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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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

1:21 suprisingly relevant nowadays

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.

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

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".

1:26 that didn't age well

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

1:28 Matt puts himself ahead of George Russel lmao

Very interesting rules about the drinks. In NASCAR, it is customary for drivers sponsored by a drinks brand to consume their sponsor's products in post race interviews and in victory lane should they win. Also applies to event sponsors, so if you win the Coca Cola 600 you will be provided a Coke to drink in victory lane, regardless of whether you are personally sponsored by them.

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

now I am currious for more strange rules. when can we expect part 2?

Kimi finding he got 3rd: becomes expert in post race points forfeitures

Top 3 drivers in the championship are mandatory to attend the ceremony. Lewis and Toto: Im sorry what?

1:23 After all, what happened to Hamilton for missing the prize giving ceremony in 2021?

You guys are uploading vids like crazy. I'm loving it! It's a Saturday though, go lay down and watch a movie now.

Congrats on finishing 3rd Matt! Well deserved!

wait the rule about the prize giving was broken by lewis

The four drivers per team per season rule almost got the team of Spyker into trouble. They started their only season, 2007, with Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil as drivers. Albers was fired after the British Grand Prix. For the next Grand Prix he was replaced by Markus Winkelhock who made the most of it and led a part of his only ever Grand Prix. Winkelhock was in turn replaced by Sakon Yamamoto for the remainder of the season. As Yamamoto was the fourth driver and Albers was fired, if Yamamoto and/or Sutil were unable to start, Winkelhock was the only possible substitute. As he was competing in DTM that year and wasn't always available for Spyker, the team ran half a season under threat of having to start the race with either one or none of their cars, which eventually wouldn't happen though.

Last time I was this early it was pre season testing

awesome vid; editing perfect; well done

"There's a rule for almost everything." Me: "What about delaying or postponing a race for inclement weather?"

Please make a part 2! Really enjoyed this one.

The champagne spray can begin and the iconic shoey can also begin!!!!!

The 12 car rule wasn't introduced after the US GP in 2005. There was a time in the early eighties (I think) where FOTA tried to prevent a race being a championship race by pulling out and leaving only the FISA teams. Might have been late seventies as it feels like the disagreement was over ground effect. The other part of this is that all the cars were available to race at Indy 2005, they technically chose not to.

You did something wrong wtf1: The rule is, that 12 cars must ENTER the event (the Event starts on the friday), not starting the race. So a repeat of Indy 2005 is still possible.

1:38 Bwoah, it was the best footage of Kimi, ever.

I always wonder: after what event did the pit lane speed limit rule was enforced?

Having heard of all of them obviously makes me a nerd, doesn't it?

nice championship order 😂

When you think about it, they're putting these cars into official f1 video games, etc. So the liveries probably have requirements related to this so we can drive the same car in the video game we see on TV, and they have advanced notice so they can prepare.

4:10 got a little emotional here 😥 INDIAN GRAND PRIX... it's now like a dream for us Indian fans to again see f1 here 🙏🏾

More of these please 😊

3:15 I'm assuming such an episode would feature the Schumacher/Barichello podium "incident" at the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix when race winner Michael lifted 2nd place Rubens to the top spot. (That was the "Let Michael pass for the championship" race)

I don't think Hamilton accepted the "mandatory invitation" 😂

Can you do a video on how the f1 knows the exact time that a car makes a lap, a sector, the distance between the cars on the grid

Fun fast about the 4 drivers rule, Alpha Tauri (Toro Rosso at the time) actually hit 4 drivers in the 2017 season, with Gasly, Hartley, Sainz and Kvyat all driving the car during the season

Just what I needed after this day to make it a bit better. Formula video + listening to the music I like (Delta Parole, Metallica and other) make me feel the speed and excitement!

