10 F1 drivers who split with teams before their contract was up

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Formula 1 history certainly proves that, with endless examples of drivers and teams who didn’t stay together as long as their deals suggested they would.
At The Race, we’ve already covered some of these cases in our videos, including this look at Alain Prost being sacked by Ferrari and our run down of drivers who didn’t make the most of their big chance in F1.
For this video, we’ve picked out a variety of examples - in some, the driver has decided to go elsewhere, in others, the team has had enough and there’s even an example where a big-name driver was paid a huge sum of money NOT to race.
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  • @christianorsa
    @christianorsa2 жыл бұрын

    Being kicked from Racing Point was the best thing that could've happened for Perez's F1 career in hindsight.

  • @luizlokos1

    @luizlokos1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Few people talk about how lucky Perez career moves were. Started in Sauber, joined McLaren and was dropped right before it fell apart. Then joined force India when it was a strong midfield team and left it right before it became a backmarker and went to a title contender RedBull

  • @mrizkic

    @mrizkic

    2 жыл бұрын

    The best ever contract break f1 driver could ever dream 😂

  • @juanrahernandez1288

    @juanrahernandez1288

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@luizlokos1 lucky? You must be so freaking blind😂😂

  • @anameyoucantremember

    @anameyoucantremember

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@luizlokos1 Actually, McLaren fell apart the season before Perez joined. That's why Lewis went to Mercedes. By the time Perez arrived at McLaren, everything was already destroyed inside that team. McLaren let go of Checo because of his attitude, not his performance. Maybe Perez has been lucky, but if you think that if he waited for 1 more year in Sauber, he was bound to replace Massa at Ferrari and partner with Alonso for 2014 instead of Kimi who had an abysmal season. Actually, he would have been offered the Ferrari seat in 2013 but Massa decided to stay. We will never know what would have happened with Checo and Alonso in the red cars during those years, but I like to think it would have been amazing.

  • @markfelixdesign8261

    @markfelixdesign8261

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@luizlokos1 Nah, mclaren were race winners when checo joined and he had the misfortune of being on Mclaren's first car that didn't win a race since 1996.

  • @andreyprince9851
    @andreyprince98512 жыл бұрын

    Finally, Mazepin recognised as equals with Senna!! We were all too afraid to say it

  • @OumuamuaOumuamua

    @OumuamuaOumuamua

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mazepin was truly a brilliant driver, among the best of formula 1

  • @catboi6941

    @catboi6941

    2 жыл бұрын

    I cried endless tears when they kicked him out of F1

  • @joseportillo1699

    @joseportillo1699

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OumuamuaOumuamua ong

  • @Limegreenedragon

    @Limegreenedragon

    2 жыл бұрын

    "JJJ laugh" You serious?

  • @brapa1190

    @brapa1190

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mazepin-Hamilton = 7 Alonso-Vettel = 6

  • @hishamhilal8332
    @hishamhilal83322 жыл бұрын

    Looking at how Aston Martin flopped massively and how Checo is performing right now in Red Bull I'd say getting sacked by Racing Point is the best thing that ever happened to Sergio Perez

  • @legoferrari14

    @legoferrari14

    2 жыл бұрын

    And seeing how he continues to pull out his Sunday best while he improves his qualy pace shows that he can still perform even in the crucible of the RB number 2 seat.

  • @psivewri

    @psivewri

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely!

  • @wombat4191

    @wombat4191

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm just wondering how things would've turned out if RP/AM didn't look out to replace Checo with Vettel, and RB took Vettel back instead. I'm not saying that would have happened if Checo stayed with AM, just wondering what if. Would there have been more rivalry between Seb and Max than with Checo and Max? Would Hamilton maybe have run away with the title in that case?

  • @SiVlog1989

    @SiVlog1989

    Жыл бұрын

    Fernando Alonso as an Aston Martin driver lying (at the time of comment) third in the drivers championship in 2023 with podiums in each of the first 3 races, just entered the conversation

  • @mertronael
    @mertronael2 жыл бұрын

    Micheal was taking care of his brother when they were in the scene together. Imagine how much he would've helped his own son, Mick right now. Such a tragedy..

  • @purwantiallan5089

    @purwantiallan5089

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mert Ronael, i bet this is good

  • @IIGrayfoxII

    @IIGrayfoxII

    2 жыл бұрын

    Micheal gets pissed that his brother was given team orders to stay back Also Michael wins by team mates getting team orders to let him through.

