A stationary yellow is the first warning
A stationary yellow flag means danger and instructs riders to ride cautiously. It is the lowest of the three safety signals covered here: a waved yellow takes priority over a stationary yellow, while the medical flag is superior to both.
A waved yellow removes the normal racing response
When the yellow flag is waved, the FIM defines great danger. Riders must make a significant reduction in speed, prepare to stop and must not overtake. Jumps should not be attempted, so the response is more than briefly closing the throttle beside the marshal.
The medical flag controls the complete concern zone
A medical flag means medical staff are on the track. Riders must proceed with extreme caution, roll every jump individually and neither accelerate nor overtake until they are past the area of concern and the green flag, when one is displayed at the end of the zone.
The green flag is the release point
A waved green can mark that riders are sufficiently clear of the medical zone and may resume racing once past it. If no green flag is shown, the rules allow racing to resume after the rider has passed the area of concern. The location of the incident, not an assumed fixed distance, defines the zone.
Ignoring the signal costs championship points
For MXGP, MX2 and WMX qualifying races or races, a first flag offence during an event removes five championship points. Each additional offence during the same event removes ten more. In free or timed practice, the first offence drops the rider two positions and later offences ten positions each. The finding is treated as a statement of fact to which no protest is possible.
Facts are frozen to the verification date shown above. Any later correction will be added visibly.
Primary source checked internally: FIM 2026 MXGP, MX2, WMX, MXoN and Junior World Championship Regulations, article 4.26.
