10 F1 drivers who changed teams during a season
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- Formula 1 driver moves can happen at any time, and some of the most interesting or unexpected switches come during an ongoing season. In this video we've picked out 10 drivers who famously switched teams while a season was still going on - with varying levels of success. Let us know in the comments which mid-season moves were your favourites.
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Records that I can’t see being broken. Driving for three different teams in 3 consecutive races.
Justin Wilson, moving from Toro Rosso before Red Bull, before the teams were named as such
This is genius
Never noticed that, that’s pretty cool
Before it was cool.
And Mark Webber
@@leewat9068 True!
Fangio? Maserati to mercedes 1954. He even won the title that year.
No, the good drivers can't be shown here.
King Lewis wouldn't approve. He wants to be seen as the best ever, even though he's winning only because of the car.
@@R4M_Tommy Then why hasn't Valtteri or Nico won more times if it is just the car? Also, does that mean that Michael was also not a good driver? Your logic is very flawed, good drivers can only win championships in good cars. Otherwise Michael, Fangio, Senna, Prost would have won their championships every year no matter who they drove for - but they did not.
He also won back to back for the two teams. Although I think doesn't count on a technicality as Fangio was contracted by Mercedes however they weren't ready till mid way through the season so he entered the Maserati as a privateer. Graham Hill likewise entered as a privateer then moved to Lotus early on.
Absolutely the biggest one missing from the list!
Technically, Fangio was on loan to Maserati in those two first races, because the Mercedes was not ready yet.
"Moreno had failed to qualify for 12 out of 14 races" - given how shit the EuroBrun was, I think it's more accurate to say that he succeeded in qualifying for 2 out of 14 races. Really, it was impressive what he was able to do with such woeful machinery. He himself lists qualifying for the Monaco GP with Andrea Moda as his greatest achievement in F1.
On the subject of Moreno, actually, he switched teams twice in 1991. After Benetton ditched him for Schumacher he took Schumi's seat at Jordan for a couple of races, then drove for Minardi at the final race in Adelaide.
Indeed, and then in 1992 found himself back at what was Eurobrun where he qualified once. At monaco. A feat up there with scaling the Eiffel tower using only your lips.
@@Yesterzine Good analogy!!
Roberto Moreno was very underappreciated in Formula 1.
@@Yesterzine Andrea Moda actually used to be Coloni, not EuroBrun (but Moreno had driven for Coloni in 1989). He later said that qualifying for the 1992 Monaco GP with Andrea Moda was the greatest achievement of his career.
This video reminded me of Justin Wilson, R.I.P.
Roberto Moreno: *included in this video*
*Angry Aidan Millward noises*
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Aiden....... was pissed"
"Oh Roberto Moreno for fuck sake"
I still hope we'll get a story time on him sometime-
@@TheRealGirlWeeb he's working on it lol
If they'd kept Justin Wilson in F1, he might well still be with us. He was a very talented driver, often in mid-pack cars, never really getting the chance to truly make his name. He was such a loved member of the Cart then Indycar grids that he's still missed. All older F1 fans miss the gentleman "Badass" Wilson 💔
"That" lap in quali when he jumped in the Jag at Germany and went faster than Schumacher is one that will always be legendary.
Video: expecting a lot of redbull entries
Actual video: Ferrari
Fangio won the title after swapping from Maserati to Mercedes in 1954, and I am genuinely amazed that it was left out.
Could be because the deal with Mercedes was done pre-season and he only drove for Maserati because Mercs were only ready for the fourth of fifth race of the season...
Yes regardless of the deal timing , it’s an amazing story that was left out for no reason
Me too! He not only raced for both teams, but won for both.
This is probably because before 1958, there were no "teams", just drivers entering cars...and many drivers switched cars mid season very often back then
@@AndresSylvinho There were teams before 1958, just no constructors championship. Mercedes, Ferrari, etc, were very much 'teams'. Fangio didn't enter his Maserati and Mercedes cars under his own name in 1954, for example.
Mario Andretti - 1976 - Parnelli to Lotus: heard from a journalist while on the grid at Long Beach that Parnelli was pulling out of F1, and quit the team (including the Indycar team) that same evening. The day after, he spotted a glum Colin Chapman at the hotel breakfast. Chapman had just lost Ronnie Peterson to March, and was looking for a top driver. A deal was set up there and then, and Andretti would bring Lotus back to glory before the end of the year, winning at Fuji.
Speaking of Lotus in 1976: Ronnie Peterson switched to March because he and his management claimed that Lotus had breached their contract by fielding defective cars for the Brazilian GP. Especially faulty brakes were mentioned in the settlement. Peterson would win at Monza later that year in the March, well before Lotus would win again.