  • @blackmagic3286

    @blackmagic3286

    2 жыл бұрын

    He helps Mick by giving him his last name.

  • @lmads8023

    @lmads8023

    Жыл бұрын

    @@blackmagic3286 mick is a great driver

  • @lmads8023

    @lmads8023

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IIGrayfoxII Hamilton only got wins through team orders

  • @whassupg89
    @whassupg892 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what a Checo-Vettel line up could have done at Aston the last couple of years. The cars haven’t been great but they’d be a good partnership

  • @johnleven8907

    @johnleven8907

    2 жыл бұрын

    Vettel just wants to move to his off-grid ranch, he's had it with F1.

  • @TStizzle19

    @TStizzle19

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnleven8907 I think he's had it with teams run like shite, not F1 itself

  • @Atlas.Brooklyn

    @Atlas.Brooklyn

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@johnleven8907 explain how you know this.

  • @soundscape26

    @soundscape26

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes maybe... everybody knows Racing Point fired the wrong driver.

  • @johnleven8907

    @johnleven8907

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Atlas.Brooklyn I don't. It's speculation based off of his behavior en results. I think a motivated Vettel would do better, even in this awkward AM team.

  • @karolinaC1997
    @karolinaC19972 жыл бұрын

    The greatest mistake of all time: Kubica going rallying in 2011…

  • @pauljennings8432

    @pauljennings8432

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rumour has it he Kubica had a Ferrari contract in his back bacck pocket and then the rallying accident happened...

  • @HLLGCD0

    @HLLGCD0

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pauljennings8432 not a rumour

  • @siimtokke3461
    @siimtokke34612 жыл бұрын

    Ferrari- "Alonso, how dare you look elsewhere for a drive while we are trying to replace you"

  • @mariodeleon5959
    @mariodeleon59592 жыл бұрын

    I would’ve love to see an honorable mention of JPM at McLaren. It was quite the story and it shocked the paddock.

  • @browhatthatinsane34

    @browhatthatinsane34

    Жыл бұрын

    whos JPM

  • @simonkevnorris

    @simonkevnorris

    Жыл бұрын

    Juan Pablo Montoya

  • @SiVlog1989
    @SiVlog19892 жыл бұрын

    I'd include Johnny Herbert. In 1994, increasingly disillusioned by the dismal performance of his Mugen Honda powered Lotus, coupled with the team itself struggling for survival, he shocked the F1 Community by going from Lotus in Portugal (with whom he had raced mostly full time since 1990 and had a contract to see out the rest of the season), to driving for Ligier at Jerez, taking the place of Eric Bernard who moved the opposite way to Lotus. What made this even more remarkable, Herbert only spent one race weekend with Ligier before being drafted into the Benetton team to try and bolster their Constructors Championship hopes. So in less than a month, Johnny Herbert went from a team on the verge of disappearing from the grid, to one that was on the verge of winning the world championship with Michael Schumacher

  • @purwantiallan5089

    @purwantiallan5089

    2 жыл бұрын

    Herbert made another error.

  • @SiVlog1989

    @SiVlog1989

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@purwantiallan5089 how do you mean?

  • @ELSTERLING
    @ELSTERLING2 жыл бұрын

    I still love that Michael Schumacher of all people decided to take issues with someone using team orders.

  • @ferst262

    @ferst262

    Жыл бұрын

    When it’s towards his brother, it suddenly isn’t okay…

  • @turnpiketumbler8938

    @turnpiketumbler8938

    Жыл бұрын

    Apparently he had a huge bust up with Eddie Jordan after the race. E.J told Schumacher that if him and Ralf wanted to leave, it would cost them 2 million dollars. Now, f... off!!!

  • @MrSniperfox29
    @MrSniperfox292 жыл бұрын

    Interestingly with Senna, after leaving Toleman in a somewhat dubious fashion, he tried to do the same thing with Lotus to go to McLaren, only for Lotus to play hardball and force him to see out of his contract (which is why Johansson got a one year ride with McLaren)

  • @theempires5

    @theempires5

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, supposedly Ron was trying to secure Senna's service for 1987 but Lotus said "Nope". So with Keke retiring at the end of 1986, they decided to pinch Johansson as a stop gap measure until Senna became available

  • @MrSniperfox29

    @MrSniperfox29

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@theempires5 Unlike Toleman, Lotus didn't give him an option of a buy out, so they were well within their rights to say no. Lotus were also somewhat competitive, so Senna wasn't that disheartened by the fact he had to stay (plus as it turned out McLaren were a bit off the pace in 1987)

  • @purwantiallan5089

    @purwantiallan5089

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@theempires5 Toleman has entered the chat, Ray Banner.

