11 weird things that only happened once in F1
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2022
- Well over 1000 world championship races have been held held, and in that time we’ve seen plenty of great races and heroic achievements.
But some things are so rare that they have only happened once across all those races.
We've chosen 11 of the most remarkable unique happenings in F1 history. Let us know in the comments which are your favourites, and if there are any we’ve missed.
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Hi all, we're fixing our Stroll/Verstappen error and advised Edd on the laws of time travel.
No need, just say you tried to keep us sharp.
Ok lollipop
@@joostprins3381 hi Joost. Have u watched Nijigasaki Season 2 final episode last Saturday? Lucky that i watched it.
@@purwantiallan5089 nope, and what is it you wanted to say?
@@joostprins3381 i say both seasons of Nijigasaki anime series are so critically acclaimed.
A race that started with 1 car on the grid, all others in the pits.
Yes, I'm looking at you Hamilton
I was expecting to see that one on the list
Yeah; I will never forget Mercedes for not having pitted him so that we could have 0 cars when the light went off.
Restarted*
I watched it LIVE and I knew it’s going to be something we might not see again in F1.
@@soundscape26 Radio communication is restricted on starts/restarts, so those calls are up to the driver. I'm sure Mercedes would've got him in if they could've.
Single Car race restart - Lewis Hamilton Hungary 2021
That was so wild to see, and Crofty's commentary there is iconic
"And it's lights out and away we go for Lewis Hamilton only!"
I was going to say but didn't know if that was the first time it ever happened in the sport
YES - good one.
That's iconic to you...? low fuckin bar or is it only iconic cuz you need to blow hamilton as is british law
In Brazil, commentators asked that the only craziest thing would have been a 0 car start if Lewis had entered the pits too.
@@fhz3062 i think they would just take to the grid as normal after a formation lap if all drivers pit
Another thing that only happened once. The three podium finishers were the only cars to take the chequered flag at Monaco in 1996
Yeah, so Johnny Herbert is the only driver in F1 history to finish last in a Grand Prix and be on the podium
Good referrence.
@@anthonybubb7282 Actually even though only 3 cars took the flag there were I think 6 cars classified due to having completed 90% of the distance. So Herbert wasn't really last.
@@KozKalanndok yep, it was 7 even. The race that has (and realistically, will forever have) the current record for least classified finishers is the 1966 Monaco GP which saw just 4 cars make it 90% towards the then still 100 laps of Monaco. Really it makes sense considering that Monaco was 100 laps back then and that this was the first year that had the 90% rule, otherwise this race would've had 6 finishers, in which case I think the record would go to the 20 lap shorter '68 Monaco GP with 5 finishers no matter how you count it (the 6th place person went out on lap 16).
One unique event in f1 that I think should have been mentioned was the 1954 British grand prix - then, as now, there was an extra point on offer for fastest lap- but with mechanical stopwatches, laps were only measured to the nearest whole second. At this race, 7 drivers set a 1:50, meaning 7 drivers each got 1/7 of a point.
This also meant that Mike Hawthorn finished the season with 24 and 9/14 points
WOW
Technically it happened... 7 times? 😅
Hungary 1997 Quali (I think?) 3 drivers with the same quali time
@@tantegreta I think it was 4. Although this was over 20 years ago so I’m pretty sure it was just a timing error
@@brysonmasonharley2609 it was final race of the 1997 season in Jerez (Spain). Villeneuve, Schumacher and Frentezen set 1m 21.072s and were placed on the grid by who set it first so Villeneuve took a pole with rival Schumi and teammate Frentzen behind.
When Max started he beat the youngest ever driver record by almost 2 years, not almost 1 year, according to your list the youngest ever driver at that point was Jaime Alguersuari at 19 years and 125 days compared to Max's 17 years and 166 days. Lance Stroll might be the next youngest but he started 2 years later.
Yeah, that bit confused me a bit. If Stroll started 2 years after Max, how could he hold the record?
