Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.[1] The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and vehicles must conform.[2] The Formula One World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as, usually held on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets.[3] The results of each race are combined to determine two annual championships, one for drivers and one for constructors.[4]
A red flag is shown when there has been a crash or the track conditions are poor enough to warrant the race being stopped. The flags are displayed by the marshals at various points around the circuit.[5] A Global Positioning System (GPS) marshalling system was introduced in 2007. It involves a display of flag signals in the driver's cockpit, which alerts them to the crash.[6] Following a red flag being shown, the exit of the pit lane is closed and cars must proceed to the pit lane slowly without overtaking, lining up at the pit exit.[7] From 2005, a ten-minute warning is given before the race is resumed behind the safety car, which leads the field for a lap before it returns to the pit lane.[8] Previously, the race was restarted in race order from the penultimate lap before the red flag was shown.[9] If a race is unable to be resumed, "the results will be taken at the end of the penultimate lap before the lap during which the signal to suspend the race was given".[7] If 75% of the race distance has not been completed and the race cannot be resumed, half points are awarded. Until, no points were supposed to be awarded if the race could not be restarted and less than two laps had been completed,[10] [11] but starting in this rule was updated to "no points if two laps or less have been completed".[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Since the first World Championship Grand Prix in 1950, red flags have been shown in 87 World Championship Formula One races, with the latest one being at the . A total of 26 races were restarted on the first lap, while 13 were not restarted, nine because of rain and four due to crashes involving drivers. Another five races were stopped due to incidents that resulted in fatalities: the was stopped on lap 29 and not restarted after Rolf Stommelen's car crashed into a spectator area, killing five people;[17] the was red-flagged after a massive crash that ultimately contributed to the death of Ronnie Peterson; the was halted on the first lap after Riccardo Paletti was killed when his car collided with the back of Didier Pironi's Ferrari;[18] the was red-flagged following the fatal crash of Ayrton Senna, in which his car crashed into a wall at the Tamburello curve;[19] the was red-flagged for a second time following a serious collision between Jules Bianchi and a recovery vehicle which would ultimately prove to be fatal.[20] The 2023 Australian Grand Prix holds the record for most red flags, with three.[21]
Indicates the race was not restarted | ||
Y | Indicates the race was restarted over the original distance | |
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R | Indicates the race was resumed to complete the originally scheduled distance | |
S | Indicates the race was restarted or resumed with the originally scheduled distance not completed |
scope=col | Race | scope=col | Lap | scope=col | scope=col | Winner | scope=col | Incident that prompted red flag | scope=col class=unsortable | Failed to make the restart | scope=col class=unsortable | Ref. | |
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scope=row | 64 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Mist. | [22] | ||||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Jody Scheckter, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, George Follmer, Mike Hailwood, Carlos Pace, Jochen Mass, Jackie Oliver, Roger Williamson and Andrea de Adamich. | Jody Scheckter, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, George Follmer, Mike Hailwood, Carlos Pace, Jochen Mass, Jackie Oliver, Roger Williamson and Andrea de Adamich (crash) Graham McRae (throttle) and David Purley (spun off). | [23] | |||||||
scope=row | 32 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Rain. | [24] | ||||||||
scope=row | 29 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Crash of Rolf Stommelen which killed five spectators. Half points were awarded. | [25] | ||||||||
scope=row | 56 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Rain and crashes involving Wilson Fittipaldi, Jochen Mass, John Watson, Carlos Pace, Jody Scheckter, James Hunt and Mark Donohue. | [26] | ||||||||
scope=row | 29 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Rain. Half points were awarded. | [27] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash at the start involving Clay Regazzoni, James Hunt, Jacques Laffite and Niki Lauda. | None, although Clay Regazzoni and Jacques Laffite illegally used their spare cars at the restart, and were subsequently disqualified. | [28] | |||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Niki Lauda, Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl. | Niki Lauda (crashed, injured), Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl (crashed), Chris Amon (withdrawn), Hans-Joachim Stuck (clutch) and Jacques Laffite (gearbox) | [29] | |||||||
