Where do F1 cars go AFTER the season ends?

Once they've completed the F1 season, where do F1 cars end up? In a junkyard? A museum? We take a look at all the places they could end up.
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[@mariacobobarquin430]

I'm from Spain and I recommend to all the motorsport fans to go to the Fernando Alonso's museum. It has all the F1 that have driven Fernando (except 2017 and 2021), karts, Toyota TS050, Toyota Hilux, Indy500 2017 car, ... and they will add the Cadillac DPi in the next months.

[@NourAslaoui]

In which city?

[@CallumRSU30]

Yes! Oviedo, in Asturias, where I happen to live. I second your recommendation!

[@einbaerchen2995]

@@gabrieljr5410 InGLisHeD🙃 But I guess you're lucky you don't have to hear or read my Spanish soooo....

[@mariacobobarquin430]

@@NourAslaoui Llanera, Asturias, north of Spain. It's close to Gijón and Oviedo

[@woodenhoe]

Hilux??

[@gentlemanghost5993]

Ferrari gave Kimi the car he won the Austin GP in. Also, his last win in F1

[@Firebolt1729]

@@alunesh12345 Bot replies to a bot, nice

[@seraph1m390]

@@Firebolt1729 Bot moment

[@joshawott331]

@@alunesh12345 I believe in Italian Jesus gtfo

[@damarfadlan9251]

@@alunesh12345 i belive he put the car into the recycle bin.

[@damarfadlan9251]

@@Firebolt1729 the F1 cars sometimes ended up in recycle bin.

[@dennis_bm]

The old 2020 Ferraris went to several farms ... they always need some nice tractors

[@Henriette187]

I think Lamborghini builds better tractors.

[@tpmnrcks]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hozhuofeng9877]

@@Henriette187 Lamborghini went from building tractors to sports cars while Ferrari went from building sports cars to tractors

[@markzxaa5906]

@@hozhuofeng9877 well well, how the turntables hahaha

[@Henriette187]

@@hozhuofeng9877 true That.

[@kemper3111]

Definitely would put mine is a museum if I was in F1. Those cars are a huge inspiration for kids and adults everywhere.

[@samueltaylor2757]

@@alunesh12345 idk what this has to do with F1?

[@kristianvisscher]

@@alunesh12345 Jesus my ass....

[@juteenar9135]

@@samueltaylor2757 You know, it's completely unrelated, more like they trying to preach

[@TheNamesArif]

@@juteenar9135 that's how idiots ruin their own religion's reputation

[@MikeLikesBikes095]

Is it selfish that I would turn it into a bed so I could sleep in it and sim race in it

[@kutaytemel]

I saw somewhere, Fernando always includes a part in his contract which says he will keep the car after the season.

[@crusherbmx]

I've heard that too

[@alixnight5318]

It seems like it’s because they all end up in his museum

[@Jupiter-shorts_]

@Elise Luis💫 nah

[@rumblefish9]

Its true.

[@15DEAN1995]

I would 100% keep my f1 car in my house. There's others around to go to a museum so I'd keep it.

[@Root_boy]

I don't know.. A museum is more convenient. Otherwise, all the time you have to leave da space

[@panayiotispp]

Feel like in museum it would be more secure even if i would want it in my house.

[@tylercady3985]

@@panayiotispp or, if you're good enough to win multiple titles, you put the first into a museum, then take the chassis of a second one to make a badass sim rig. I mean these guys probably make enough for that

[@doppelpunkt]

nimby

[@TorchWing74]

Nice to know that those cars get put to good use, a fitting retirement imo

[@Valle]

Living in Hürth (Germany) it was quite funny to see my home adress in a random video about f1 cars on your channel haha. :D

[@walterclements7968]

I know you live there

[@pondypandylit7942]

VALLEEEE

[@Yvolve]

Kimi had a bonus option in his contract with Lotus where he would be paid a lot for podiums, which he got many of while driving for them. To the point they didn't have the funds to pay them and would go bankrupt on the pay-out, so he got one of his cars as compensation as they would've lost spectacularely in court. Don't fuck with the Ice Man! I'm going to miss him.