Well he wont beats Seb´s titles for youngest WDC, double WDC, triple ans quadruple WDC though. Thats for sure now, only then you realise how young he was back then. And he "only" sits fourth on the youngest polesitter list. So he doesn´t have all the youngest records.
Yup Lance never hold the title of 'youngest driver' bit dumb since in the list in this vid it shows Lance debut Australia 2017, where Max debut was Australia 2015
'Braking a record previously held by Lance Stroll'
How on earth is a seasoned journalist like Edd Straw even able to pronounce this without second guessing himself? I always wonder how mistakes like this can make the cut. Is noone proofreading the text or viewing the finalised product before throwing it online?
Well, they are human like everybody else. Maybe they were hit by some kind of Mandela effect in which Stroll started his F1 career before Max.
A little clarification. Fabi didn't move to Benetton from Toleman. Benetton bought Toleman at the start of the 1986 season so Fabi simply stayed where he was.
Yep.
Kind of nice to have a Fabi in F1 history :)
@@oscarfabi_ I haven't forgotten Corrado Fabi either.
Another fun fact for those who don’t know - that team is still in F1 today as Alpine, by way of having been Toleman (1981-1985), Benetton (1986-2001), Renault (2002-2011), Lotus (2012-2015), Renault again (2016-2020), and Alpine since 2021.
To be fair for Luca Badoer, when he raced it was only top 6 who scored a points. His best finish was 8th. In that case Marcus Ericsson beat his record with 97 starts and also best result was 8th.
1997 European GP at Jerez, 3 drivers (Schumacher, Villeneuve and frentzen) doing the exact same qualifying time...
Should have included that bit..
it was the only time 3 drivers had the same qualifying time but not the only time there were drivers doing the same quali times (both hondas in the 2006 chinese gp to give an example)
@@Saturn185 I believe montoya and button in Australia 04 as well
And Damon hill in the arrows setting the second fastest time ! Lining up on p 4☹️
@@Stryker_-qd4nq you're right
Didnt like 7 or 8 drivers do that at Silverstone at one point? Granted the times back then were only in 1/10 of a second instead of 1/100 or 1/1000 but still.
McLaren finished 1-2 at the US West GP in 1983 after starting 22nd and 23rd
Good one!
I realised why reverse courses are unlikely when I went to Brands Hatch last week - the Marshall's posts, pitlane, guard rails, fences and gravel traps are all positioned for the conventional route around the circuit.
Ironically, when Brands Hatch first opened a few years after World War 2, it ran in the opposite direction!
Chainbear did a great video on this about Silverstone.
@@JohnSmithShields even also at Daytona 500.
And it's still unsafe as hell
@@davecommentator I didn't know that!
Verstappen broke Jaime Alguersuari's record as youngest ever Grand Prix driver set in Hungary 2009. Lance Stroll became the second youngest in Australia 2017
Both Lance and Max skip F2 which I don't think is allowed anymore.
@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks I think you're missing the point, how can Verstappen break a record (in 2015) that Lance Stroll wouldn't set until 2017. You can't break a record that isn't in the books. The fact is that he broke Alguersuari's record from 2009
@@SiVlog1989 glad I wasn't the only one to notice 😂😂
Thank you
@@SiVlog1989 indeed, Stroll wasn’t the youngest, Max was the youngest with points, with podium and win. Stroll was the youngest by 24 days on the first row, but that’s the only thing he achieved.
Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen all set identical times (1:21.072) in the 1997 European Grand Prix qualifying...Villeneuve got pole, by virtue of having set his time first. Imagine setting the fastest time and having to settle for third on the grid.
Remember watching that. It was unbelievable really.
A record held by Stroll? Stroll started 2 years after Max so how could Stroll hold the record? 🤔🤔
Edd has had a brain fart there..
Stroll has the youngest rookie to have a podium record (back when Williams was a threat for podiums). Max has the youngest race win.
@@philipbarton3456 Max is the youngest podium sitter. A race win is still a podium. Max beat Stroll by 11 days.