  • @damarfadlan9251

    @damarfadlan9251

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrSniperfox29 Lotus and Toleman are basically siblings.

  • @MrSniperfox29

    @MrSniperfox29

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@damarfadlan9251 Toleman is Alpines great-great-grand father lol

  • @MiiDev69
    @MiiDev692 жыл бұрын

    Perez: *Closing the gap to the top of leaderboard, wins Monaco, scores great points. Lawrence: "Yeah, best business decision of my entire career, right Lance?"

  • @wss33

    @wss33

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're talking like Perez could have done all that in an Aston Martin. Vettel is better than Perez so, yes, it was a good business decision.

  • @MiiDev69

    @MiiDev69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wss33 Lance Vettel?

  • @sennescholten7278

    @sennescholten7278

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wss33 Aston Martin could have a better driver pair with Vettel and Perez.

  • @allabouthewaves4354

    @allabouthewaves4354

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wss33 The point is Stroll should’ve sacked his own son for Perez who clears Stroll.

  • @taylorb9860
    @taylorb98602 жыл бұрын

    It’s pretty nuts to think about Kimi leaving F1, rallying for 2 years and coming back to lotus and doing so well (based on performance bonus goals) that he pretty much bankrupted lotus.

  • @ch4se98

    @ch4se98

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think ferrari itself has somewhat toxic environment. Plus that rallying gave him some vacation.

  • @vorakijpunyashthiti2820

    @vorakijpunyashthiti2820

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, just leave him alone. He knew what he's doing.

  • @IanRB26

    @IanRB26

    2 жыл бұрын

    People: Did you do it? Lotus: Yes. People: What did it cost? Lotus: Everything..

  • @attackhelicopter588

    @attackhelicopter588

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lotus: car so bad we'll give you 50k a point. Kimi : so I started scoring points..... He got 7 podiums that season 2 of them being wins and he finished 3rd behind Alonso I think.

  • @valerierodger7700

    @valerierodger7700

    2 жыл бұрын

    It probably would have bankrupted Lotus, if he had tried to force them to pay. $6 million never got paid

  • @Luke22SV
    @Luke22SV2 жыл бұрын

    Is Danny Ric next i’m guessing 🤔

  • @joseportillo1699

    @joseportillo1699

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hell no. I pray every night before I go to sleep that he won’t leave🙏🏽

  • @Bale4Bond

    @Bale4Bond

    2 жыл бұрын

    No way, he's been doing so great!

  • @racerlord2329

    @racerlord2329

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sadly it seems like it might just go that way in the long run the way things are going

  • @gethinap

    @gethinap

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm guessing that's the inspiration for making this video

  • @thegreatafrican3367

    @thegreatafrican3367

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well he's paid three times more than Lando and he's currently not showing why🤷🏿‍♂️

  • @Ronny999x
    @Ronny999x2 жыл бұрын

    Giedo van der Garde. He had a contract but then Sauber took a bag of money from Marcus Ericsson. The Judge even ruled that Giedo should be allowed to race. So Sauber had to pay him millions to make him go away.

  • @luuduonghy659

    @luuduonghy659

    2 жыл бұрын

    This move proved to be bad Although Nasr and Ericsson had great season in 2015

  • @maestroazzey

    @maestroazzey

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rumours say that - after Giedo's antic in which he went with full racing suit into the Sauber motorhome - it was Bernie who paid him a couple of millions to stay away from the F1 grid, because the negativity would damage the monetary value of F1. Sauber had to pay him damage money as well, but that was after court hearings. So financially Giedo was better off in the end by not racing for Sauber xD

  • @JakeM218
    @JakeM2182 жыл бұрын

    Big one that springs to my mind is Niki Lauda moving to Ferrari when he’d just signed with another team! Also, there was Giedo van der Garde who sued the team after they signed 3 drivers for a single year and then dropped him.

  • @RafitoOoO
    @RafitoOoO2 жыл бұрын

    de Cesaris being replaced because of crash damage is hilarious. It reminded me of Piquet saying he felt unsafe being in the back of the grid because he'd be close to de Cesaris lmao.

