Car and driver numbers in F1 - a short history 

Good call

Nice

Nice

wizzlewizard rbx now 769

The digits in 69 are kind of symmetrical ;) but so are those in 96

Same bro. I've always been 17 but I respect this decision

Did you notice that the 17 was the bad luck number in Italy

Same

And I thinks Charles decision to take the 16 has a link with that

YSR Rage no its because a driver on the grid already has it

wanted to like your comment but, it's a 69 likes.... I just cant destroy this :D

@@Luko2912 now 96 lmao

@@Maebbie Now 169

@@kevinwacharapol7092 Now 196.

Unless you want to end up on top or underneath your competitors, best stay away.

That skittle fool gone jail without bail for at least 1 year and hopefully convicted for 32 years

as the FBI will too

Nice.

@@christianpski Nice.

And when you're rolled over the stewards can easily recognise your car! Win-win

and himself lol

Thats my number in F1 2018 but not because of Friday the 13 other than because i just wanted it

LoL i use number 13 in most racing games im in because 1. Im always unlucky af 2. I started watching F1 when i was 13 yrs old 3. Why the hell not 13. Because you will be cursed with bad luck after reading this line

But he brings luck to lmp2

That's how The Era of Maldonado was born.

Hulkenberg was #27 Gutierrez was #21

Bianchi wanted number 7, his favourite number, but it was taken. He wanted number 27 and 77 but they were also taken, so he ended up choosing number 17

"School children"

All fun and games until someone who should technically be a school child actually takes the number 38 (Ollie Bearman)

Well, whoever picks number 86 is gonna be responsible for a 100% chance of THUNDER!

Corbin Selanne Funny you say Thunder, considering that it translates to _Trueno_ in Spanish...

Corbin Selanne no the person who takes the number will become Takumi Fujiwara and the 2 commentators will become Keisuke Takahashi and Ryosuke Takahashi

@@idiotamerica6422 It'd be even funnier if Toyota returned to F1 as a works team when your idea happens and Takumi signs for Toyota

@@corbinselanne7990 86 is a lucky number in China IIRC as it sounds like 'prosperity' & 'flow(ing)' in Mandarin

The last thing you want to see

in your F1 car

Is someone’s else’s pedal

Bryson Lykins but this happened to some poor racer

Didn't expect to be reading this comment at 6am in the morning but I have and I'm losing my shit at this damn comment, thanks

I didnt know Regit’s into F1!!

I think Chain bear is referencing his ever growing and shortening beard in the video as he recorded it over multiple months so it will repeatedly increase and decrease through the video

It was great

It is

He will, as stated on his twitter account❤

@@Marcel-gq9dv No. He has stated that he will take 87, not 38.

orion khan so long and thanks for all the fish

Plot twist, Lance Stroll takes it.

Can you take a towel inside an F1 car?

@@KindGottes92 no, that's like 300 g of extra weight

@@KindGottes92 u can have *D R I N C C* buttons though

It was also Lucien Bianchi's (Uncle of Jules) number afaik. Also died in an accident

So sad 😥😥

*Hold up*

Illuminati: *Don't fucking move*

Thats a stretch

Maybe there will be a race in Kabul next year

He did mix them up, but 39 is a bad number in Afghanistan

@@cadelaide Now this is a joke

@@cadelaide well, after Vietnam got a GP I wouldn't even be all that surprised lol

Federico Luzzi woah hold on there cowboys, I wouldn’t go that far, I loved Vietnam its a great place to visit. The food is good the history is interesting and the war ended over 40 years ago. I don’t even like the idea of flying over Afghanistan

That is so Kimi. Why can Kimi always do something even more kimi?

Well I think he wanted to pick 6 but because it meant something for Nico he just took number 7

The no. 7 was also the year he took the WDC (2007)

Zakwan Farhat thats because he wasn’t a first team driver yet. In practice sessions reserve drivers may be used and their numbers are not fix so they can choose one when they join as first or second driver...

He said no permanent driver had taken it. He wasn't a permanent driver, so it was given as a temporary number.

My first thought too!

Shared superstitions in Persian subcultures, like how 13 is an unlucky number in "Western" subcultures.

@@aykhanmammedzade619 Thanks for the critical information.

Stupid

I mention that in another Comment. Ferrai choose the 27/28 in the Past, because 27 was the House Number from Enzo Ferrai. I was wondering back in the Days why they have those strange Numbers. I mean there was no 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 ... in the Grid. So why did they have the 27? Later than i found out, it was the House Number from Enzo Ferrari.

Karl S. If 27 really was Enzo’s house number it would be really coincidental, since back then the teams / drivers couldn’t choose their number, watch 4:08

@@SN13K3R Whaaat ? The Teams could not change their Numbers? Do you ever ask yourself why Williams and McLaren had all the time 5/6 or 7/8, and the other Top Team Ferrari had 27/28 all the time? Strange, dont you think? To give a Top Team those Numbers, while other Top Teams drive with 5/6 or 7/8. That 27 was Enzos Housenumber is Basic Knowledge in Italy. You will not find one Italian Ferrari Fan, who dont know that.