[@AZBCDEE]

So overrated needed grosjean to eliminate his rivals to get that lucky p3. Alonso would’ve won in that lotus it was faster than his own car. But the fanboys just overrate shitkonen

[@Gary_Harlow]

they still owe him millions i belive, but he chose to not persue it further

[@humphreywolfe]

@@Gary_Harlow would absolutely miss him in F1, shame his stint in McLaren was never meant to be

[@ito_obli]

@@AZBCDEE why so salty? 😂

[@_fiftyseven_]

@@AZBCDEE It hurts me to say this but the thing u said here is absolutely true. He's very overrated. Overrated than the likes of Prost, Piquet, Fangio & etc

[@matthew.crabbe.racing]

I’ve seen two of the Ferrari days here in Georgia, USA. There was a 2001 Shumi car and it was probably the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen

[@jesus_pk2841]

Alonso is the best example of a driver preserving his legacy. I would love to go to his museum one day.

[@Mechanicalebe06]

Definitely Valtteri will like to have as coffee table the damn rim from Monaco 2021.

[@yaralaterveer]

And the wheelnut as a coffeecup

[@theamazingpete8039]

Nice! You'll never be able to put that coffee cup on the table!!

[@foxman105]

I'd put it in a museum without giving up the ownership. Considering those cars are not capable of cranking without extensive preparations like preheating the engine, because the tolerances are so tight it would do much better as a public exhibit (no touchy though) than a room ornament. Now if I had the money and skill to actually drive one, I'd take it for a cruise drive of Nurburing while filming it. People wanted to see a modern F1 on that track for ages.

[@dragonkrieg4444]

you'd last 2 corners before the cars falls apart to the bumps. if you modify it hard enough to drive on the Nurburgring, it is unlikely to still be recognizable as an F1 car

[@stemartin6671]

They won't have the engine in

[@foxman105]

@@stemartin6671 I'd contact the manufacturerer and borrow it along the crew that's able to start it. This requires cooperation on both sides I guess.

[@stemartin6671]

@@foxman105 most won't let their engines go as there's too many secret developments in the engines

[@foxman105]

@@stemartin6671 im not asking to keep it. I'd ask it to lend it with their crew if need be. They could keep me ignorant about internal workings if these machines as much as they wish as long as they tell me dont do rhis and this is what happens. I'd sign an nda if needed and return the engine afterwards.

[@fkez0510]

I'd like to know what a team does when they change engine supplier and use an older car Take redbull for example, they now have Honda engines but what goes in them when they bring out one that had a Renault engine? Matt said the teams who aren't engines suppliers are required to give the components back too so I'm very interested about this one

[@PatrikKron]

I also wonder this, how can Redbull do their stunds when the engine is (should have been) returned?

[@alend1991]

Maybe they rent teh engine?

[@Dorlan2001]

Maybe they got to keep it since regulations changed abd those engines would serve no other purpose whatsoever. And to "keep" I mean, they bought it, of course. 😂

[@sampuhhupmas5666]

@@PatrikKron I assume they bought old/pre-regulation change engines back from Renault

[@AristophMarloque]

@@PatrikKron He did also mention at 1:40 that they typically use the "louder old-school V8 engines" for many of their demo runs. So they're just not running current-spec F1 tuned engines for their stunts.

[@liddad]

Before I was in to F1 back in 2013, Ferrari brought the 2012 (I think) car to my university campus. One of the coolest things I've ever touched.

[@jameszhou1544]

Fernando’s defence in Hungarian GP be like: 0:19

[@Falconshuffle24]

If we conduct a heist on Ferrari storage, would it be called an Italian job?

[@Isaackariuki775]

Farming Simulator.....I'll leave now.

[@DaveMcIroy]

22 races in 1 minute? Wow, they're fast

[@mendingbook5108]

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[@PetoriaZero]

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[@khairuzzafran7213]

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[@damarfadlan9251]

@@mendingbook5108 yes. Sexy and lesbian bots are everywhere lately.

[@the_noob_driverarrowfrog3317]

I live in Italy, and i have gone in the Ferrari museum near Maranello. It's amazing! There are many Ferrari cars, not only F1, and also cars like Villeneuve's one, Fangio's one and so on! Amazing

[@colehartel7206]

I remember a temporary F1 exhibit that was at my local museum in 2009, featuring several important historic cars from every decade of F1, that really made me appreciate just how absolutely incredible the design and engineering of F1 has been. Seeing the cars up close (and sneaking a quick touch of a few) also made me realise that TV didn't really display the cars as they truly were, especially the older ones that looked more like homemade go-karts than the semi-mythical beasts I always saw them as when I was younger. For that reason alone, I say the more of F1 that gets displayed in public museums the better!

