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Explained: How yellow flag error cost Charles Leclerc in Belgian F1 qualifying

Motorsport.comJuly 18, 2026

Curated for Torqlytics readers — aggregated from trusted F1 publishers, not original reporting.


Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc was incorrectly shown a yellow flag at the end of Belgian Grand Prix qualifying, which cost him a place on the grid.In the dying seconds of qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps, Leclerc was 0.070s up on his first run when he entered the Bus Stop chicane.But as qualifying had finished, a yellow flag was out on pitlane while parc ferme was being formed ...