  • @mattjc1021
    @mattjc10212 жыл бұрын

    Ferrari in recent history. 2006 - Pushed Schumacher out the door for Kimi. 2009 - Sacked Kimi for Alonso while paying out Kimi’s $40 million salary for 2010 and also paying Alonso $40 million for 2010. 2014 - Sacked Alonso for saying he wanted a car “like what my rivals have” for his birthday 2019 - Sacked Vettel for not meeting performance targets All world champions. It’s always the driver’s fault but in recent times they can’t develop a car over the course of a year to save their lives. Watch them get left for dust this year by RB and also Mercedes by the second half of the year.

  • @emir.e99

    @emir.e99

    2 жыл бұрын

    FERARRI EGO is basically their Iceberg it causes the downfall yet they realise but Don't care. Can't wait to see RB dominate again

  • @christianalden4603

    @christianalden4603

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mercedes won't develop that much to catch RB and Ferrari for this year, considering that only George is delivering the consistency right now whilst Lewis is still trying to get to grips with the W13 in certain areas. As of now, they should focus on developing the W14 for the next season to be competitive with them and keep McLaren at bay for 3rd.

  • @peterfighter

    @peterfighter

    2 жыл бұрын

    Vettel wasn't sacked. His contract just wasn't extended.

  • @andre_flabie

    @andre_flabie

    2 жыл бұрын

    What happpened to Charles @Monaco, and seeing HOW seb Drive mediocre Aston Martin, am happy Seb left Marenello.

  • @spaceshuttle8332

    @spaceshuttle8332

    Жыл бұрын

    @@christianalden4603 honestly though Mercedes is catching up and with Ferrari majorly fucking up every single weekend whilst Mercedes keeps consistency (despite a slower car) I wouldn’t be surprised if Mercedes takes P2 on the constructors from Ferrari. Ferrari has clearly the fastest car but they’ve thrown away their championship in 5 races. Charles is sadly getting the taste of the toxic arrogant Ferrari culture

  • @afradhahamed5181
    @afradhahamed51812 жыл бұрын

    Looking at Aston Martin's form, phew what a bullet Perez dodged there

  • @wahyudyatmika5119

    @wahyudyatmika5119

    Жыл бұрын

    To be fair, if it was Perez-Vettel, it would be a monster lineup lmao. Sadly the Strolls are unable to realize that

  • @charliresendiz8932

    @charliresendiz8932

    Жыл бұрын

    @paper plane or maybe bc stroll was literally the owners son 😂

  • @MuhammadNiz007
    @MuhammadNiz0072 жыл бұрын

    I would have included Sebastian vettle. he used contract clause of not winning any races. It was the biggest shock in my life how the guy who dominated with Red Bull left .

  • @marwin436

    @marwin436

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well 2014 red bull was one of the worst cars, its understandable. Btw he is written Vettel, he aint no frenchmen "vettle" 😭😭😭

  • @andrewmacdiarmid7569

    @andrewmacdiarmid7569

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marwin436 The 2014 Redbull finished second in the standings...

  • @marwin436

    @marwin436

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewmacdiarmid7569 yeah because of ricciardo, Vettel didnt win a single race that year. Its terrible considering that he won 4 championships in a row before that

  • @thegreatafrican3367

    @thegreatafrican3367

    2 жыл бұрын

    He literally won the 2013 constructors by himself. He had more points himself than the second place team Mercedes. But he was still beaten by Ricciardo, a younger teammate who now himself is being beaten by Lando

  • @MuhammadNiz007

    @MuhammadNiz007

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marwin436 but if he would have won than he wouldn't be allowed to leave. Belgium prime example he clearly intentionally let Daniel pass without team orders or anything because he couldn't win if he did he would have to stay at red bull

  • @LWilloxMusic
    @LWilloxMusic2 жыл бұрын

    I think Rene Arnoux's sacking at Ferrari would make an interesting video in itself in the unlikely scenario anyone wanted to go there...

  • @MrSniperfox29

    @MrSniperfox29

    2 жыл бұрын

    IIRC nobody actually knows why it happened, Arnoux and Ferrari have never spoken about it

  • @kevinfleming
    @kevinfleming2 жыл бұрын

    Ahhhh a video from the race, a break from my exam stress

  • @snowxboarderxljs
    @snowxboarderxljs2 жыл бұрын

    For what they did to Checo I'm glad to see the team where they are now.

  • @mattzegarski3831
    @mattzegarski38312 жыл бұрын

    I would have thought Sauber with their multitude of drivers under contract would make the list.

