Strange F1 Rules You Never Knew Existed

Formula 1 can be a pretty confusing sport with LOTS of rules... here's some you probably never knew existed.

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[yellowflag]

Once I saved the f1 sporting regulations to my computer at school, and in a couple boring computing lessons, I learned that you can’t do what Schumacher did at Austria 2002 when he let Barrichello on the top step.

[thelimestick-ewow-ypnc]

When I started watching F1 in 2012, I thought Germany's anthem was the official F1 anthem due to Vettel's dominance. Good ol' times

[MogsterKupo]

2018 awards will forever be remembered as 'that time Kimi got drunk' 🤣

[jcddracing]

I would love to see how many gigabytes of stock footage and images these guys have 😆

[astroandyborgloh]

There has to be another rule: Should there not be enough wet races, an "Eifel GP" in october will be added to the calendar...

[JasonCliftJones]

1:40 - It is possible to get special dispensation to break this one; Coulthard's last race at Red Bull (Brazil 2008) springs to mind as he had the Wings for Life special livery but Webber ran the usual livery.

[KirkNorthrop]

The rule about 12 cars being available was in place at US 2005, that’s *why* they all turned up to the grid and then retired because the cars were deemed “available” by taking the formation lap.

[SarosRacing]

Another one: After 2 laps are completed you can award half points and call it a race, even if no actual green flag racing has been run.

[aareyaman]

Love how mark Webbers face is there when Matt told mark lol

Am I the only one who thought all of these rules seem normal and sensible? Even if I had to pick just one rule that seems strange out of these, I'd be hard pressed. Maybe the podium color limitation?

[stuntslikeeveryday]

I really hope to see 26 again, many many drivers should be on the grid. But there aren't enough places... Most teams don't like the idea of 3 car teams, new teams have to spend 200million just to participate. Good luck finding new teams. F2 teams should need to have the possibility to intergrate into F1, without spending the full jackpot.

[areasquirrel]

I wonder if the 'no branded drinks' rule came in after Fernando Alonso was seen with a can of Coca-Cola after he won in Bahrain in 2005. The energy drinks - Red Bull, Monster, etc. - probably care about that rule quite a lot.

Remember it's not champagne anymore, it's sparkling wine! And The Toreador Song is iconic now, but until 1997 it was Ode to Joy, which I didn't know until watching the archive races on F1TV.

[rodrigodepierola]

The 12-car rule was already there in 1981 in the Imola race which was almost canceled in the FISA FOCA fight

[SwedishStud]

Good God these videos get me through the weeks there's no GP

[Arthurzeiro]

Well if you wanna be super pedantic and super cheeky you could say the Gorila trophy from Paul Ricard holds some liquid in its mouth (4:38) therefore it's a cup.

[BOABModels]

5:05 It's the prelude from 'Carmen' by Bizet - come on, Matt. You research everything else!

[OreMan]

Sooo.. Lewis was not present at the season's awards ceremony today.. If that's actually a rule, what happens next?? 🤔

[webrevolution.]

There are no strange rules in this whole video. These are 100% normal rules that even if you hear for the first time you'll never say like "oh man, that's a strange one".

[Kooldude]

1:28 Matt puts himself ahead of George Russel lmao

[mrmemer]

1:24 so lewis and toto not attending the prizegiving ceremony was illegal