I believe that Andretti in the Lotus won the last race of the 1976 F1 season in Fuji
Schumacher. Jordan to Benetton Spa to Monza 91. I believe those are the right circuits. 🏎
*Doesn’t want to flood the video with Red Bull driver swaps
*Ends up flooding the video with underperforming Ferrari driver swaps
Fisico was such a talent! He derseved much more, maybe WC potential...
Roberto Moreno is a long time Nelson Piquet close friend, since their teenage years.
In CART he was always substituting for other drivers in the mid to late 90's, earning the nickname "supersub". Those great showings earning him a full time drive at the very traditional Pat Patrick racing team, and he even challenged for the 2000 title against Gil De Ferran in the Penske team.
What happened to Trulli is a shame even today. He was outscoring Alonso when he was released, curious way of 'bad performance'. But Briatore had to protect his product, his 'golden boy'. I bet Jarno wasn´t willing to crash for that pair of mafiosos Alo & Briatore, like Nelsinho did.
Dirty Flavio molesting Peceño Fernandihno is out of question.
Flav screwed a couple of drivers on this list -- Herbert was hardly a fan either...!
Guy got pole the race before he was sacked lmao
Briatore even said on the race day at 2004 Monaco that Alonso should have won.
Jacky Ickx in '73 started the season with Ferrari, swapped to McLaren for a podium in the German GP, then back to Ferrari for Monza and then rounded off the season driving the ISO Williams in USA. Considering he moved to Lotus for 1974, this means he drove for McLaren, Ferrari, Williams and Lotus in four consecutive races he entered (though he did not attend the 1973 Austrian and Canadian GPs in between) !
My favourite was Albon from Toro Roso to Red Bull
Harry Sanjaya no
@Harry Sanjaya I think that he was about to do so in Brazil gp of 2019 if it wasn't for a collision with someone (I think it was Hamilton)
@@sarpwilliamkugtan973 Happened 2 times.
this aged like milk
@@sarpwilliamkugtan973 Happened twice by the same driver, Hamilton punted off Albon at Brazil 2019, then did it again at Austria 2020.
3 teams in 3 races wow
It was quite an achievement, but from what I remember, Flavio had bought the Ligier team in 1994, which was why Johnny was able to switch so easy from Ligier to Benetton at the time.
Rip Justin wilson🥺 gentle giant
You know, for some reason I had completely forgotten that Fisichella drove for Ferrari in 2009!
I mean it is understandable given how bad he was in the ferrari that was really bad
He couldn't do anything with this car
These top 10/Rankings videos are life! Thx for the vids
It has to be Herbert. He could have been a world champion if it hadn’t have been for his crash in 1988. If you listen to his long form interview on the official F1 channel, he was getting episodes of sepsis from the infected fractures and was still pulling debris out the wounds for years afterwards. As an Orthopaedic Surgeon I’m amazed he was able to continue his career at all given the severity of his injuries that day.
I always thought there was something poetic about Alesi finishing his F1 career at Jordan having won the F3000 title in 1989 for Eddie Jordan Racing
Also Gerhard Berger scored Benetton's first and last win
That Jordan from 2001 is one of the best looking cars for me
JJ Lehto, 1994, Benetton to Sauber.
1994 was supposed to be Lehto's big break, joining the rising Benetton team alongside Michael Schumacher. But it wasn't to be. While Schumacher claimed race wins frequently in the early part of 1994, Lehto spent the first 2 races on the sidelines after suffering fractured vertibrae in his neck in a preseason testing accident at Silverstone. It could be argued that he never really recovered.
His return was the infamous San Marino Grand Prix. His engine stalled at the start, and got hit by the unsighted Lotus of Pedro Lamy. Next time out at Monaco, he was out of the points and nearly 2 laps down on Schumacher by the end of the race. He retired from Spain as a result of an engine failure. He gained a point in Canada as a result of Christian Fittipaldi being excluded for being underweight. He was once again replaced by Jos Verstappen from the French Grand Prix onwards, before filling in for Schumacher in Italy and Portugal as the two race ban on the lead Benetton driver for his antics at Silverstone was upheld. Poor performance in both races, qualifying P20 at Monza and P14 at Estoril, finishing P9 in Italy and crashing out in Portugal, left him being dropped by Benetton after Portugal. For Japan and Australia that year, he replaced Andrea de Cesaris at Sauber, retiring from Japan and finishing his final race in F1 P10 at Adelaide. He never raced in F1 again
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but JJ should not have returned to racing so soon. Then again, without his F1 career ending, he most likely would not have won the 1995 Le Mans 24 hours.
@Kallen kannu from what I've heard, JJ's preseason testing accident was an attempt for him to match the times Schumacher was setting, but (at least apparently, I don't know for sure) pushed too hard. It's a shame that injury cost him time in the car I feel. I'm not sure he would have matched Schumacher, but if he'd been fully fit he could have been closer than he was. Spain was a glimpse of what he was capable of, qualifying 4th and running well inside the points until he retired with an engine failure
RIP JUSTIN WILSON.