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

I'd keep the F1 car at home,sometimes might put it on a trailer and take it to track days to surprise everyone there

[@realkilju]

Ferrari is definetly the best at preserving old f1 cars, since they still host trackdays for the older cars

[@TameGalaxy8439]

I was even wondering where they go after season

[@4real681]

I live near the Sauber HQ and they have a early 2000 car outside on a roof since i can think. And 100km away is the Verkehrshaus where they keep the 2019 Redbull, 2016 Redbull, 2015 Toro rosso and 2009 toro rosso. And an original redbull simulator where you can drive and set records, very cool

[@mick8473]

Alonso's kept most of his old cars. They are kept at his Karting school. Fantastic for the kids to observe. These cars are expensive to keep though, they still need looking after.

[@adamwallis3235]

The McLaren Lamborghini prototype isnt actually help at Unit 2, it's in the MTC, but theres a hidden tunnel with a load of the F1 cars and it's in there Its bright white, and senna described it as one of the fastest cars hes ever driven

[@voltage7358]

When I first got into f1(this year lol) that wheel rin coffee table was ALL I wanted for my man cave! Then I saw the price and I have not been back on that site 😂that euro to CAD is deadly

[@loubyloustar]

3:50 That Black Alpine looks Awesome

[@thetruebatman4632]

This has been a BURNING curiosity of mine, thank you for doing the homework! Much appreciated!

[@billygowhoop]

I really wonder if there's an instruction manual included with purchase. Like I can imagine the FW14B is probably pretty complicated to use. I think the suspension had to be calibrated by the computer for every individual track and I can imagine that's incredibly complicated. I wonder if Vettel has to just figure it out (which wouldn't surprise me if he did) or do you have to get an old Williams engineer to explain it all to you.

The active suspension Williams HAVE to have the original computer and serial port interfaces to initialize the car. So when you see them at exhibitions, you can see their bulky early-90s grey laptop computers alongside !

[@BritishWilly]

@WTF1 my book came before Christmas as promised.. fantastic job guys merry Christmas to all of you and Good luck for 2022

[@naidoo15]

If anyone wondered why Hamilton wasn’t in the f1 secret Santa, he did his own with Angela.

[@paoaiipi5580]

Max would have gave Lewis a mini championship trophy 😂

[@woodenhoe]

Not so secret santa

[@Lukas-ye4rg]

when in monaco you can see charles leclercs SF90 in the princes car collection for 8€ along with some other legendary f1 and ralley cars. totally worth the visit!

[@CreightonRabs]

I was wondering how Red Bull had an older F1 car available for their demo run in Dallas ahead of the US Grand Prix in Austin. I can tell you that was an amazing sight to see an F1 car running through the streets of Downtown Dallas in person. And, yes, they're loud AF...

[@iper1617]

Alonso has the best contract. hi have ALL f1, indy, wec and dakar cars he has drove. his museum is just perfect.

[@MarcG7424]

If I owned a F1 I would be tempted to keep it in working order for the occasional track day or vintage race if I had more than one loaning one to a museum would be a definite yes

[@ShanePlaysTheGuitar]

About Private Collectors, i was working as a photographer at House Auction when suddenly everyone flipped out and ran around the corner. Well..by opening one of the sealed Garages , there was a F1 Car in a Corner covered by blankets. The owner passed away and the family decided to auction his House, they didnt know anything about the F1 Car , atleast thats what one of the auction guy said.

[@LittleJimmyR]

WHAT????? Thats insane!

[@muhammadrizkisatria5059]

ferrari f2001 (actually a bit revised and renamed to f2001b) is the example of the cars still competitive after the old season ends and new season begin,with michael grab 1st in 1st race and 3rd in 2nd race in 2002 season before replaced by f2002

[@dustinandtarynwolfe5540]

Omg that snow race is the thing of dreams for me.

[@mikepenn8273]

I wish there was a complete list of f1 chassis's somewhere and what races they were in. I'm genuinely curious how many different cars were used by each driver over the years

eWRC are doing that for rally cars, I wish StatsF1 were able to do that for F1 chassis as well !

[@HATECELL]

Another cool use for an old F1 car is as a sim-rig. I went to see the Sauber windtunnel in 2013 or so and in the same room where they have the cutaway car they also have half an F1 car (the part behind the driver seat removed for saving space) fitted with a set of wheel and pedals and hooked up to a TV and the then current F1 game. Given I was there during an event hosted by National Instruments (they did a lot of the tech in the windtunnel) they even had a little contest where the 3 fastest drivers of the day could win a prize

[@racedrummer1]

@wtf1 thank you for this cool video. There's a little correction: Schumis hometown is a bit further West than what you displayed. He lived in Kerpen, which is about 20km further West. There is also his Kart Center on the Map.