  • @Kopmad495
    @Kopmad4952 жыл бұрын

    Rene Arnoux getting dropped by Ferrari, still one of the all time great mysteries as to why that happened. Also Jacques Villeneuve being dropped by Sauber, what made that one memorable was his comments that they'd "regret" replacing him, which when you consider they replaced him with Kubica, I don't think they regretted it in the slightest.

  • @anameyoucantremember
    @anameyoucantremember2 жыл бұрын

    "And this is how I finished ahead of Senna in the standings" - Mazespin

  • @AxelSqueeze
    @AxelSqueeze2 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know Michael bought Ralf out of his jordan contract. Thats pretty cool.

  • @chicobicalho5621
    @chicobicalho56212 жыл бұрын

    What a tremendous strike of good luck it was for Perez that Stroll sr. hired a has been 4 time champion in his place. Never in a million years he would guess that Red Bull would hire him for the 2021 season, as the Aston Martin team progressively sunk to the end of the grid. As some Buddhists say -"luck is merit". ¡OLÈ CHECO!

  • @jameschisnall8409
    @jameschisnall84092 жыл бұрын

    0:32 subtle, very subtle

  • @SilverScarletSpider
    @SilverScarletSpider2 жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait for you to add Daniel Ricciardo to this list in 2023

  • @GiriRam
    @GiriRam Жыл бұрын

    Nikita Mazepin was preparing for his 2nd season in Formula1 with Haas in Feb 2022. His rigorous training methods included spinning across the straights and pushing other drivers and other Jedi methods. His love of his life "Ms.Gravel" stood there watching and welcoming the GOAT into her. If this continued, the GOAT would have taken all of Ms.Gravel for himself leaving Formula1 to die. At this moment, Haas decided to tear up the contract to save Formula1 from dying, even though they knew that means the GOAT would not be able to race anymore in Formula1

  • @SamPalmer63
    @SamPalmer632 жыл бұрын

    Hey The Race love your videos ❤️

  • @keysersoze_6
    @keysersoze_62 жыл бұрын

    Lance is the son of Canadian oligarch Lawrence Stroll.

  • @juremyclorkson3518
    @juremyclorkson35182 жыл бұрын

    2:39 "...when Russia invaded Ukraine" and ".. Russian oligarch father Dmitry" are types of sentences we should hear often in the media. Bots on social media are trying to play this down so hard

  • @stefantdr7601
    @stefantdr76012 жыл бұрын

    If Alonso would've stayed at Ferrari until 2019 he would've won 2018 and maybe 2017 so i think Ferrari made the biggest mistake chosing Vettel instead of Alonso

  • @gff6929

    @gff6929

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree👍

  • @MacApple21

    @MacApple21

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree! But Alonso made a terrible mistake too moving to McLaren - what a tragedy indeed.

  • @stefantdr7601

    @stefantdr7601

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MacApple21 He wasted his talent and it is really a shame

  • @TheLarry1993

    @TheLarry1993

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or in other words: If Alonso had kept his mouth shut during the 2014 season, he would've got the contract extention and with that won the 2018 and maybe 2017 title without giving Ferrari the need to look for alternatives like Vettel for 2015.

  • @MacApple21

    @MacApple21

    Жыл бұрын

    @paper plane That is quite possibly the dumbest comment I’ve read today. Well done 👍🏻

  • @hyort3613
    @hyort36132 жыл бұрын

    one that I was missing was the 2015 sauber drama where they had signed 3 drivers for 2 seats, in the end giedo van der garde started a lawsuit against the team, won it but due to time constraints he couldnt drive in melbourne. After that him and the team reached a settlement and Van der Garde's F1 dream was over. Its rumoured that he was paid 15 million not to drive that season

  • @pauljennings8432

    @pauljennings8432

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah!

  • @EWinata
    @EWinata2 жыл бұрын

    Alonso actually had 2 instances of broken deal, with the first happened in 2007 after rivalry with Lewis Hamilton, Ron Dennis tore his contract and let Alonso go away.

  • @andreabrembilla6466
    @andreabrembilla64662 жыл бұрын

    5:24 One of the best looking cars

  • @crossingthetee6733
    @crossingthetee67332 жыл бұрын

    I feel like this is a subtle precursor to Danny R's upcoming split with McLaren.

