race marshals signalling the end of the race because it leads to chaos like this.

“The chaos it leads to is that the race is classified now at lap 68. The rules say that if there is confusion like this, the race then has to be classified two laps before.

“Because the race is classified on lap 68 and not 70, as it should have been, the fastest lap goes to Max Verstappen, who did a 1:13.864 on lap 65, not Daniel Ricciardo who did a faster lap on lap 70.”

It was at this point, Winnie Harlow knew she f*cked up. #F1

can we say at this point, ONLY race marshals can signal the end of a race?

[henkster]

The flag was waved prematurely by Winnie Harlow — a model and friend of Lewis Hamilton.

As if I needed another reason to dislike Lewis. And she's just not that hot.

[mabarker1]

LEAVE IT TO THE PROFESSIONALS !!!

[clintonh8r]

I saw it. What a massive cock-up. This is just emblematic of the mess a “media” company is making of F1.

[God luvs America]

sadly this was the only excitement in this race...another dud F1 race...

[doorgunner69]

Nice looking cow, but that other beast be fugly!

[Doogle]

hehehe....couldn’t happen to a nicer chap

[bugseye]

SJWs continually prove, that everything they touch turns into bovine excrement.

[Yo-Yo]

The official story on the early flag:

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/136670/fia-explains-how-canada-flag-error-happened

Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting says a miscommunication between local officials led to the chequered flag being shown one lap early in the Canadian Grand Prix.

The official on the start/finish stand, who carries the title of starter, thought race leader Sebastian Vettel was on his 70th and final lap, and mistakenly asked model Winnie Harlow to wave the flag when the Ferrari driver was actually completing his 69th lap.

Drivers continued to race for the extra lap, despite the fact that at some points on the track marshals were waving multiple flags in the traditional end of race salute.

The situation was treated in the same way as a red flag, and after initially being listed at lap 69 the final result subsequently went back to lap 68. There were no place changes in the top 10, although Daniel Ricciardo lost his fastest lap to Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen.

"The chequered flag was shown a lap early because of a miscommunication with the guy that they call the starter here, who starts and finishes the races," said Whiting.

"He thought it was the last lap, he asked race control to confirm it, they confirmed it, but they thought he was making a statement when he was asking a question.

"He just showed it a lap early, or he told the flag waver to show it a lap early, so it wasn't anything to do with the fact that it was a celebrity flag waver."

Whiting believes that the starter was misled by the TV graphic that notes the lap that the leader is on, rather than laps completed - which is what happened in a similar situation in China in 2014.

"I think people who don't work in F1 are sometimes a little confused by the graphic that they see on the screen where it says 69 out of 70," he said.

"We all know that means we're on lap 69, but someone who let's say is more casual observer thinks 'Oh, this must mean it's the last lap.'

"I think that's where the doubt originates. Obviously we need to do a better job of briefing these people.

"Just a simple miscommunication, a very regrettable one of course.

"You're dealing with a lot of human beings, different countries, different languages, and it's not always absolutely perfect.

"Of course we strive for perfection. Fortunately there was no real harm done, insofar as it didn't affect the result of the race."

[mabarker1]

The PROFESSIONAL RACE FLAG MARSHAL SHOULD BE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN LEGALLY DISPLAY FLAGS AT THE START/FINISH LINE.

Course Workers for the corners.

All the “celeb’s” need to be limited to Spectaters.

If a Driver wants to impress, payback or coddle a celeb then the Driver needs to hand off the Safety Gear and the keys to that Driver’s car.

That will STOP this BS !!!!

[mabarker1]

Oh yeah, BTW she might need to turn around and face the Racing Track but MORE IMPORTANTLY READ THE ABOVE TRACK BANNER.