Where do F1 cars go AFTER the season ends? 

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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.

I was even wondering where they go after season

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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!

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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

3:50 That Black Alpine looks Awesome

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

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

In terms of spare parts it's very likely that cars will be recycled in the future to both help F1 become more sustainable and help keep costs down.

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?" 😄

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

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.

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.

Almost all of these examples where from famous cars. But what happened to the backmarkers. Those who aren't good for any museums and those from teams that no longer exist

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

There is this french company that owns a few cars and allows members of the public to drive them over a weekend or so on a track under supervision. Costs like 3k euro but god damn would that be an experience.

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

That half car is absolutely incredible

alonso has all his cars in his museum

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

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.

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.

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!

There's a few Jaguars at the British motor museum. I know that one of them had its engine removed. Also there's one of Jackie Stewart's Tyrrells there as well.

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 :)

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

Back in the day F1 cars found a second life in South America, South Africa or down under. In 1957 a certain Bernard Ecclestone bought the remaining cars of the Connaught team. At the end of the year he sent "his" driver Stuart Lewis Evans down under and a Connaught car along with him. Evans didn't really sell the car. He traded it for a...stamp collection.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

legend said that there are more than 3 f1 cars in 3 different locations in Indonesia. I know only 2, one British American Tobacco owned Bentoel Cigarette Factory, and the other one is private collection. the next one is still a mistery.

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

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

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

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

1:12 If it took Sauber 2 years to split their car down the middle it'll take 2 centuries for them to win a championship.

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

@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.

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

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

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

We scrapped the chassis by crushing it with a fork lift truck. The same team modified an old car in 2021 to replicate the changes to the floor and went testing to find a fix to their problems on the current car.

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

3:44 that's SF90

Seb needs to collect them all, then he gove tours and take people back in time naming off all the champions.

If I were lucky enough to get my own F1 car,I would get mechanics to work on it to make it street legal to use as a daily driver. Just gotta remember to park it securely.

There is also an f1 car in the fastest ferry boat in Greece

For example the Red Bull car of Max Verstappen with he's won on his debut GP for Red Bull/Spain 2016 is since a couple of months explain in his official fanshop in Swalmen🇳🇱, before that they explain the 2015 Torro Rosso car in the store alongside other items such a his first go-kart, F1 Pirelli tyres, trophy's, helmets and overalls

I have always wondered where all the modern steering units end up, since they become quickly obsolete, and could fetch a good amount of money if sold to the public. I can only imagine a certified steering piece used by a certain driver in given races is something a wealthy F1 fan would happily pay a bundle of money to hang on a wall.

If I was given the F1 car I raced in that thing is staying in my garage under the best dust cover I can get for it.