scope=row | 7 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Rain. The race was decided by combining the time from the first 7 laps with the time from the restarted 47. | Mario Andretti, Jody Scheckter, Nelson Piquet, Héctor Rebaque, Harald Ertl, Riccardo Patrese, Alan Jones and James Hunt. | [30] [31] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Crash involving Ronnie Peterson, Riccardo Patrese, James Hunt, Vittorio Brambilla, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Patrick Depailler, Didier Pironi, Derek Daly, Clay Regazzoni and Brett Lunger. The race was shortened to 40 laps from the scheduled 52 due to the concerns over darkness. | Ronnie Peterson (fatal crash), Vittorio Brambilla (injured), Hans-Joachim Stuck, Didier Pironi and Brett Lunger. | [32] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | A huge crash involving Jody Scheckter, Arturo Merzario, Didier Pironi, Nelson Piquet, John Watson, Patrick Tambay and Mario Andretti. | Jody Scheckter, Arturo Merzario, Didier Pironi, Nelson Piquet and Patrick Tambay. | [33] [34] | |||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Rain. | [35] [36] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Jean-Pierre Jarier, Derek Daly, Emerson Fittipaldi, Keke Rosberg, Mario Andretti, Gilles Villeneuve and Jochen Mass. | Derek Daly (crashed) and Mike Thackwell (lending his car to Jean-Pierre Jarier after Jarier crashed his car before the restart). | [37] | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=2 | 2 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Start crash that involved Riccardo Patrese and teammate Siegfried Stohr, injuring Patrese's mechanic. | Riccardo Patrese and Siegfried Stohr | [38] | |||||||
54 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Rain. | ||||||||||
scope=row | 58 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Rain. The race was decided by combining the time from the first 58 laps with the time from the restarted 22. | [39] | ||||||||
scope=row | 7 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Crash involving Elio de Angelis, Roberto Guerrero, and Riccardo Patrese. The race was decided by combining the time from the first 6 laps with the time from the restarted 64, shortened to 56 due to the two-hour time limit. | Riccardo Patrese and Roberto Guerrero | [40] [41] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Didier Pironi stalled his car at the start, causing Riccardo Paletti to crash fatally into the back of Pironi's car. Geoff Lees, Raul Boesel and Eliseo Salazar were also involved in separate crashes at the start. | Riccardo Paletti (fatal crash), Geoff Lees (crashed) and Jean-Pierre Jarier (withdrawn after teammate Paletti died). | [42] | |||||||
scope=row | 31 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Rain. Half points were awarded. | [43] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash at the start involving Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, Michele Alboreto and Marc Surer | Marc Surer | [44] | |||||||
scope=row | 11 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Crash of Jonathan Palmer. The race was restarted for 60 laps, rather than the original 64. | [45] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Improper start procedure. | [46] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash at the start involving Teo Fabi, Elio de Angelis, Michele Alboreto and Gerhard Berger. | Piercarlo Ghinzani | [47] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Nigel Mansell suffered a driveshaft failure at the start, resulting in a crash involving a number of cars which included Thierry Boutsen, Jacques Laffite, Christian Danner, Piercarlo Ghinzani, Allen Berg and Jonathan Palmer. | Jacques Laffite (crash, injured), Christian Danner, Piercarlo Ghinzani and Allen Berg. | [48] | |||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Jonathan Palmer and Philippe Streiff. | Jonathan Palmer | [49] | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=2 | 1 | Y | The first race start ended quickly after Martin Brundle crashed, then Jonathan Palmer, Philippe Streiff and Piercarlo Ghinzani collided. | [50] | |||||||||
The second race start ended quickly after Nigel Mansell crawled away with clutch problems and then Eddie Cheever and Riccardo Patrese collided and half the grid, including Stefan Johansson, Alex Caffi, Ivan Capelli, Pascal Fabre, Philippe Alliot, Martin Brundle and Christian Danner were involved in the ensuing pile-up. | Philippe Streiff | ||||||||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | A multi-car collision on the opening lap. Nelson Piquet and Michele Alboreto collided at the start. Derek Warwick, Satoru Nakajima, Martin Brundle, Christian Danner, Philippe Alliot, René Arnoux and Adrián Campos were all involved in the ensuing crash. | Christian Danner | [51] | |||||||
scope=row | 30 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Crash of Derek Warwick. The race was decided by combining the time from the first 30 laps with the time from the restarted 33. | [52] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | After the first start was aborted, the second start was red-flagged after Derek Warwick stalled his car and was hit by Andrea de Cesaris, with Luis Pérez-Sala and Satoru Nakajima also involved. | [53] | ||||||||
scope=row | 4 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Crash of Gerhard Berger. The race was shortened from 61 to 58 laps, and was decided by combining the time from the first 3 laps with the time from the restarted 55. | Gerhard Berger (injured) | [54] | |||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving several cars. | [55] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Nigel Mansell, Maurício Gugelmin, Thierry Boutsen, René Arnoux and Jonathan Palmer | [56] | ||||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving JJ Lehto. | Nicola Larini, Alain Prost (withdrew) | [57] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Gerhard Berger and Alain Prost. | [58] | ||||||||
scope=row rowspan=2 | 1 | Y | Multiple crashes on the first lap, involving Martin Donnelly, Nigel Mansell, Aguri Suzuki and several others. | Aguri Suzuki | [59] | ||||||||
