Mercedes representative Pin had dominated proceedings in Saudi Arabia as the F1 Academy began its second season, winning both races in a controlled manner.
But, after she failed to notice the chequered flag at the end of Saturday’s race, Pin continued at full pace on the cool-down lap and crossed the line again, causing officials to show the red flags to get her attention.
Speaking to fellow podium finishers Pulling and Maya Weug before heading to the rostrum, Pin explained that she had suffered a radio issue, something that was not evident on the broadcast when her race engineer asked: “Doriane, what are you doing? It’s the chequered flag.”
In the moment, Pin responded: “You didn’t tell me!”
For the offence, Pin was handed a drive-through penalty, which was converted to a 20-second sanction, which dropped her to ninth.
Source: Autosport