[@berkc06]

You miss Kimi's USA GP winning car, its in his garage with engine. He can drive.

[@Matty.Hill_87]

That half car is absolutely incredible

[@videogamevalley7523]

I didn’t know any of this. Learned something new today 👍🏾

[@aidenburgess217]

If I could afford an f1 car I'd probably have it rebuilt for reliability(and to be able to cold start it) then drive it on my private racetrack on weekends.

[@ernest0199]

I have one of kimi’s wheel nuts from his championship winning car

[@sageanimist48]

a few were sold to a European track for track days by a team, the owner told his business partner to sell them to the track then reported them stolen.

[@fayerichardson1923]

Is this a reupload? Why do I feel like I’ve seen this video before... Edit: WTF1 posted an article on this and this is just the video version :)

[@joonassummanen6130]

There is a company here in Finland that has 2 old F1-cars and they host Race day experience days. In that you can call the company and book a specific day in their calender. It costs about 1900 to 2600€ and it includes training and practice in a Formula Renault 2,0 and a few laps in one of their F1- cars. Witch are 2 FW29's and a BAR Honda from 2004.

[@thesausage351]

I was lucky enough to do some work on, and sit in Derek Warwicks A11 Arrows while it was owned by a group of Australians. It’s been re-sold and recently was shown taking the course record at Goodwood.

[@ivansmith3718]

If I was given my own F1 car I'd keep it and use it for fun during the winter and summer breaks and after retirement, before eventually selling it to a museum.

[@ronpinto9588]

Years ago I remember seeing an article in a magazine with a photo that showed the home of a F! driver. In the living room there was an F1 car (probably without the engine) hanging on the wall.

[@user-nm8ky1pe9w]

nelson piquet williams honda fw11b model in his own house

[@harshithsadhana7475]

in the year 2009, there was a 2005 era blue-yellow renault f1 car in singapore chang airport on display near departure terminal

[@friendlyghost82]

Charles Leclerc’s 2019 Ferrari car is currently owned by the prince of Monaco, it’s part of his private car collection that everyone can go visit in Monaco. I went there last week, it was amazing! There are also a lot of other F1 cars and a lot of classic cars like Ferraris, Porsches and other race cars.

[@faustinaadu2284]

If I was an F1 Driver, I’d keep it at home or at the Factory. Maybe in my own Museum

[@Jupiter-shorts_]

Is I was a f1 driver I'd keep I'd throw it in the trash

[@willdobson7351]

I recommend that someone goes to see the car park underneath Ascot Racecourse.......nearly all the inventory from A1 GP....ferrari engines, chassis etc.

[@barriosesamo]

alonso has all his cars in his museum

[@woodenhoe]

Almost

[@keziahfloate572]

I go to a college where I do auto-sport engineering, we have a Renault car from 2010, we’re always rebuilding !

[@mooreanonumbers]

A few mid 90s to mid 00s F1s are still competing in Boss GP occasionally

[@5555petros]

The Corse Clienti cars are up to the 2013 F138. They don't have the hybrids.

[@kostauric6467]

2:29 he give it to prince of Monaco, and now its in princes private garage

[@shahab_78]

Have a safe & great Holiday everyone.

[@mclew1234]

I don't know if it ever got sold but until pre pandemic when i last went there was an auction house close to me that had been trying to sell one of Jules Bianci's Maurrisa's chassis since it went out of business

[@budiman1990]

if you go to the europa park in rust germany, its a themepark btw, there is the so called mercedes benz halle. next to the roller coaster silverstar, where you can get really close to f1 cars and safety cars. i life 30km away from it, and if you are there you have to see this

[@George.Washington1776]

That black Alpine looks amazing

[@connorsmith2702]

Adelaide motor festival has some nice cars that come from all over

[@MemesOrSomething]

2 days ago I didn't know anything about F1, now I know a lot more than I probably should

[@umbrellacorptv1885]

Good thanks man i post that question 5 days ago haha and here is anwser thanks❣️❣️

[@jelwing]

3:44 that's SF90

[@m1co294]

For anyone wondering; the Lamborghini prototype mentioned early in the video is the McLaren MP4/8B. Nothing special about it nor was it hard to find photos of it either, it was just a normal MP4/8 but slightly stretched to accomodate the Lamborghini V12 that was bolted into it, apparently if it did replace the MP4/8 during the 1993 championship it would've won it.