@4:57 "a suitable sound system" and then all hell breaks loose with laughter when matt mentions "and not a bluetooth speaker" now my dining table is cover with coca-cola and my spit!!!! very funny!! thanks for the great gag.

would be cool to have a rundown of next years car rules to see what loopholes we can find

1:21 Hamilton doesn’t follow that one

Already knew the 4 driver rule, HRT used this in 2010 having Chandok, senna, yannamoto and klien

please make another video on this topic !

i need more of these videos!

Fun fact: the meme of the “surprised guy” you used at the end of the video is Drew Scanlon and had an F1 podcast and used to be a part of video game news website Giant Bomb

Strange that Hamilton has not been to the FIA ceremony although being second 🧐

pls I need more of this. its so damm good I love it

2 different liveries for each team would be amazing!

Very well done

this already needs a part 2

More videos about rules please!

Well, now I need to see a comprehensive video about the podium rules.

1 set of rules for Monaco and another for the rest 😜😜

Fun fact slash promotion - the guy from The Blinking Guy Meme, used here at 05:08, Drew Scanlon, is a host of an F1 podcast as well, called Shift F1

make a longer video about this plzzz :)

4:14 damnit lol I was trying to pour a drink and watch at the same time...now there is lemonade on the floor and tears on my cheeks.

1:25 ahem " RAMILTON"

This could be a series with several episodes!

0:50 Whatever you did to Glock's face in that picture is genuinely haunting.

Attendance at the Gala is mandatory, you say?

The Champaign spray being part of the schedule is funny to me. It’s basically saying “your spontaneous fun may now commence”.

Benjamin Daly!!!!!! Congrats mate 😀

Master of ceremonies is such a cool title!

4:47" thanks for placing us at the top spot of the podium 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🔥🔥🔥

Great cameo from Vincent Vega!!!

I am a sucker for protocol, so I have to say the podium segment made me happy and comfortable.

2005 US Grand Prix would be legal because all cars started the formation lap but retired before start

One interesting rule is that F1 drivers have to attend the media events when called. All of them. If they don't go to a single one, they're fined. There's no indication to how much that fine is, but when Ricciardo asked how much was it when he didn't want to do media last season, the response given was only "very high."

Has anyone noticed that we don't have the cool room cameras anymore? Always enjoyed that after the race especially the Hamilton and rosberg cap throwing moment

You should do interesting rules from the 50s-70s

FIA: We need a special room with specific water bottles and specifics times for the ceremony. IMSA: Just drive that racecar up here with your father riding on the side waving a flag like a drunk lottery winner down pit road.

Congratulations with your 3rd place in the championship Matt! 🥳

I would love to see the livery rule changed. Still very recognisable team livery, but also a livery that you can see instantly which driver you're watching

3:04 WOW! Now 24 on 2023. I am looking forward into that!

The trophies must resemble traditional cup trophies, eh? That must be news to Australian GP organisers, one of the instances of the mentioned "bending" of that rule -- their trophies were steering wheels for years on end, basically all the time the event was at Albert Park and sponsored by an airline.

*Probably not what an F1 board meeting looks like* @ 2:20 😂 I really hope not

I learned something new today

The rules are only confusing because they are different bases on who the driver is and who is winning the driver championship at the time.

reading the title of this video, I didn't expect so many obvious rules

3:07 It's 24 now in 2024 which is quite interesting

The one about turning up for the FIA awards ceremony is quite relevant now isn’t it 🙄

I hope they never go to the normal thropies and continue with the unique and interesting looking ones.

This should become a series. "Weird and whacky f1 rules ep 23"

I was at the 2005 US GP. The only live race I ever attended, sadly.

Yeah its so weird you need a half decent sound system at tracks for a sport where the slow teams have an 80mil budget

F1 can be confusing…Aston pit stray at turkey

Learnt during Canada GP 2019. If you finish in the top three and don't go to the podium, you get disqualified. Seb didn't want to go, but his team convinced him to go to the podium

This honestly could become a series.