@@shaunlevin5081 He wasn't a rookie though. Stroll did it in his debut season.
-wibbly wobbly timey wimey-
That Luca Badoer record is so frustrating - he finished 7th in the '93 San Marino GP in only his fourth start, would have gotten him 6 points in today's version of the championship...
His nickname too is brutal
@@lilwinniepooh I've never heard of that nickname before and I remember him driving. The researcher either made it up or went to the weird parts of the net for his research. Hilarious that he added 'cruelly' to his script even though he was clearly dying to say it. Tabloid stuff.
@@lilwinniepooh yep. Could've been Luca Smoother.
@@boru1982 good point
Badoer is technically the worst Ferrari drive ever
There's also that dude who managed to be DNQ, DSQ and DNF at the same race (Germany 1977, IIRC).
Yes! I was hoping someone would mention that. He effectively raced while banned (maybe not technically speaking, but effectively his DNQ & DSQ added up to an all-out ban).
Didn’t he also DNS?
@@owenlawson2476 I believe he would DNS if he qualified and couldn't start the race. But he didn't even qualify, so I don't think this applies to him
@@owenlawson2476 No. He did start the race he wasn't qualified for. So no DNS
Ya forgot that one time a german driver (whose name I've forgotten) pit started into a race he hadn't qualified for. The race in question was one on the Hockenheimring in 1977 (IIRC), and said driver hadn't qualified to race. He still went out onto the track after the grid starters had passed the pit exit, as normal in a regular pit start, and unbelievably not a single steward noticed the bright yellow car he was driving until about lap five or so when he retired due to an engine failure. That's how he made the only triple of DNQ, DNF and DSQ. He got banned from F1 with that move
The 1961 Dutch GP must be in the history books. It's amazing to think that a race in the 60s saw all drivers finishing the race!
In addition there was also no pitstop in the whole race for anyone! This is also a 1 time record if you dont count Belgian 2021 which technically also has this record.
Christian Fittipaldi finishing the 1993 Italian GP after doing a backflip.
Senna’s fast lap through the pit lane, 1993 European GP.
Giancarlo Baghetti winning on his F1 debut at the 1961 French GP… and never earning another podium.
Fittipaldi's finish should have earned him a gold medal in gymnastics.
Senna's fast lap is a reason for pit speed limits and location of sensors.
Surprised Mazaspin isn’t on this list for finishing 21st in a 20 driver world championship season
Or doing the most spins during a season.
Ohh it’s definitely been done before.. PDLR came 25th in a 24 driver WC in 2012 if I’m not mistaken.
The only thing that would have been sillier than double points would have been if the race ended on half points, meaning they'd just get regular points.
3:08 *GET OUT OF MY HEAD AAAAAAAAAA*
Whats wrong with Buenos Aries?
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@@gigadonis8684 Amogus-
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I think Verstappen being so successful is why they instituted the rule... other teams may see this and try to fast-track younger drivers with talent in the hopes of achieving the same thing. Also to possibly prevent people who have no legal control over their lives from being pressured by parents or legal guardians into signing contracts they have no say over.
As for the second half of this comment, you’ve gotta remember that F1 drivers start a career in racing when they’re 4/5/6 years old. By the time they’re 13, they’re professional and have contracts to sign that they have no say over.
@@dinglepringle1380 I am unaware of how much junior drivers or f2/3 drivers make in comparison to F1 but I imagine the figures go from 6 to 7-8. Having a parent signing a contract on your behalf where they get the majority of a 7 figure contract is... well, suspect.
@Trikk not implying that. I am implying that someone who cannot make legal decisions on their own behalf or enter into a contract on their own behalf have people that may be making decisions that may not be in their best interest. Money is a massive motivator, especially if the parents have sacrificed a lot to get their kid this far... so if, for instance, another Max Verstappen type were to rise through the ranks and get in at 17 again... and then die on track... or just get severely injured... it raises the prospect of legal responsibility of letting a minor take part in a known deadly sport. This way, there are no questions.
