10 strange reasons drivers missed F1 races

[@Adithya13303]

Fun fact Button still carries the grid penalty he recieved for flipping Wehrlien in Monaco. If he is to make a return to F1 this year he will be serving the 3 place grid penalty he recieved 4 years ago.

[@sdsd2e2321]

Massa's fault.

[@matthewwalker741]

You know Edd straw has banked that and will break it out on a podcast in another ten years

[@jamiegriffith636]

🤨😲

[@nemesis4900]

Lol 🤣 for real

[@f1funnymoments397]

Imagine if that had interest. It would be a 100 place penalty lol

[@joetri10]

I think it's fucking hilarious that Alonso missed a race because the Honda engine was so shit Zack allowed him to race in Indy, only for his Honda engine to break in that too.

[@CED99]

And yet this year's Honda engine is awesome

[@mumblbeebee6546]

Ironic yes, I did not find it hilarious. Alonso was never my favourite driver but to not be able to show your skills because the hardware sucks… I found it sad.

[@cnhnx]

Half the grid on that race used Honda engine, including the winner so Alonso was just unlucky. Or cursed.

[@Someone25948]

@@mumblbeebee6546 Don't be a killjoy

[@grapefruit5690]

i’m reporting you for the language

[@andrewrobertson5508]

I’m blown away they didn’t mention Fangio’s kidnapping and DNS at the 1958 Cuban GP. They could do an entire video on that, it’s a fascinating story.

[@hansen3bd]

Listen to "F1 On The Edge" - They did an entire podcast covering this and it was fascinating!

[@mattzegarski3831]

Not to nitpick, but it wasn't part of the world championship, and was a sports car race.

[@yazanc7665]

Funnily he became friends with the kidnapper

[@MrSniperfox29]

The penalty will be applied at the drivers next race Jenson is still waiting to serve his penalty for colliding with Wehrlein

[@mabdinur85]

The guy going to prison giving his seat to Schumacher has got to be a legendary switch up.

[@laserworkstv]

Plot twist: Schumacher paid the taxi driver 😈

[@simonkevnorris]

CS gas is not legal in the UK.

[@carriecoltart5661]

5:38 "things returned to normal for the next grand prix" toro rosso without rear wing in background.

[@RACECAR]

"Looks fine to me"

[@UnnamedThe]

The OG concept to the Peugeot 9X8

[@crusherbmx]

The only two drivers suspended by their own teams....Senna and Senna.

[@Kismaci0913]

bruh

[@stormtrooper1874]

What about Massa

[@sirafoxtron1701]

For anyone questioning... It's Ayrton Senna and Bruno Senna

[@judemitchell9410]

I wish they would mention kimi saying "I was taking a shit"

[@nishitpatira1740]

They will do that when he comes with a video "10 Strange Reasons drivers missed podium ceremonies" :D

[@Baer1990]

That will be a seperate video: 10 strange reasons Kimi missed f1 races

[@DM0407]

*having

[@DM0407]

"weirdest reasons drivers missed Pele"

[@ASJC27]

My first thought when seeing the title 😂

[@Billiamiscool]

Pretty much all of Perry McCarthy’s F1 weekends could be on this list

[@g-chanthesage79]

He had race weekends?

[@corbinselanne7990]

@@g-chanthesage79 He was with the farce that was Andrea Moda in 1992

[@g-chanthesage79]

@@corbinselanne7990 I know, hence the sarcasm.

[@liamkennelly7890]

Some say Perry McCarthy was an F1 driver

[@azharfikri8446]

Pretty much most of all of his career was failed to qualify.. And most of all was caused by such a woeful management..

[@Petrol_head44]

Every time when we talk about something related to F1 kimi's name always comes up. I don't know how it happens, maybe because of his long career or his nature. But surely I'm going to miss him if he doesn't get the chance to race next year.

[@HHPYE42]

Poor kimi,he might one day get the drive and the drink

[@rumbling3991]

@@HHPYE42 if an accident happens , kimi might be too drunk to die

[@DM0407]

@@HHPYE42 and blankets and steering wheel

[@sadikurrahman4833]

He would be racing if he was fast enough and not a crash hazard

[@dbabu51]

@@sadikurrahman4833 crash hazard? He’s one of the cleanest drivers and he leaves a space all the time (that’s why Fernando loves him lol)

[@josderbos9571]

Who can forget the iconic Andrea Moda at the 1992 French Grand Prix? Stuck amongst a lorry drivers strike and couldn’t make the circuit and only team to do so

[@wassapdude94]

That is so Andrea Moda tho

[@RacingAtHome]

They wouldn't have raced so it made no difference.

