The use of flags has been part of F1 since its first race in 1950, and they were used in other forms of motor racing before that. Travelling at 200 mph means you're often reliant on marshals ...

Automobile racing became a fixture in Utah decades before ... Rocky Moutain Raceways mascot Rocket holds up two flags as a pair of jet car racers test their engines before a drag race at the ...

Wallace, the sole full-time black driver in US motor-racing organisation Nascar, successfully pushed to ban the Confederate flag from races. The flag has been a common sight at Nascar circuits but ...