I still got some names who switched teams:
Bertrand Gachot (1989): Dropped by Onyx for criticizing the team and then replaced Foitek for the final 2 races at Rial. Results: 2 DNQs
Bertrand Gachot (1991): Sent to jail, lost Jordan drive, replaced Bernard at Larrousse at Adelaide. Result: DNQ
Gregor Foitek (1989): Left Eurobrun after Belgium for having a poor car, replaced Danner after Portugal. Result: DNQ, immediately quit the team.
@5:37 the great Aguri Suzuki! Would have been mayhem to be in the stands!
Justin Wilson will never be forgotten.
What about Fangio? He won a world championship switching teams.
There was a lot more to the Jordan firing Frentzen story than his performance being down. Frentzen had actually offered to pay to have the car improved as he felt development of the car was not right, and Eddie took extreme exception to that feeling that Frentzen had overstepped his place within the team. It was also admitted by Eddie many years later, that it was also in part due to him wanting to appease Honda and free up space for Sato to join the team the next season.
Frentzen also swapped teams in 2002, after Arrows went tits up and he replaced Massa in the Sauber for the US GP.
Fangio from Maserati to Mercedes in 1954 should be in this list. He also won first time after the change
This actually happens a lot (not including one-offs)
2001
-Burti to Prost
-Alesi to Jordan
-Frentzen to Prost
2003
-Wilson to Jaguar
-Kiesa to Minardi
2004
-Trulli to Toyota
-Zonta to Toyota
-Villeneuve to Renault
2005
-Doornbos to Minardi
-Pizzonia to Williams
2006
-Kubica to Sauber
-De La Rosa to McLaren
-Doornbos to Red Bull
-Yamamoto to Super Aguri
2007
-Vettel to Toro Rosso
-Yamamoto to Spyker
2009
-Alguersuari to Toro Rosso
-Fisichella to Ferrari
-Liuzzi to Force India
-Grosjean to Renault
-Kobayashi to Toyota
2010
-Heidfeld to Sauber
-Yamamoto to HRT
2011
-Senna to Lotus (Renault)
-Ricciardo to HRT
2012
-D'Ambrosio to Lotus (1 race)
2013
-Kovalainen to Lotus
2014
-Stevens to Caterham (finale)
2015
-Rossi to Manor
2016
-Verstappen to Red Bull
-Kvyat to Toro Rosso
-Ocon to Manor
2017
-Giovinazzi to Sauber (Start of season)
-Sainz to Renault
-Gasly to Toro Rosso
-Hartley to Toro Rosso
2018
-None
2019
-Albon to Red Bull
-Kvyat to Toro Rosso
RIP Justin Wilson
Schumacher 91 was a story
Jacky Ickx 1973 and 1976.
RIP Justin Wilson x
Your wrong the great John Surtees isn't the only driver to win races with 2 different teams in the same season you clearly forget what I'm about to mention below
How could you leave the great Fangios 1954 season out of this list he is the only driver to win the world championship with 2 different teams in the same season Maserati 🇮🇹 and Mercedes 🇩🇪 that is absolutely incredible
It might have been the same team (same guys, crew chief), but just a different car.
Another driver to switch teams during the season was Michele Alboreto who went from Tyrell to Larrousse in 1989.
No. 1: my f1 career
R.I.P Justin Wilson
Michael Schumacher from Jordan to Benetton in 1991.
And to think that Sainz started as an RB junior while now he is driving for their main antagonist he would have propably moved to red bull in 2019 if he stayed and if he beat as he should a rookie Pierre gasly in 2018
R.I.P Justin Wilson 😢
Personally I think Giancarlo Fisichella move to Ferrari was a backwards step in his career.
He's an Italian asked to join Ferrari, passion before common sense
He knew his career was over by then and had a chance to finally drive for pretty much the dream team for any Italian. The fact he and the car under performed was neither here nor there as he had finally achieved his dream.
He could have won Monza with that Force India
Johansson 1985 Toleman to Ferrari, and Patrese 1987 Brabham to Williams-Honda
Schumacher 1991 and Vettel 2007?
Vettel only got to redbull in 2010 what you mean? He raced for Torro Rosso before that
Frustrated ___ he did his first race with BMW Sauber replacing Kubica
@@ateyourchips1164 BMW Sauber to Toro Rosso. He was third driver for BMW and raced in place of Kubica at USA GP after Kubicas big crash in Canada. He then was released by BMW so he could replace Scott Speed at Toro Rosso.
Frustrated ___ vettel raced once for Bmw sauber in 2007. He actually got to red bull in 2009, not in 2010
Bizarre that Fangio isn't on this list. You say that Verstappen is the only driver to win on debut after switching teams mid-season -- well Fangio won the first two races of 1954 for Maserati, then moved to Mercedes and won on debut, winning 4 of his 6 races for the Silver Arrows en route to his second title. The ultimate driver switch!