Actually is to promote F2/F3 championships, Max didnt need those to prove himself, if that becomes a trend, FIA would lose lot of money, so these rules along licence points, make those categories now mandatory
@@RoyMatzem I think they only made being 18 and in the prior categories for two years the mandatory aspect... the license points can be earned by driving in any number of categories and placing well in them... so it is not locking in F2/3. F2 though, does have the most license points at 40 for the top three so it would be the "easiest" to get your license in but not exclusive to it. You can jump from F3 to F1 if you place 2nd two years in a row and ditto with Formula E, Formula Euro and if you place first twice in LMP 2 (World Endurance) two years in a row. If anything, it encourages mixing and matching and encouraging high-placing racers to push ahead. I can see why you would think that with the most points being given by F2 though.
Given the reference to non championship races in Australia, an interesting note is that Brands Hatch prior to the Druid Loop was anti-clockwise. By the time championship races began in 64, it would have transitioned into clockwise.
The only F1 weekend iv'e ever attended was the 2021 Belgium Grand Prix haha.. Was a bit sad, but honestly i completely understood the decision, after the F2 race it was raining nonstop without interruption. Was still a nice weekend though with F2, WSeries and Porsche Cup and of course the rest of F1.
So hopefully this stays a "only happened once thing" and this year i gotta see a F1 race there :D
They changed some rules after that race
I was in Spa 2021 too, but F2 wasn´t there. Lineup was F1, F3, WSeries and PCup. What I didn´t understand was, that when it was the dryest, around 4pm nothing was on track. Not even the Safety Car, they completly lost a window there. Well, atleast I witnessed an F1 record.
Same here :(
Did you ever get your money back? It felt like a con so that they could say that a ‘race’ took place and keep sponsorship and ticket sales.
Yup it was for me my first and only one aswell, (probably gonna stay the only one for awhile sadly) and tbh i didnt understand the decision, it wasnt raining that bad i felt like, i barely got wet as it only drizzled, but im guessing the main reason was the poor vision of the spray of the cars, which sucks tho i hope they will make changes that we have less spray because wet races are always one of the most entertaining to watch, and we definitely dont wanna have the fair again of being scared we cant race because of the rain
Wilkelhok, the man, the myth, the legend!
Hamilton's solo start last year was one of the funniest and wierdest things I've seen in f1 🤣. It should be topping this list
Dude I seriously wish Lewis boxed as well. Imagine the confusion of the 0 car start
@@LazyData He’d probably lap the whole field 😳
I feel like Latifi's 2022 season will end up as a negative record of some kind. He will most probably race the full year, but it's not looking likely that he will finish a race in 12th or better -- meaning he will finish a nominally 20-car season in 21st place having raced in all the rounds.
already happened with Mazepin
Is it bad that I already totally forgot about him?
Latifi already was 21st in 2020, thanks to the Nico Hulkenberg. But still was ahead of Aitken and Fittipaldi.
Latifi's now 20th in the standings after Silverstone (after beating Ricciardo, no less)
Yeah, saw it, even the commentary team mentioned it. I gave him a small round of golf clap myself.
I love how Williams appealed and let Villeneuve compete and then when he only finished 6th so basically got only 2 points at the time, they were like "nah, we changed our minds, we withdraw our appeal, you can consider his race finish null".
It's one of FIA messed up decisions (the 2021 SC fiasco was far from being first after all).
FIA should have give Villeneuve race ban... But for Jerez and allow Suzuka to stand, as he already finished the race.
@@kariolm2579 I absolutely agree. That would have made Schumacher and Ferrari undisputed champions in Jerez. A point many people fail to see with Schumacher's illegal move was that this - let us say strange - ruling regarding Villeneuve had been handed out, while Schumacher himself was not allowed to do the same in 1994 at the German Grand Prix.
Eddstraw'ordinary compilation!
