Learner worksheet
Name: ____ Date: ______
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to identify a signal, explain the action it requires, distinguish restart situations, and support a penalty-serving decision with a rule reference.
These are fictional classroom situations. For each one, write your decision, explain your reasoning and identify the supporting article. Record any information you would need before deciding. Use the rule extracts supplied by your teacher; keep the answer pack closed.
The suggested learner age is an educational recommendation, not a competition eligibility rule.
| Number | Situation | Your task |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | During a race, a driver reaches a single waved yellow flag. | Describe the required response. |
| 2 | The same situation now has double waved yellow flags. | Explain how the response changes. |
| 3 | A black flag is displayed with your car number. | State where and when you must stop. |
| 4 | VSC ENDING appears; the panels still display VSC. | Can racing resume immediately? |
| 5 | The Safety Car pits. You remain before the Control Line; no overtaking exception applies. | May you pass the car ahead? |
| 6 | A driver is serving a five-second penalty. A mechanic touches the car after three seconds. | Is this compliant? |
| Scenario | Decision and explanation | Article and relevant evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ________________________________ | ________________________________ |
| 2 | ________________________________ | ________________________________ |
| 3 | ________________________________ | ________________________________ |
| 4 | ________________________________ | ________________________________ |
| 5 | ________________________________ | ________________________________ |
| 6 | ________________________________ | ________________________________ |
Answer pack: worked decisions
Example A — red flag: A race is suspended; pit entry remains open. Slow down, avoid overtaking and enter the pit lane. See Section B, B5.14.2(a)–(b).
Example B — mechanical warning: A black flag with an orange disc identifies your car. Stop at your pit next lap; rejoining requires the chief scrutineer’s satisfaction that the problem is resolved. See Appendix H, 2.5.4.1(e).
For each demonstration, trace three steps aloud: identify the decisive detail, find the applicable provision, then explain the action. Ask learners to identify which words in the scenario determined your choice.
Answer key: flag decisions
1. Reduce speed, avoid overtaking and prepare to change direction. The signal warns of danger beside or partly on the track.
2. Reduce speed significantly, avoid overtaking and prepare to change direction or stop. The greater response reflects an obstruction and/or marshals working on or beside the track.
Both answers follow Appendix H, 2.5.5(b).
3. Stop at your pit or the designated location on the next approach to pit entry. This is an instruction to the identified driver. See Appendix H, 2.5.4.1(d).
Answer key: restarts and penalties
4. No. Wait for green panels; the ending message precedes them. B5.12.4.
5. No. The overtaking restriction continues until crossing the Control Line after withdrawal. B5.13.2(c).
6. No. Touching counts as working; work must wait until the full penalty expires. B1.9.6(b)(iii).
References: FIA Section B, Issue 09.
Teacher lesson plan
Audience and preparation: Designed for beginners aged approximately 12–18, with no assumed motorsport knowledge. Read the cited articles and prepare accessible extracts. Print the learner, answer and teacher sections separately. Check that no answer pages are attached to learner copies.
Materials: Learner sheets, teacher copy of the answer pack, the cited FIA extracts, pens and a timer. Optional flag cards should include written descriptions so that colour recognition is not required.
0–5 minutes — introduction: Explain the learning objectives. Ask learners how they would justify a decision when memory and a written instruction disagree.
5–12 minutes — modelling: Present the two worked decisions from the answer pack. Model how to locate an article and connect it to a scenario. Keep the six worksheet solutions covered.
12–25 minutes — individual decisions: Learners complete all six scenarios and evidence boxes. Allow paired reading where helpful, while requiring individual explanations.
25–35 minutes — evidence discussion: Pairs compare reasoning, identify disagreements and check the relevant text before changing an answer.
35–42 minutes — feedback: Release the answer key. Ask learners to annotate one correction and explain what changed their decision.
42–45 minutes — exit task: Each learner writes a new question, identifies the article needed to answer it and explains what information must be supplied.
Teacher notes and review boundaries
Assessment: Award up to three points per scenario: one for the decision, one for the explanation and one for an accurate article reference. Treat 14 of 18 as a suggested classroom target, then revisit any misunderstood safety instruction regardless of score.
Support: Read scenarios aloud, provide a short vocabulary list and accept spoken explanations. For extension, ask learners to change one condition and research whether their decision still follows.
Scope: This is a classroom resource, not driver training. Do not transfer its answers to karting, junior championships or other series without checking their rules. Event-specific instructions and later amendments require separate review.
Edition control: The FIA’s Formula 1 regulations register lists Sporting Issue 09 under 2026 regulations. This draft replaces the inherited Issue 07 research lead with that verified document. Issue dates and publication dates are not treated as effective dates; no unverified effective date is supplied.
Further learning: Use the existing Formula 1 decision quiz for follow-up, and the penalties explainer for further reading. Check their edition alignment before classroom use. Keep this lesson a draft pending editorial review.