Do the AI even follow the yellow flag rules?

[WonJambo]

Twice today while racing on Spa other cars overtook me and the AI was not peanalised. What's even worse is that during a saftey car an AI overtook me while behind the saftey car so when I went to take the place back it told me I had to return the place back? What is this? Do the AI cars not follow the same rules properly?

[MediocreGamer]

Nope, they don't. I've noticed the same, as well as being slammed into deliberately during practice and run off the road so many times I've now turned damage off completely or else I'd never finish a practice session. It seems during practice all bets are off and the AI becomes REALLY aggressive. During a race they'll happily move over for you if you're faster. During practice, forget it, they'll just sideslam your car.
And many times now I've been behind a safety car with Jeffy telling me i'm authorised to overtake the car ahead, only to be told to hand the position back as soon as I do it. I've learned to ignore the idiot and just deal with a lost place or two as it's clearly bugged.
Oh well, hold your breath and hope these issues are fixed for the next game, because they certainly won't fix these bugs in this one now.

[Stormbringer]

Same happened to me, the AI overtook me during SC and when I tried to retake my position I got the warning message. WTF, I really hope they fixed this for F1 2018

[Fizbanic]

I don't know if they follow any rules, let alone Yellow. I was being over taken and had a blue flag so I get on a straigh slow down a bit to let them by and the one I passed and the one lapping me raced by. Then the one that passed didn't bother letting the other by even though he was getting a blue flag.

[Wave]

The ai is a fuqking sad joke, and has been since the first codemasters F1 game I've played.
As if it wasn't enough that they don't get penalties for crashing into you, they also always have reduced damage so that they can keep doing it.

Flashbacks on and max 2 hours of exposure to this ♥♥♥♥ per day is the only way to keep you sane.

[echo]

Sure there are rules for AI. check race director, so many AI get penalties for ignoring flags, speeding under VSC, and so on... Only thing I noticed is they do not get a penalty for speeding into the pitlane...