Otherwise, Narain Karthikeyan also finished last in the 2nd race in history, when all the drivers finished (Monza 2005)
In 1997 the 2 title contenders never met each other on the podium (MSC- JV)!
2018: the only season ever, when there was no change in the drivers' line-up and there was an identical grid in all the races (2008 was similar, but after 5 rounds Super Aguri ceased to exist)
2002: Michael Schumacher finished all the races on the podium and Ferrari scored the same amount of points all the other 9 teams scored together!
1000 races and Hamilton has won over 1/10th of them, that's amazing
Not quite. "well over 1000" currently is 1067. 103/1067 isn't quite 10%.
But still, an amazing stat.
I'd also add De Cesaris's 1987 for Brabham BMW. 14 DNFs, 2 classified finishes (one of which was 3rd at Spa), meaning he never saw the checkered flag all season.
I still can't believe Mazepin didn't get half a point for the fastest lap in Spa. Blood, sweat and tears it took him to manage such a beautiful stint. It's a shame.
Fastest lap only gets point in point scoring position, i.e. finish in one of the first ten positions.
How could Verstappen break Lance Stroll's record when he debuted TWO YEARS BEFORE STROLL?? 😂😂😂
Edit for all coming from the future. They silenced the section where they said it at 0:44
Yeah and they even correctly put up the years they debuted in.
A minute into the video... and I was just about to post the same thing. 😂Lance is over a year younger than Max.
Lol WTF!? 😂🤣😂
I instantly made a post and then I saw all the other comments LOL. Do they not proof watch this before posting?
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John Surtees was World Champion on both 4-wheel(F1) and 2-wheel(500cc at the time) top level racing
The "F1 Races Every Driver Finished" is a much shorter list than I would have expected, although I suppose extreme levels of reliability has only been prevalent in the past decade or so. Also I didn't believe the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix was on there until I realized Jules Bianchi's crash was 2014 and he didn't actually sadly succumb to his injuries until 2015. Regardless, another fine example of deep diving into F1 historical stats from Edd Straw as always. Really enjoy his work keep it up!
Loved it... Only missed the 3 identical times posted during qualifying
Too soon.... I've been trying to forget the 2021 "Belgian Grand Prix" since that weekend ended. I respect the decision, but that whole endeavor was painful.
3:50 that also meant that an “event” took place and no fans, that stayed through the rain, received refunds.
I LOVE this kind of trivia! Thanks guys!
0:40 explain to me how it's possible for Max to break a record that was PREVIOUSLY held by Lance Stroll for the youngest driver to race in F1 if Max started in 2015 and Lance started in 2017.... that record was never Lance's LOL. If anyting the previous record-holder from the looks of that chart would have been Jamie Alguersuari from 2009
This is not a list of drivers who held the record but a list of the youngest drivers, isn't it?
@@MrReese that's correct, a list of the youngest driver ages at the start of their career so far and some on that list were record holders but not all and definitely not stroll but Ed said that Max broke the record that was held by Stroll when Max started which doesn't make sense because time travel has not yet been invented lol. I'm just surprised that they didn't catch that before posting this video.
@@PolishEddie1992 I see. They did catch it by now after many people leaving comments as I saw :D.
You forgot Martin Brundle`s saddest record of having the longest career in F1 without a pole, race win or fastest lap. Every time he comments F1, this is the only thing that I think about him:))))
Thank you for removing those annoying "if you're enjoying this, like ans subscribe" interruptions, they used to tally ruin the flow of these great videos.
One thing I have never seen answered is what happened to all the fans at Spa in 2021 who were ripped off - did they get refunds, or did they really pay hundreds of euros to watch F1 cars go past a few times in the rain?
No one breaks the Winklerock
Master of strategy
3:03 Lets Go!!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Such a shame we won't be back in a long time, I mean, if we do eventually 🙄
1:27 the timing of this video could not be better
Mick Schumacher finalllyyyyyy ahhhhhhhhhhhh😭💕💕
honorable mention too when lewis hamilton had a safety restart by himself last year at hungary when everyone was in the pits
Nice video. Keep up the good work.