Holy crap, Justin Wilson made that Minardi look like an F3 car!
I feel for Johnny Herbert he was expected to be the great british hope of the 90s then one crash seemed to almost destroy his career. Ive seen the images of that incident and boy its ugly! so the fact he even managed to get back to single seater racing is amazing. Guy must have had some talent though to win 3 F1 races and Le Mans in his racing life.
7:04 Italian style
One could argue that Torro Rosso (Alpha Tauri) are the Junior Team to Red Bull and therefore its not quite a team switch. On the other hand, Max's move to Red Bull was inspired and subsequently he has shown an immense amount of talent in the sport for Red Bull.
Montoya switched to a whole new series
Rip Justin Wilson.
Jarno Trulli is possibly the greatest driver to ever race.
Lol
The greatest train
@@peterfighter Dont mock the legend! Trulli was a beast!
Sure. Norberto Fontana taught him.
Expecting some redbull entries
Minardi to Jaguar is close enough
Fangio? Vettel? Albon- Gasly?
R. I. P justin Wilson 😢
Schumacher - Jordan to Benetton?
That was in their other video
Crazy contract stories
not the only thing Max took From Daniel
Max Verstappen am I a big fan of so it is my number 1
DID you folks frogot about VETTEL? Subbing for Kubica and then drove for TR?
For me obviously Kvyat to STR and Verstappen to RBR are the most surprising.
honestly surprised there's only 2 redbull/ toro Rossso on here
Technically Wilson's Minardi to Jaguar fits the bill as well. Just few years too early :)
so sainz pretty much is now alonso 2.0 since sainz has now driven/going to drive for every team alonso has driven for (give or take a few ownership and name changes)
Basically every RB driver
What about Fangio in 1954 starting the season at Maserati and then joining the new Mercedes team?
Albon from Tauro to Red Bull?
So many top drivers seem to have gone through the doors of Jordan over the years, a video should be done on Jordan and all of these drivers!?
surtees was my fav
Trulli was more interested in his vineyard. Fair enough.
Take a shot 🥃 every time Flavio Briatore is mentioned.
Badoer should replace Schumacher at Ferrari in mid 1999 races
Top 1: Me playing f1 switching every 4 races
Trulli should have stayed at renault..
I think flavio made his mind up ;)
Roberto Moreno.....
Aidan Millward: OH FOR FUCK SAKE!
Heinz Herald Frentzen-Jordan To Prost
Verstappen in for Magnussen .....Stewart, 1998.
Pierre gastly deserves to be on the list
Let see if Danny Ric can do the same
Frentzen wasn't sacked for underperforming, but because of Honda's prrssure, as Jordan himself would lager admit
Fangio 1954 Maserati to Mercedes is missing
Three changes (Ickx, Peterson and Andretti) that had huge championship implications are missing.
In 1973, Ferrari was shit. They didn't even present cars for the German and Dutch GPs. Jacky Ickx was a Nurburgring specialist, so he signed a one race deal with McLaren and finished 3rd. Returned to Ferrari for Monza, car was still shit so Jacky quit for good; little did he know that Fiat had decided to put their foot down, so the car took a big improvement for 74, and Ickx's replacement Lauda won the WDC in 75.
Ickx went to Lotus, where Ronnie Peterson was losing his patience. Chapman kept promising his next car will be the one, yet they kept failing. After a disastrous first race in 1976, Ronnie had seen enough and quit for March. At the same time, the American Parnelli team lost their sponsor and withdrew, so lead driver Mario Andretti, out of a ride, took the vacant seat with Lotus. As luck would have it, Chapman was about to finally get it right; poor Peterson returned in 1978, but his earlier "disloyalty" meant he had to sign a #2 driver contract. Mario went on to win the WDC while Ronnie was killed in an accident at Monza (driving the previous year car...)
Olivier Grouillard in 1991, sacked by Fondmetal, joined AGS
Yes, the floor is made out of floor
...and then after one DNPQ, the team folded.
Nyoom
Gasly and Albon? You not even gonna mention that?
Man Saniz was lucky he went to Renault cause then he went to Mclaren and after ferrari crap season they signed him up
Some cool stories in here
7:03 all girls line-up
alex albon?
Vettel in 2007?
Does Force India to Racing Point count?
Hello
Max Verstappen-Toro Rosso To Red Bull 2016
Where is Daniel Kvyat?
Uhm where tf is the red baron?!?!? And where is El Maestro?!?
I thought Gilles Villeneuve is in this list.
Easy... Aryton Senna from Toleman, to Lotus, to McLaren... The biggest of all..
In the same season?
F1
where is albon