  • @SmileyXY

    @SmileyXY

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm pretty sure, Ricciardo won't leave McLaren until the end of this season

  • @garibay711cod
    @garibay711cod2 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU PAPA STROLL !!! Checo wouldn’t be at Redbull thriving without you kicking him out lol

  • @petecarney7703
    @petecarney77032 жыл бұрын

    Ace video, surprised 1996>1997 Hill wasn't up there

  • @aldoherns
    @aldoherns2 жыл бұрын

    As long as I remeber checo's contract with mclaren in 2013 was also terminated before it expired, in favour of K Mag

  • @victorcorpadea1340
    @victorcorpadea13402 жыл бұрын

    Imagine alonso would have stayed with ferrari untill 2019, I could see him winning the WDC in 2018 and 19 in that car.

  • @betobeto1241

    @betobeto1241

    2 жыл бұрын

    The 2019 Ferrari wasn’t capable of winning the championship, mercs literally got 5 consecutive 1-2 finishes

  • @purwantiallan5089

    @purwantiallan5089

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@betobeto1241 evident since 2014 in fact.

  • @MacApple21

    @MacApple21

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@betobeto1241 Well.. Considering what he did in 2012 I wouldn’t count him out.

  • @victorcorpadea1340

    @victorcorpadea1340

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@betobeto1241 sorry, i meant to say 17 and 18 but got a little excited jajaja.

  • @MacApple21

    @MacApple21

    Жыл бұрын

    @paper plane You’re clearly a clueless Hamilton fanboy 🤣

  • @TheJokerit19
    @TheJokerit192 жыл бұрын

    Good choices with #1 unsurprising in the end. Contracts getting ended/leaving prematurely are rare, but always possible, hence, people are right to be reserved on Ricciardo, although I'm positive he'll see out his 3-year deal until the end. Admittedly, I'd totally forgotten about Alonso's Ferrari commitment lasting until 2016-end.

  • @bmf97ss1
    @bmf97ss12 жыл бұрын

    The Gitanes sponsored Ligiers sure did look good! One of my favorite liverys ever with that shade of blue 👌

  • @colindowd9756
    @colindowd97562 жыл бұрын

    EJ spins a great story on the Michael/Ralf exit from Jordan!

  • @Berrasson
    @Berrasson Жыл бұрын

    It would be fun to see a similar video on the times teams have paid a transfer fee for a driver

  • @zo3626
    @zo36262 жыл бұрын

    Man they are reaaaaallly fanning the flames, aren’t they?

  • @TheMrFishnDucks
    @TheMrFishnDucks2 жыл бұрын

    Happy for Checo however at the time it was painful to watch. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

  • @ferst262

    @ferst262

    Жыл бұрын

    He crashed and bought Ocon out of a F1 seat. He deserved to not have a team, happy to see he has finally accepted he is a 2nd driver and stopped crashing into the better driver in his team

  • @LeviathanCRGaming
    @LeviathanCRGaming2 жыл бұрын

    You can get ready to add Daniel Riccardo to this list.

  • @aurorebeaureal
    @aurorebeaureal6 ай бұрын

    Rubens Barrichello was contracted to stay with Ferrari until 2006. However, he left the team 1 year earlt.

  • @TheAmritabha
    @TheAmritabha2 жыл бұрын

    Kimi getting 25mil to not race is the most Kimi thing you can hear

  • @jamesbuckingham77
    @jamesbuckingham772 жыл бұрын

    Very good, but still waiting for the video "The Strange Case of Esteban Tuero"

  • @erikkarlsson9843
    @erikkarlsson98432 жыл бұрын

    Kinda expected Michael Schumachers jordan contract to be mentioned! A master class in how split with a team!

  • @dannymaher8876
    @dannymaher88762 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being paid $25 million to not work...

  • @Demise90Racing
    @Demise90Racing Жыл бұрын

    Damn y'all include Andrea De Cesaris in this and not Juan Montoya when he announced he was going to Nascar.

  • @elosobratto3802
    @elosobratto38022 жыл бұрын

    This is made clearly as a wink to the ricciardo situation and i love it

  • @ramage2863
    @ramage28632 жыл бұрын

    Daniel ricciardo 😳

  • @justinm.1
    @justinm.12 жыл бұрын

    I’m kinda glad that Lance & Lawrence are getting what they deserve after Lawrence decided to kick Sergio out 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @ShineStreet

    @ShineStreet

    2 жыл бұрын

    I feel bad for Seb tho, the team has become a running joke for the last two seasons.