Setting the exact same time in qualifying would be another mention. That would be nearly impossible to see again, let alone that 3 or more drivers make that.
Another thing that has happened only once is for a driver to start 20th or worse and win(John Watson holds this distinction, winning the 1983 United States Grand Prix West, despite qualifying 22nd).
And when Lance Stroll debuted, he became the youngest driver ever - a record previously held by Lando Norris.
😶
Ha
Which he took from Yuki.
Mistake in the video, how can Verstappen break Lance Stroll's youngest driver record if Stroll wouldn't race for two years?
Typical linear time experiencer comment.
I think it should have been included " *becoming* F1 champion while being already dead", 1970
You had to bring up the Belgian grand prix…
Lewis Hamilton as the only car on the grid at Hungary 2021. That was amazing!
1954 British GP when a point was awarded for fastest lap and it was shared by 7 drivers all earning one seventh of a point - timing was by stop watch then and only to tenths of a second at that race uniquely - as a Brit I am ashamed at our useless technology then!!
Nothing "useless" about it at the time, and only recording to the tenth eliminates some of the potential human error.
9:15
Lewis went to the final round with a 17point lead. Normaly this means he only needs to finish in the top 6 if Rosberg wins
With the double points this means he has to finish 2nd if Rosberg wins.
2014 Mercedes it lookes easy. In the race Rosberg had an engine problem, when driving in P2.
But imagine if Lewis had the problem, and finished 6th. Losing the title
Of course, we cannot mention weird moments from F1 history without mentioning the 3 way tie for pole position in Jerez 1997. The top three drivers on the grid, Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher and Heinz Harold Frentzen, all set exactly the same time to three decimal places, with the official time difference showing "+0.000". The order was decided by whichever driver set the time first, which was Villeneuve.
Just as remarkable, but overshadowed by the 3 way tie for pole, was the driver closest to that time. At the time, it wouldn't have been too surprising if it was one of the two McLarens of Mika Hakkinen or David Coulthard, possibly one of the young Jordan drivers of Ralf Schumacher or Giancarlo Fisichella, but no. The next closest driver to the rime set by the top 3 was set by Arrows driver, and outgoing world champion, Damon Hill. Martin Brundle put it best:
"Who would have expected, after the winter testing here [Jerez] when Damon was 4 or 5 seconds off the pace, that he would be just 1 tenth [of a second] off a pole position?"
2005 US gp Bridgestone had insider info that the re-paving of the track had caused damage to indi cars Firestone tires, made adjustments but kept the information from teams running Michelin tires.
Curious how many of those drivers who have never scored a point have been prior to 2003 or 2010 and how many have been after those changes to the points system.
Karthakayan being the only person to finish 24th is honestly the most wild because it feels so unimportant, yet so impressive somehow 😂
Good to see Mick finally get his points so he's not in the mix of drivers with the "most race starts without points"
Mick watching this video: not any more, not anyyyyy more!
Jerez 1997- Top 3 drivers posted the same qualifying time 1:21.072 (Villeneuve, Schumacher, Frentzen)
1997 season- The two title challengers never shared a podium
European GP 1999- All drivers on the podium were in teams owned by past f1 drivers- Herbert (Stewart), Trulli (Prost), Barrichello (Stewart)
1:31
Finally, Mick's off the list
Soon you can add Latifi finishing 21st in a 20 man season to this list
Mick got points today!!!!
What about brawn gp winning both championships in their only season in f1? Has that happened before? (Forgive me if it has, my formular 1 history knowledge doesn't extent very far beyond about the mid 90's)
About spa 2022, a technicality. Yes it was decided by one lap (in essence). However it’s not fair to the drivers it was only decided after the saftycar. Yes I am aware that’s not how it was said, but not mentioning the tricky qualification runs is a injustice to their efforts.
I mean the worst car made it to P2 in that dreadful rainy qualifying
Agreed. That race was a farce but letting George's efforts go unrewarded would have been a crime.