[@Vok250]

Alonso: Gets offered Indy 500 drive as a break from terrible F1 Honda season. Also Alonso: Retires from Indy 500 due to Honda engine failure.

[@ryanparker3355]

Fangio being kidnapped and held whilst the race was on should have been on there.

[@registrado54]

@Connor, the android sent by CyberLife listen to the podcast "F1 on the edge" there is an episode about his kidnapping. Basically Fangio was kidnapped by the cuban revolutionaries to attract attention to the situation of Cuba. Fangio being argentinian understood this (there was a lot of USA funded coup d'etat in latin america at the time) and cooperated with them and became friends with the kidnappers.

[@UncleBoogieRF]

Holy shit how did they miss that one! Yes!

[@dominik6439]

It wasn't a Grand Prix though

[@plazasta]

@@dominik6439 it was a grand prix, but not an F1 grand prix, a sports car grand prix

[@tng2057]

Technically that was not an official F1 race.

[@Rainaman-]

Kimi is such a mad lad. Bankrupts a team by scoring too many points

[@joetri10]

'How did you become a 7 time world champion Michael?' Well you see, it all started, when one of the drivers was put in jail...

[@josderbos9571]

Bet Montoya broke his wrist whilst ‘playing’ with his ‘motorbike’

[@bumblebity2902]

he totally outsmarted Ron.

[@sdsd2e2321]

@@bumblebity2902 Not possible!

[@monstalova]

He admitted it was a motorcycle accident. This guy needs to do more research on the video. He said it a few years ago

[@grantharriman284]

The permission withdrawn thing seems kinda rough for the drivers. They asked if they could do a thing, the regulators said yes, they did the thing, then the regulators changed their mind. That's just unfair to the drivers.

[@JoshuaKJ5]

Kimi - "Woah I was having a sh!t"😂

[@vgracing24]

"I was having a shit"

[@akshaysasidharan6301]

A Random English taxi driver badmouthing Gachot rewrote F1 history forever.

[@youraveragepasser-by7367]

Ikr😂

[@simonkevnorris]

Schumi was being backed by Mercedes so it was simply a matter of time. He only did the one race for Jordan and was in a Benetton on the next race at Monza. I was at that race and was a bit confused by the helmets in the Jordan (Roberto Moreno) and Benetton.

[@akshaysasidharan6301]

@@simonkevnorris You must the life of the parties you go to🙂

[@simonkevnorris]

@@akshaysasidharan6301 I expect you're a 'party killer'. If you ever get invited do you ever get invited back?

[@akshaysasidharan6301]

@@simonkevnorrisSick Burn Boomer👏👏

[@danort17]

Team having too many drivers - Giedo Bantergarde, 2015

[@breisleach74]

Was gonna post that Sauber wasn't it. 3 drivers 2 cars

[@thirstyhorse7803]

What about Robbie Williams? He missed the final deciding race of the season because he was accidently locked inside his caravan by the team manager.

[@pebelyy]

It was actually Bob Williams!

[@thirstyhorse7803]

@@pebelyy Oh damn, you're right! I keep getting the two confused. ;)

[@chronikoolgrowz5526]

The 'Orange Arrows' were good looking race cars..!

[@s.r.5462]

Schumie got his start from that Jordan driver goin to jail?? Lol I had no idea. Love that classic livery

[@UncleBoogieRF]

Burned his clutch out on the first lap at Spa and retired. Then Benetton swooped in and stole him from under Eddie's nose.

[@bernardoquina]

Lotus: Ok Kimi, stop scoring so many points for us, please! Kimi: Bwoah 🤷‍♂️

[@citruss5737]

💵💵💵💵

[@salmanazam9444]

Me seeing the thumbnail: "Oh god, Kimi must've missed one because he had to have a drink."

[@ebs1895]

* a shit

[@Ravlog_23]

8:54 Lotus really ran an EXPO 2020 Ad in 2013 ?

[@janbo8331]

Kimi: No pay? No work. No steering wheel? No work. No drink? No fun.

[@CostisdeViant]

Tyre failure during the Indianapolis race in 2005, when Michelin tyred cars didn’t compete due to the tyre manufacturer’s fears of tyre failure. It was a collective DNS but worth mentioning.