Crash involving Paolo Barilla, resulting in a damaged guardrail. | Paolo Barilla | ||||||||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash of Derek Warwick. | [60] | ||||||||
scope=row | 61 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Crash involving Aguri Suzuki and Alex Caffi. | [61] | ||||||||
scope=row | 14 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Rain. Half points were awarded. | [62] | ||||||||
scope=row | 18 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Rain. The race was decided by combining the time from the first 18 laps with the time from the restarted 51. | [63] | ||||||||
scope=row | 7 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Fatal crash of Ayrton Senna. The race was shortened from 61 to 58 laps, and was decided by combining the time from the first 5 laps with the time from the restarted 53. | Ayrton Senna (fatal crash), Érik Comas (withdrew) | [64] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving several cars. | [65] | ||||||||
scope=row | 15 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Rain and a crash involving Martin Brundle, resulting in an injured marshal. The race was restarted with race leader Michael Schumacher behind the safety car and was decided by combining the time from the first 13 laps with the time of the restarted 37. | Martin Brundle | [66] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Several crashes involving Jean Alesi, Mika Salo, Luca Badoer, Olivier Panis, Pierluigi Martini, Johnny Herbert, Rubens Barrichello and Ukyo Katayama. | Luca Badoer | [67] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger and David Coulthard. | Domenico Schiattarella, Jos Verstappen | [68] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Max Papis, Jean-Christophe Boullion, Andrea Montermini, Pedro Diniz and Roberto Moreno. | Andrea Montermini and Roberto Moreno. | [69] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Ukyo Katayama, Luca Badoer, Pedro Diniz and Roberto Moreno. | Ukyo Katayama (crash, injured) and Max Papis (gearbox) | [70] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Martin Brundle, David Coulthard and Johnny Herbert. | Johnny Herbert | [71] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Rubens Barrichello stalled his car at the start, followed by several crashes involving Giancarlo Fisichella, Jacques Villeneuve, Jan Magnussen, Damon Hill, Johnny Herbert and Eddie Irvine. | Jan Magnussen | [72] | |||||||
scope=row | 56 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Crash of Olivier Panis. | [73] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Jean Alesi, Johnny Herbert, Jarno Trulli and Alexander Wurz. | [74] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Improper start procedure after Jos Verstappen stalled his car at the start. | [75] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Massive crash involving David Coulthard, Jos Verstappen, Eddie Irvine, Alexander Wurz, Rubens Barrichello, Johnny Herbert, Olivier Panis, Jarno Trulli, Mika Salo, Pedro Diniz, Toranosuke Takagi, Ricardo Rosset and Shinji Nakano. | Rubens Barrichello, Ricardo Rosset, Mika Salo and Olivier Panis. | [76] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Jacques Villeneuve and Alessandro Zanardi stalled their cars at the start. Michael Schumacher crashed after the red flag was shown. | Michael Schumacher (crash, injured) | [77] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Initially shown due to a technical fault in the FIA computer. Pedro de la Rosa and Jenson Button collided after the red flag was shown. | Pedro de la Rosa | [78] | |||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#cfc | Y | Crash involving Luciano Burti and Michael Schumacher. | [79] | ||||||||
scope=row | 5 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Crash involving Luciano Burti and Eddie Irvine, resulting in a damaged tyre wall. | Luciano Burti (crash, injured), Eddie Irvine (crash), Kimi Räikkönen (transmission) and Fernando Alonso (gearbox) | [80] | |||||||
scope=row | 56 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Crashes of Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso. | [81] | ||||||||
scope=row | 5 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Torrential rain and crashes involving Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil, Lewis Hamilton, Scott Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi. | Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil, Scott Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi. | [82] | |||||||
scope=row | 33 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Torrential rain and crashes of Sébastien Buemi, Sebastian Vettel and Giancarlo Fisichella. Half points were awarded. | [83] | ||||||||
scope=row | 3 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Rain. | [84] | ||||||||
scope=row | 72 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Crash involving Adrian Sutil, Lewis Hamilton, Jaime Alguersuari and Vitaly Petrov. | Jaime Alguersuari and Vitaly Petrov | [85] | |||||||
scope=row | 25 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Rain. | [86] | ||||||||
scope=row | 9 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Rain. | [87] | ||||||||
scope=row | 46 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Crash involving Pastor Maldonado and Max Chilton, resulting in a damaged barrier blocking the track. | Pastor Maldonado | [88] | |||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Crash involving Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa and Kamui Kobayashi, resulting in a damaged guardrail. | Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa | [89] | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=2 | 2 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Torrential rain as a consequence of Typhoon Phanfone. | align=center rowspan=2 | [90] | |||||||