Damn 777 drivers to start a race, that's a cool number to have landed on during making this video
Nobody can stop the Winkel'Rock'
Benetton was in fact a rebranded (sold) Toleman. So Fabi didn't really move to Benetton.
In my opinion, Tora Takagi was better than his 32 races without a point suggests.
the first race i watched was spa 2021, great time to start watching
4:35 Weird to see Bernd Schneider appear on that list, he won the DTM championship five times (the old one in 1995 and the new in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2006) so successful touring car drivers might not be successful open wheeler drivers, Pascal Wehrlein also failed and returned to DTM.
What about the one guy who didn't qualify (officially DNS), was disqualified, and then didn't finish?
Yooo, Buenos Aires track lookin hella sus!
Checo going from Last to First Place and Winning the Race.
Pretty sure Jenson did this in Canada 2011 as well, but maybe Checo’s the only person to do it in the dry?
Not quite as well before that, John Watson won the 1983 United States Grand Prix West after qualifying 22nd.
finally, 4 points for mick
Gonna have to change that race starts with no points for Mick now
3:33 "It wasn't until the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix that a world championship race finally took place without a single lap on speed"
Wait a damn second, Mazepin got the fastest lap in Belgium 2021? LMAO
7:07 Technically Fabi didn't " move " teams per se since Toleman became Benetton at the end of 1985
I'm not sure if somebody mentiones if before me, but last years 1 car standing start in Hungary. Hamilton starts by himself, whilst the rest come into the pits on formation lap to change tyres.
Aguri Suzuki, the only driver whose name sounds like it could be the name of an F1 team.
Funny that you say that, given that he would eventually create his own team in 2006.
Well, it was, Super Aguri
Yep, that it worked out that way was just wild. From having a name that sounds like an F1 team name, to having an F1 team.
Fabi didn't move from Toleman to Benneton, the Toleman team became Benneton and he stayed where he was
Schumacher, Frentzen and Villeneuve al setting the same qualifying lap in Europe (I think it was 97) jumps to mind
The next races will show. If Ferrari and red bull have to raise their ride height they will be slower. If they don’t and we see them bouncing then we know they have changed based on the directive too. If they were doing nothing wrong those two teams would not be complaining as they have. It does explain a lot and I appreciate this video being made.
That aged well lol
Looks like they were complaining about a rule change mid season after all, despite knowing they conform to them.
1998 British Grand Prix, when Michael Schumacher won the race in the pit lane. Pretty sure that only happened once...
At least unofficially it happened in 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix. Button pitted on the lap which ended up being the last which was counted.
I would say a good honerable mention would be the race (I cannot remember which,) where qualifying was a dead heat for the top three places to a thousandth of a second. Possible to do again, but Highly unlikely.
Jerez 97, the last race of that season, also only 1 point of distance between Villeneuve and Schumacher
I want another giant lizard on the track.
You could include the time when 3 drivers qualified with the same time at Jerez 1997.
I can’t believe the 1997 European GP wasn’t mentioned when the top 3 got identical times in qualifying
I'm surprised not to see the Brabham BT46 car in this list, the only car with a 100% win rate in F1 history.
4:43 great helmet design
6:52 Ahhh, Penthouse magazine sponsoring F1 teams. Don't think we will ever see that happening again.
and don't forget Jerez 1997 qualifying session. Schumacher, Villeneuve, Frentzen did exactly the same time!
1.21.072
One more thing:
Giancarlo Baghetti is the only F1 driver who won on his debut, the 1961 French GP
I remember everybody booing Ferrari at the podium at that Indy race and cheering for Monteiro
I would also add finishing a race in the pit lane to serve a penalty. I. E. Michael Schumacher at Silverstone
He actually did not serve that penalty as he had crossed the line before he arrived at his pit position. Currently drivers are not allowed to enter the pits on the last lap in Silverstone (but that's a track specific rule in Silverstone only as you're faster at the Line through the pits in comparison to driving the track)