[@LordOfTheBored]

Notable mention: Stefan Bellof in 1985. Tyrell was too poor to afford two models of the Tyrell 014 with turbo engines so Brundle and Bellof practically shared that car. In Hockenheim 1985 Bellof piloted that while in the two previous races that car was piloted by Brundle.

[@Quintendejong123]

That 10 place dodging is actually very smart

[@Amb0ss]

“In prison” made me chuckle

[@Rahul-kz5fi]

Bruh imagine racing in Indy 500 because your Honda engine is unreliable but your Indy car also breaks down 💀💀

[@botecof1]

Amazing list and stories. 👏👏👏

[@hannahbarley61]

Kimi was too bust eating ice creams to do a race 😂

[@DaveMcIroy]

#1 is an injury? Wow. What a shocker.

[@corbinselanne7990]

One race Mansell missed in 88 was the race at Monza; his substitute was involved in the Ayrton Senna incident that enabled the hometown Ferraris to finish 1-2 in the first race after the death of Enzo

[@babelaszombie]

Robert Kubica missing a race or two in 2011 - 2018 due to a minor mishap in a Škoda Fabia.

[@egrekhnev6115]

How about Bob Williams, who lost title to Jackie Stewart due to being locked up in his trailer house

[@UncleBoogieRF]

That was a harsh one. But at least he went on to create smoke-free pipe tobacco.

[@mumblbeebee6546]

I would like to read more about that - a quick googling did not find any useful anecdote. Which year was it, which race? Thank you!

[@egrekhnev6115]

@@mumblbeebee6546 it's fictional, from Robbie Williams "Supreme" music video

[@mumblbeebee6546]

@@egrekhnev6115 Oh, thank you for solving that one, some bits of popular culture passed me by. Off to watch it now, I like the idea even in a music video! 😂

[@Offenhauser27]

Fun fact 6:47 that's actually Mario's twin brother Aldo in the photo. In practice for the 1969 Indianapolis 500 Mario suffered facial burns so for the front row photos they had Aldo stand in. If you look at the individual qualifying photos from that year you'll notice Mario kept his helmet and balaclava on

[@LordOfTheBored]

Another notable mention: Otto Stuppacher 1976 in Monza. He started in a privately financed Tyrell 007 (the car piloted by Sheckter and Depailler in the 1975 season) and missed qualifying for the race (8 secs behind the penultimate driver Arturo Merzario in the weak Wolf-Williams). But rules at that time had it that the permission to start in a GP was not dependent on the time set but on the position in qualifying meaning out of 29 entrants 26 were allowed to start despite their time in qualifying. Hunt, Mass and Watson however had their lap time in qualifying disallowed because of fuel irregularities so Stuppacher could have raced in the GP but it turned out that he had flown back to Vienna on the evening after the qualifying and could not make it to Monza in time to start at the GP.

[@robh9577]

What about when Alonso got electrocuted, ooops. I *mean* got caught out by wind, crashed at 80kph and recieved a concussion. 🤨

[@robh9577]

@mrluigi04 testing at Barcelona in the McLaren when Honda came back. Unusually crashed and looked like he was unconscious before he hit the wall

[@monstalova]

@@robh9577 Ron Dennis's revenge

[@kloosternator]

Montoya admitted to falling off the bike in a podcast so yes it has been officially confirmed he didn’t do it playing tennis

[@alexpeak16]

Still a really weird one - and it ended up as one of the factors costing McLaren the constructors title that year. Joan Pablo's relationship with Ron really soured after that too although, because it's Ron Dennis, you have to expect that.

[@AlonsoRules]

That Bruno Senna thing is classic Colin Kolles. A totally inept team owner who would use any excuse in the book to get a pay driver.

[@hiiimralph]

I love it when you do videos like this. More like this please

[@UncleBoogieRF]

Kolles... His wiki page has this gem. "In July 2013, it emerged that Kolles had previously tried to blackmail Mercedes-Benz Motorsport boss Toto Wolff after he had allegedly recorded Wolff making negative remarks about the Mercedes F1 Team's management." The Andretti/Unser one is good. Such a shame they didn't get to race as that was a great achievement. Gachot is still the best reason. And Mansell's the funniest.

[@AlonsoRules]

Kolles is a clown

[@alexlazebat839]

with Mansell the car was designed for Hakkinen. Marlboro wanted a champion only 2 were Mansell and Prost. No eddie irvine having appendicitis on wiki it says he PO. practiced only. Modena also missed the weighbridge and was disquallified.