46 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Fatal crash of Jules Bianchi. | ||||||||||
scope=row | 18 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Crash involving Fernando Alonso and Esteban Gutiérrez. | Fernando Alonso (crash, injured), Esteban Gutiérrez (crash) and Rio Haryanto (mechanical problem during red flag period) | [91] | |||||||
scope=row | 9 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Crash of Kevin Magnussen, resulting in a damaged barrier. | Kevin Magnussen | [92] | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=2 | 21 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Rain and crash of Kimi Räikkönen. | Jolyon Palmer, Kimi Räikkönen | align=center rowspan=2 | [93] | ||||||
28 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Rain. | ||||||||||
scope=row | 22 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Daniel Ricciardo | Debris on the track following multiple incidents. | [94] | |||||||
scope=row | 27 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Pierre Gasly | Crash of Charles Leclerc, resulting in a damaged barrier. | Charles Leclerc | [95] | ||||||
scope=row rowspan=2 | 9 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Lewis Hamilton | Crash involving Carlos Sainz Jr., Nicholas Latifi, Kevin Magnussen and Antonio Giovinazzi. | Carlos Sainz Jr., Nicholas Latifi, Kevin Magnussen, Antonio Giovinazzi (all crash) and Esteban Ocon (brakes) | [96] | ||||||
46 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Crash of Lance Stroll, resulting in a damaged barrier. | Lance Stroll | [97] | ||||||||
scope=row | 1 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Lewis Hamilton | Crash of Romain Grosjean. | Romain Grosjean (crash, injured) | [98] | ||||||
scope=row | 33 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Max Verstappen | Crash involving Valtteri Bottas and George Russell, resulting in debris on the track. | Valtteri Bottas, George Russell | [99] | ||||||
scope=row | 48 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Sergio Pérez | Crash of Max Verstappen, resulting in debris on the track. | [100] [101] | |||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Lewis Hamilton | Crash involving Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, resulting in a damaged barrier. | [102] | |||||||
scope=row | 2 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Esteban Ocon | Crashes involving Valtteri Bottas, Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, Lance Stroll, Daniel Ricciardo and Charles Leclerc, resulting in debris on the track. | Valtteri Bottas, Charles Leclerc, Lance Stroll, Sergio Pérez, Lando Norris (all crash) | [103] | ||||||
scope=row | 3 | align=center style=background:#fdd | N | Max Verstappen | Rain. Half points were awarded. | [104] | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=2 | 13 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Lewis Hamilton | Crash of Mick Schumacher, resulting in a damaged barrier. | Mick Schumacher (crash) | align=center rowspan=2 | [105] | |||||
15 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Crashes involving Charles Leclerc, Nikita Mazepin, Sergio Pérez and George Russell. | Nikita Mazepin, Sergio Pérez and George Russell (all crash) | |||||||||
30 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Sergio Pérez | Crash of Mick Schumacher, resulting in a damaged barrier. | Mick Schumacher (crash) | [106] | |||||||
1 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Crash involving Pierre Gasly, George Russell, Zhou Guanyu, Yuki Tsunoda, Esteban Ocon, Alexander Albon and Sebastian Vettel. | George Russell, Zhou Guanyu and Alexander Albon (all crash) | [107] | |||||||
2 | align=center style=background:#FFFF33 | S | Max Verstappen | Rain and crash of Carlos Sainz Jr. | Carlos Sainz Jr. (crash) and Alexander Albon (collision damage) | [108] | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=3 | 8 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Max Verstappen | Crash of Alexander Albon, resulting in gravel on track. | Alexander Albon (crash) | [109] | ||||||
55 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Crash of Kevin Magnussen. | Kevin Magnussen (crash) | |||||||||
57 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Crashes involving Logan Sargeant, Nyck de Vries, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly. | Logan Sargeant, Nyck de Vries, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly (all crash) | |||||||||
64 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Max Verstappen | Rain and crash of Zhou Guanyu, resulting in a damaged barrier. | Zhou Guanyu (crash) | [110] | |||||||
34 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Max Verstappen | Crash of Kevin Magnussen, resulting in a damaged barrier. | Kevin Magnussen (crash) | [111] | |||||||
2 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Max Verstappen | Crash involving Alexander Albon and Kevin Magnussen, resulting in a damaged barrier and debris on the track. | Alexander Albon, Kevin Magnussen | [112] | |||||||
1 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Max Verstappen | Crash involving Daniel Ricciardo and Alexander Albon, resulting in a damaged barrier. | Daniel Ricciardo, Alexander Albon | [113] | |||||||
1 | align=center style=background:#FFD800 | R | Charles Leclerc | Crash involving Sergio Pérez, Nico Hülkenberg and Kevin Magnussen, resulting in a damaged barrier and debris on the track. | Sergio Pérez, Nico Hülkenberg, Kevin Magnussen (all crash) and Esteban Ocon (collision damage) | [114] |