  • @justinm.1

    @justinm.1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ShineStreet I think Seb is outperforming the car this season so he'll be fine :)

  • @charliresendiz8932

    @charliresendiz8932

    Жыл бұрын

    @paper plane imagine how much better the team would be if lance wasn’t there Perez and seb were a duo

  • @eivindjohansen4023
    @eivindjohansen4023 Жыл бұрын

    One of the last this happened before Mazepin was gasly being switched with albon that you should maybe have mentioned since gasly was switched mid season

  • @juliendieffenbach1893

    @juliendieffenbach1893

    Жыл бұрын

    Gasly and Albon had both Red Bull contracts. So there is no broken contract just switched seats for them

  • @WaveFlightSimulations
    @WaveFlightSimulations2 жыл бұрын

    defs aint alluding to danny ric

  • @Billiamiscool
    @Billiamiscool2 жыл бұрын

    What about Moreno in ‘91? The legal battle resulted in Jordan getting enough money to continue racing and some German dude getting a chance at driving with Benetton

  • @Macho_Fantastico
    @Macho_Fantastico Жыл бұрын

    That win for Perez most likely saved his F1 career. He deserved a drive, but it's questionable if he would have stayed in F1 if it weren't for that win.

  • @adamt.mercer4923
    @adamt.mercer4923 Жыл бұрын

    “Mark Schumacher”? Funny way to pronounce Ralf at 4:25. Lol

  • @TStizzle19
    @TStizzle192 жыл бұрын

    Good guy Michael Schumacher paying off Ralph's buyout clause

  • @felipecasanueva5064
    @felipecasanueva50642 жыл бұрын

    So this video is like 50% Ferrari, meaning they drop their drivers quite often 😐

  • @aussiepie4865
    @aussiepie48652 жыл бұрын

    Gee I wonder why this video is being produced now? The title might as well called it “Look behind you Danny Ric.”

  • @adrianhjordan1981
    @adrianhjordan19812 жыл бұрын

    Not forgetting when Jenson Button signed to drive for BAR whilst already under contract to Williams!!

  • @ThesocialmuteHD
    @ThesocialmuteHD2 жыл бұрын

    How did Buttons contract talks between Williams and Honda not get any attention

  • @selder_7
    @selder_72 жыл бұрын

    Aston Martin morale would’ve been horrible had Perez not gone to Red Bull. They were so happy for him too at Baku last year

  • @blackrose_221
    @blackrose_2212 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine. Fernando alonso and sebastian vettel. Together at a front runner

  • @damarfadlan9251
    @damarfadlan92512 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if Ayumu/Perez combo at Red Bull could be possible.

  • @lilorange3647
    @lilorange3647 Жыл бұрын

    Wasn’t Rosberg contracted until 2018?

  • @Dax893
    @Dax8932 жыл бұрын

    I always think Michael Andretti has an interesting story.

  • @v4skunk739
    @v4skunk7392 жыл бұрын

    Perez didn't even know he was getting a seat at RB until the last minute.

  • @EricOates15
    @EricOates154 ай бұрын

    Heinz-Herald Frentzen Was Sacked By Jordan In 2001 Before His Contract Was Up

  • @jackgenewtf
    @jackgenewtf Жыл бұрын

    Interesting, I had no idea Michael Schumacher was against team orders.

  • @keeganwolfe683
    @keeganwolfe6832 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know why it took me this long to figure out that both Schumacher bothers left Jordan before their contracts were up

  • @Pacobravo16
    @Pacobravo162 жыл бұрын

    Riccardo moving from Renault to mcclaren is the worst mistake in recent years

  • @Vixen1525

    @Vixen1525

    Жыл бұрын

    Was not he dropped? Or was the car of Renault too bad for him? Was not there something like that?

  • @willypro4949
    @willypro4949 Жыл бұрын

    Lauda could be on the list Ferrari bought him out of his BRM contract (which annoyed the team principal because Lauda's results were taking the team up the standings) After the Ferrari buyout he also walkout from Brabham right as they became a potent front runner in the 80s

  • @alexsmith-lj9yk
    @alexsmith-lj9yk2 жыл бұрын

    U forgot to add mr shoeeyyyy

  • @janikakis
    @janikakis2 жыл бұрын

    Sergio should be listed twice since he got sacked from McLaren in 2013 as well... and let's not forget Fernando left McLaren after 2007.

  • @britishrose9417
    @britishrose94172 жыл бұрын

    Alonso's decisions over teams have been one of the reasons he stuck at 2 titles.