[@JustinW2980]

My favourite has to be the Andretti/Unser story. Absolutely bananas!!!

[@kailahmann1823]

Doing this kind of "double duty" is absolutely normal in the US, so they probably didn't even think about a rule against it. Both then made their debut in the US GP, with being the only race for Bobby Unser and the first pole in the first race for Andretti. The later wasn't such a surprise for the US audience, as he was literally a god of pole positions back then.

[@Whelo369]

Jeez that result for johansson shows that the 84 toleman was no joke!

[@TheSt1092]

I remember the Massa penalty that never was.

[@probablygraham]

At the German GP in Hockenheim in 1989, in the days when there were so many teams that they actually had prequalifying before qualifying "proper", the two Rial-Ford cars didn't qualify for the race. Volker Weidler's car was disqualified because it had to be push-started, and Christian Danner's car was too slow to qualify. It turned out later that the team didn't have any parts for the cars which meant that Danner had to drive half of the straights with the rev limiter on because they didn't have the right gear ratios for Hockenheim. Somewhere I have an old casette recording of Danner's car changing up the gears and then going BRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG for the last few seconds of the straight every lap.

[@terminateshere]

How about - Andrea De Cesaris, Japan 1994? Went on a windsurfing holiday thinking Wendlinger was coming back from injury. Given weather at said race, water sport tactics might have been a viable option.

[@obesebasu6769]

Top 10 reasons drives missed presentations by pele

[@carlosjulian1128]

Montoya confirmed it was a bike accident in the Beyond the Grid podcast FYI ☺️

[@mmatthews61687]

6:49 Is that Matt Damon?! Lol 😆 They could be brothers

[@Quattro_Joe]

€50,000 per point. Nice bit of contract work there Kimi

[@thelammacus]

I believe Massa missed Malaysia because of neck injuries sustained by sneezing in an elevator

[@mrtom2854]

What about the Andrea Moda drivers who weren't allowed to race because their team principal had been arrested in the pits?

[@MrSniperfox29]

Andrea Moda could take up six on their own Miss South Africa because the team is declared a new team and hasn't paid it's application bond Miss Mexico because the team now needs new cars because it can't use the previous teams ones Perry McCarthy misses Spain because he is denied a super licence Perry McCarthy misses Canada because they lost their engines and could only steal one from Brabham Miss France because they are "stuck in a lorry drivers strike" (really didn't turn up to save costs) Miss Italy because the team owner has been arrested and thrown out of the championship

[@airygoats323]

@@MrSniperfox29 Missed France because of being caught in a lorry driver’s strike

[@MrSniperfox29]

@@airygoats323 Over half the list for them LOL.

[@AlonsoRules]

that team was a disgrace

[@simonkevnorris]

I think at one stage after they put Perry's car on wet tyres on a dry day the FIA threatened them with exclusion from the championship.

[@moosartti]

Lotus be like "Eh...we dont think you can take this car to points too many times, so yea fuck it 50k per point Kimi is that ok?" Kimi: Hold my beer.

[@PsychedeliKompot]

Fuckin' legend!

[@pungu9762]

I think Giedo van der Garde should be there when he missed the whole of 2015 despite having a signed contract.

[@alo2446]

Thank you for reading out the subheadings

[@1DjFuzzion1]

Great video!

[@ilarilehto7063]

I've never heard such a flawless pronunciation of "Heikki Kovalainen" from a non-Finn, well done sir!

[@s.samuel012]

Raikkonen’s 2013 was crazy, not just back surgery, also sign a Ferrari contract for 2014

[@my_4_brain_cells]

It's odd that massa got a 10 place penalty for colliding with another drive but in 2020 you can take out 4 drivers and only get a 5 place

[@muhammaddaffa2004]

Stoffel Vandoorne: too fast

[@bengaliinplatforms1268]

Lol

[@jonlayman6790]

Being a guy who lives in Indianapolis I wish so many big names would come here for races like the Hoosier 100.

[@patrickracer43]

I don't think Fernando Alonso missing a race to run Indy isn't strange

[@crazylousy]

Kimi missing out with Lotus should have help in some form of financial. Ferrari and Lotus were challenging some constructor points that season.