Karl S. It can impossibly be the reason why Ferrari wore those numbers on the car, if you watch this video Chain Bear explains how the numbering was organised from 1974 until 1995, the reason Ferrari got the 27/28 was because they adopted the number from Williams after losing the championship, which was won by Williams that year, the rule back then was that the winning team swapped with the previous winner the season before. But in this case because williams were so low down at the point the number 27/28 were handed out to them, when Ferrari lost the championship to them they went all the way down to 27/28 because they swapped with Williams, it’s what chain bear explains here as well

@@SN13K3R You do realise that in GT3 series, and in WEC Ferrari also drive the 27. But ... belive what ever you want. I mean ... when Chainbear say it, than it must be true -_-

And both 18 & 19 were retired in F2.

Jamie Wilson Bono gets cut off as an m26 slams into the pit wall

Exactly what i thought🤣🤣

nice

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Creative 🙄

n i c e

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My boy Lance 😍😍😍 yes, I'm a fanboy, I love him

Fetus Gaming Can’t have 19 anymore

nice

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@@jinxy7869 shut up redditor

In f1 2021

@@TheFBLP In F1 games you can pick any number except 1 (You can pick it after winning WDC though), 17 and the ones current drivers have, so yeah he can take number 9 in F1 2019

@@RandomGuy37 I'm still surprised they didn't retire 19 after what's happened

I am way more annoyed than i should be for not knowing this

@@rolfboesjes4216 I also don't know could you pleas tell me?

no idea?

@@rolfboesjes4216 please reveal

@@sriley064 no

WCht the video fully too keep the watch time up beecasue yt

@@BrendanP if he has bad/low watch time yt will not promote the video

Multi

Nyck De Vries?

What's funnier is that if you double that number, we have Danil "The Torpedo" Kvyat's...

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Thanks. I'll inform one of my drivers about this.

@@aptiveviennapro I have no idea what I was talking about in this comment. Guess I'll have to rewatch the video

You mean like... FOREVER?

Yup, I'm not a fan of permanent numbers. I guess I get why they did it (the driver keeps getting moved deeper into the car) but...put their frick'n name on the side like they used to. Nobody has enough sponsors (the reason for removing the names and shrinking the car numbers) these days anyway so what's the harm.

Well, a favourite number can be for no particular reason. Mine is 27, why I don't know, it just feels good.

I prefer 1692 Yeah, my favourite number has 4 digits. Why not though?

@@Propulus my favourite is also 27 because of my bday

@@Propulus yuck thats a terrible number i feel like we wouldnt be friends irl

Mines 410...

You can thank Nico Rosberg (6) for that, he jumped ship from F1 after winning the title and Lance's intended teammate Bottas (77) then moved to fill the opening

He might have taken it to troll every one of us.. 😝

Double that, we have Kvyat's... XD

the real question is why no one chose 69

@@bruinsfan3725 maturity

@@bruinsfan3725 lol

@@neurodivergent4life Or lack thereof

@@bruinsfan3725 There was a driver who had it in the 60's

So do i

Best number in the world if I can be an f1 driver

The number 63?

If they used the modern system back then, Hunt would've definitely chosen 69.

Good luck knocking Perez, out then to get that number😂

miles4711 no, the number the first picked stays with them until they retire so they can't change it

Permanent driver number, I guess that’s very self-explanatory.

@@ravindrabastari9013 That doesn't quite hold up tho. Say you "retire" for more than 2 seasons, some rookie comes in and takes your number, and you rejoin formula 1. You now can't get your old number back and have to choose a new one.

@@Excludos You are correct.

@TheWeeaboo Neither the fact that Ricciardo is changing teams nor that he is lower in the Drivers' Championship make any difference. The rule is very simple (extract form the FIA 2019 Formula One Sporting Regulations, article 9.2): "Prior to the start of the 2014 World Championship season race numbers will be permanently allocated to drivers by ballot, such numbers must then be used by that driver during every Formula One World Championship Event he takes part in throughout his career in Formula 1. A driver’s career in Formula 1 will be deemed to have ended if he does not participate in an Event for two entire consecutive Championship seasons. Any new drivers, either at the start of or during a season, will also be allocated a permanent number in the same way. The only exception to this allocation process will be for the reigning World Champion who will have the option to use the number one. The number that was previously allocated to him will be reserved for him in subsequent seasons if he does not retain the title of World Champion." You choose a number and stay with it for your whole career, no matter what your favourite number is, what is better for your marketing, or whatever. There is some kind of a "loophole": If Max wants to change his number to 3, he needs to retire from Formula 1, convince Ricciardo to retire as well, wait until both numbers are avaliable, then convince some new driver to take number 33 while convincing every other new driver not to take number 3, so when he wants to be back he can't have his old number and would have to choose one that is not in use, then choose number 3. Nothing is impossible, so I will say this is very unlikely. Actually, I would bet $100 with anyone on that move not happening.

Same here lol

Bottas originally took 77 while at Williams; he moved to Mercedes when Nico Rosberg (6, now in use by Nicholas Latifi) jumped ship with title in hand

Well Lewis choose 44 which happened to be one of his karting number and now look.

Ooh weird, I'm sure I watched this vid yesterday but it just popped up again in my notifications.

Ooh weird, I'm sure I watched this vid yesterday but it just popped up again in my notifications.

@@satyris410 Yeah, you must have watched the Autosport version, I know I did

One Video that Chainbear makes has to go to Autosport, the rest comes here, Its part of a deal they have together. in turn autosport supports Chainbears channel.

This is good for chainbear as he gets their followers once they get that chainbear has his own channel.

Well... Kabul Baku They're similar.

Baran Yıldırım It was close enough