Did Nikita Mazepin hold up Lewis Hamilton by ignoring blue flags

, Mazepin, Hamilton, Blue, Flags, Spain, Radio, Onboard Lewis Hamilton asked for blue flags on Nikita Mazepin several times before he let Lewis pass. However, it didn t mean that Mazepin disregarded blue flags: If you look closely you can see that Nikita Mazepin lets Lewis Hamilton pass as soon as he receives the blue flag. The blue flag light is visible on the left side of Mazepin s steering wheel (0:42), and also on the flashing lights around the track. 0:03 Lewis Hamilton asks for blue flags for the first time. Nikita Mazepin s race engineer tells him to be ready to be blue flagged. 0:19 Around 30 seconds later Lewis asks for blue flags for the second time. 0:24 Mazepin s race engineer tells him still no blue for Hamilton 0:42 Around 60 seconds after Lewis s first request, Mazepin is blue flagged. 0:53 Lewis Hamilton passes Nikita Mazepin just 10 seconds after he is blue flagged. (parts of the onboards are sped up, the realtime timer is on the bottom left of the video)