[@EricBurns1]

Here in the US, Rinus Veekay missed an INDYCAR race after braking his collarbone on a bike ride

[@legiblegraph2572]

1:33 Mazepin will do this too sometime

[@imibuks-replit]

Race ban :)

[@Niko-he4ji]

Radio

[@Dimpet-xw9gg]

Or sth worse

[@paulbarnett5837]

Mansell also missed Adelaide 1987 due to a huge crash at suzuka

[@cmartin_ok]

Favourite of those 10 is Gachot being arrested, leading to Michael Schumacher's F1 debut

[@rohankar4678]

8:53 They were planning the 2020 Expo since 2012? wtf

[@whassupg89]

I want to see Montoya playing tennis on a motocross

[@rhodrage]

Clever from Sauber with Massa actually

[@EricBurns1]

4:22 I see you forgot to mention Alonso trying the 500 again and failing to qualify ;)

I'd add Patrese to this list. He missed the US Grand Prix because he was banned after a protest from other drivers for causing massive crash at previous race in Monza that claimed the life of Swedish F1 protégé Ronny Peterson.

[@dazleeders]

Lotus getting Kimi for 2 seasons for less than 20m seems too good to be true

[@gigaremo1]

I feel that last years events also deserve a spot on the list. We may not think it's stranfe now, but in a few years we will look back and think that not partecipating in a gp because of a global pandemic it's rather unusual.

[@RACECAR]

While I see what you are saying, thing is that was ALL drivers that were in that same boat at the same time (Same can be said for ALOT of series as well). This list covers just THOSE particular drivers missing out.

[@eamonahern7495]

The thing is Ascari was *still* competing in a round of the world championship.

[@simonkevnorris]

Yes, back then it was part of the Championship despite running a different formula. When I went to the USA F1 GP in 2000 (?) I pointed out to many that it wasn't really the Innaugrial event

[@Kismaci0913]

Luca Badoer "colorblind incident" 1999

[@reynaldochlmts]

10:13 montoya see you in wimbledon while months later he won british GP

[@Shifftee]

Had you waited a few days more to upload this video, you could've also included Max Verstappen missing Hungary 2021 GP

[@lunasilvermoon2283]

Montoya's injury is not up for question anymore, He admitted to it being a bike accident in ''Beyond the Grid''. I would have thought the Race would check out at least THAT podcast, given the fact it's funded and promoted by Formula 1 (Liberty Media) itself

[@TSNAnnotator]

Racing in the Indy 500 is hardly a strange reason for missing an F1 race...

[@SiVlog1989]

How about, a race ban extended? Eddie Irvine was blamed for the multi car pile up in Brazil 1994 involving himself, Eric Bernard, Jos Verstappen and Martin Brundle. Eddie Jordan appealed the ruling which sentenced him to a one race ban initially. The appeal failed and Irvine's ban was increased to a 3 Grands Prix ban, meaning that he actually missed the Pacific, San Marino and Monaco Grands Prix, before returning in Spain

[@HaraiGoshi345]

Kimi Raikkonen had surgery from a crash over a decade ago?!?!?

[@jamesbryan9267]

Mistaking visir cleaner for contact lenses fluid?? Wtf xD the burn

[@mattzegarski3831]

Any reason given for the about face on Andretti and Unser?

[@mastrdzastr]

No Lightning McQueen!?!?

[@MastaMS21]

For Senna, wasn't he replaced by Pierluigi Martini instead ? (and failed to qualify by the way) Johansson was his teammate for the end of the season to fill the absence of the injured Johnny Cecotto.

[@michaelmaclean6965]

Bruno Senna sent an email to his sister complaining about Colin Kolles which he sent to Kolles by mistake which got him benched for a race and dropped at the end of the season

[@brendanwilliams7291]

Don't forget that Riccardo Patrese was suspended for the 1978 United States Grand Prix following the death of Ronnie Paterson in the Italian Grand Prix.

[@jespervanroemburg1002]

Please can you make a second part please.

[@hernansalto-dumbattemptracing]

What about Justin Wilson who can't race for Minardi in 2001 and 2002 because his height

[@michael_schumacher5616]

Tbh if I could I would sit on the sidelines in Monaco every time in the F1 video game

[@laserworkstv]

Plot twist: Schumacher paid the taxi driver 🤝😈

[@jamesreynolds9180]

Uhh, how is number one not Fangio's kidnapping in Cuba?

[@jackgarrett304]

IM SORRY WHAT CS GAS EXCUSE ME

[@UnnamedThe]

How about most of the grid missing Indianapolis because the Michelins kept popping?