Qualifying Yellow-Flag Boost Mode Bug

The yellow flag is a signal of danger.

During Free Practice and Qualifying, it must be evident that a driver has not attempted to set a meaningful lap time.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/the-beginners-guide-to-formula-1-flags.T5DqOqbWI6S4Va8Y5yMld

And that's probably why the game forces such a slowdown by not using boost mode during yellow flags. This prevents anyone from achieving a good time during a yellow flag. In real F1, there's a penalty for doing so (e.g., having your lap time canceled). In real-life races, there are many situations that make it difficult to achieve a fast time in qualifying: track congestion, a change in weather to rain, yellow and red flags, and in Canada, even whistling (damage to the Williams car), poorly installed manholes...

The game tries to be realistic.

understood but in F1 25 game, same conditions, this scenario does not trigger a performance drop by the game.  Even in real F1 yellow flags are not typically waived for cars yielding for other cars, maybe a blue flag is waived, but the game lumps all slow moving or stopped traffic as yellow flags.  Only the DLC is there a performance change by battery mode changing. 

The game should have a WHITE flag to indicate that a car is moving slowly in front of you. There should also be a red flag in practice and qualifying (and a penalty for triggering it in qualifying). Of course, in real F1, there's no prohibition against using boost mode under a yellow flag, but you should clearly slow down. That's probably why the game uses this WORKAROUND.

I agree with you that boost mode should be available under a yellow flag, but the time achieved under the yellow flag should be invalid. That would be the most realistic and compliant with the regulations.

I wonder what EA will do about this?

I believe i mistakenly called it boost mode instead of overtake mode.  but issue/comments the same 

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The game should also give a warning (black/white flag) for driving too slowly (like Hulkenberg and Russell did in the qualifying of the Barcelona GP 2026), and if someone does it again, they will receive a penalty.