[@truekisoka]

I also find it quite interesting that the company that is responsible for most of the comminication devices at an F1 race, Riedel Communications, owns 3 chassis on their own which can be found at their headquarters in Germany. Afaik it's a 2007 Sauber, and (I think) a Lotus and a Caterham both from 2013.

[@LHSlash]

1:08 - the lambo one is at the McLaren boulevard. It is the fully white one without any logos or markings

[@HsWLolz]

this channel is awesome

[@longbar2344]

i have a few bits of old f1 cars. had a Daniel ric Melbourne rim for a while but sold it

[@GeliCarlosJ]

id keep it at my home (not like i can afford one) cuz thats the ultimate art piece now

[@lazartoad]

I have always wondered about this

[@Tacoplane91]

Can you guys do a video on if a f1 car could compete in a endurance race.

[@artyomvlasovforpresident]

Correction: Ferrari used their 2019 car SF90 (as well as Mercedes W10) for Abu Dhabi 18’’ test. Not the 2020.

[@carlfeibusch9308]

Fernando has the right idea, keep the car to put in your own museum that you can look at whenever you want but also give the public a chance to see it too

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

I remember seeing an engine block from maclaren as a coffee table for over 30 grand, now that's an expensive cuppa lol .

[@Xhadp]

I would have imagined that the the management group would take some to help check safety features and improve them for next year for regulations. So I am quite surprised to see that not on the list.

[@andrearojas1248]

One cassis each of Ferrari 640 of Gerhard Berger (1989) & Ferrari 643 of Alain Prost/Gianni Morbidelli (1991) gotta be the cars that made by far the most miles of all F1 cars ever. They running for over 30 Years now on many events and tracks.

[@Hoosier868]

As an INDYCAR fan this does make me wonder what happens to the old cars whenever the body and the engine are changed.

[@danielschwarz6894]

They go into the wall like Laudas Ferrari in Monaco👍🏽🇲🇨

[@streetnibba5899]

i would keep mine at home and probably use it on a small public race track to have fun with the locals :P

[@ExodiaNecross2]

I would like too have the F1 1999 Repsol Arrows A20 I know it wasn't best car that year but it looked so nice & did get 1 point that year & I did it's design in GT Sport.

[@Itshopeonly]

0:22 no one might care but i live like literally near the mountian thats showed lol I enjoyed the video 🙂🙂

[@AristophMarloque]

I would absolutely have my car put in a museum. But I would do it with the single requirement that I would be allowed to just walk into the museum whenever I felt like it and go sit in my car just to fiddle with the buttons and surprise some kids.

[@nettur3950]

i know verstappen has all the cars he has driven with from RB. its a nice little thing in his contract. he got a fair few on display in his shop in limburg

[@nklsdmnck5190]

The cars of Michael Schumacher are now in Kerpen, Germany. My hometown 🥰

[@w1ncedes]

Merry Christmas

[@philipking7559]

Season over. "What shall we do with our old F1 cars now?" Mercedes - "Put them in our museum and polish them everyday" Red Bull - "Let's drive them down a ski slope, drive them through some cities, drive them across America into Las Vegas, use one in a tug or war with a rugby team or put one on top of a very high building and do some donuts?" 😄

[@TunniPiano]

I'm pretty sure I read an article identical to this Yesterday😂, ik it was them too bit it's quite funny

[@bigferrous5692]

Now we need a heist movie breaking into McLaren's unit 2, sort of like Gone In 60 Seconds

[@nekethoms9963]

There's 2 of the Lamborghini F1 cars there's one where this guy said there's also. The other one sits in garage in Japan. You can see it on daily driven exotics trip to Japan.

[@ChrisTheGregory]

0:10 Mazepin was actually standing in that photo, but the light reflecting off him arrived at the lens 45 seconds late and wasn't captured on film.

[@viacheslavkaymin6245]

He did not participate in the Abu-Dhabi GP due to positive covid test

[@jbee9713]

I herd recently that the only driver who has all his previous cars in museums and locked storage to NEVER be sold or broken apart, is Senna's previous cars. Shows how valuable they are!

[@fsfaith]

I'm a collector so I would definitely keep the car at home. I'd put it on a plinth with a glass housing around it.

[@DekGT5mad]

I'd love a coffee table from Bottas's 2021 Mercedes wheel and wheel nut that got stuck on the car