  • @adz5936

    @adz5936

    2 жыл бұрын

    One of those 'what if's' if he stayed and extended his contract with Ferrari, would he have been to secure a championship with the team in 2017 or 2018 in place of Vettel.

  • @britishrose9417

    @britishrose9417

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@adz5936 And of course McLaren is now arguable more competitive than Alpine, and if the first time round at McLaren he hadn't upset the apple cart he may well have won the following year

  • @JakeM218

    @JakeM218

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not just his decisions. F1 drivers are a key part of how a car is developed. Their feedback is essential and they effectively end up with a car moulded to them. If they put a part on Max’s Red Bull and he’s quicker - they move in that direction with development. Alonso is an amazing driver, but has caused friction in a lot of the teams he’s been in. Drivers now are realising the value of loyalty and having a car built around their driving style. Drivers like Max, Lando, Charles and possibly George are looking to stay with their teams indefinitely, through good times and bad.

  • @adz5936

    @adz5936

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@britishrose9417 Yeah Alonso has had a tendency to burn bridges where he went. Seems to have mellowed out a fair bit since his return last year. I think he might be realising its good to build the team around him rather fuel negativity.

  • @luuduonghy659

    @luuduonghy659

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@adz5936 Alonso if he stayed on Ferrari he would struggle to even beat Bottas 2018 however he might had to compete with Perez or Sainz

  • @fr33ko
    @fr33ko2 жыл бұрын

    Somewhat surprised that Mansell returning to f1 with McLaren was not part of this. Then again I think that particular ship had sailed in its own video. *shrugs*

  • @angelosrompotis8511
    @angelosrompotis85112 жыл бұрын

    I was expecting Nico Rosberg to be in the video to be honest. I’m pretty sure that he had a contract with Mercedes until 2018

  • @peterc6547
    @peterc65472 жыл бұрын

    Michael Andretti at McLaren in 1993.

  • @alexsmith-lj9yk
    @alexsmith-lj9yk2 жыл бұрын

    U missed jaime alguesuari I heard he was fired by an sms from redbull

  • @Ph1lIvey
    @Ph1lIvey Жыл бұрын

    Ricciardo with the Piastri gate would be now in the list

  • @basketca2
    @basketca22 жыл бұрын

    Those 10 million Mercedes paid for Bottas were money very well spent. They might not have won all of those constructor titles without Mr Saturday.

  • @menaceskitz27
    @menaceskitz27 Жыл бұрын

    Perez dodged a whole nuke moving to redbull

  • @theempires5
    @theempires52 жыл бұрын

    No mention of Michael Schumacher's contract with Jordan in 1991 that supposedly cover for 92,93 and 94? Also the 40k payment to Jordan for the seat was actually paid for by Peter Sauber after Willi Weber (Schumi's manager) turned to Mercedes to pay for it and Mercedes in turn turned to Sauber as Schumi is Sauber's contracted driver.

  • @MrSniperfox29

    @MrSniperfox29

    2 жыл бұрын

    IIRC the contract was more verbal than anything, nothing was ever fully signed so there was no contract to break.

  • @patricesankara3081
    @patricesankara30812 жыл бұрын

    I never left…

  • @anish91000
    @anish910002 жыл бұрын

    Right on time to make the Riccardo Mclaren split a reality. Get my boy outta that team. Ric needs to be the main guy to flourish. Williams seem like a great fit.

  • @papagrounds
    @papagrounds Жыл бұрын

    Kimi is the only driver Ferrari has actually being afraid of.

  • @danksonn
    @danksonn2 жыл бұрын

    Button. He quitted from his contract before it's started... twice :D

  • @Madpiggaming
    @Madpiggaming Жыл бұрын

    Daniel Riccardo, got paid like 18 million by Mclaren to not race

  • @nandaalur6583
    @nandaalur65832 жыл бұрын

    Interesting✅

  • @aldorinokripperino8797
    @aldorinokripperino87972 жыл бұрын

    Mazepin in the same thumb as Senna? The Race?

  • @tyman1014
    @tyman1014 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine how bad of a place Haas would be in if Mazepin stayed. They probably wouldn’t have scored points until Mick did.

  • @kai325d3
    @kai325d3 Жыл бұрын

    Perez contract was up. He had a contract till the end of 2020 and an extension that’s separate for 2021, they simply voided the extension and never initiated it as it was before 2020 the year was over

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