List of red-flagged Formula One races

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. The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants and vehicles must conform. The Formula One World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, usually held on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets. The results of each race are combined to determine two annual championships, one for drivers and one for constructors.

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. 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. 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. 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. Previously, the race was restarted in race order from the penultimate lap before the red flag was shown. 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". If 75% of the race distance has not been completed and the race cannot be resumed, half points are awarded. Until 2015, no points were supposed to be awarded if the race could not be restarted and less than two laps had been completed, but starting in 2016 this rule was updated to "no points if two laps or less have been completed".

Since the first World Championship Grand Prix in 1950, red flags have been shown in 88 World Championship Formula One races, with the latest one being at the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix. A total of 26 races were restarted on the first lap, while 13 Grands Prix 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 1975 Spanish Grand Prix was stopped on lap 29 and not restarted after Rolf Stommelen's car crashed into a spectator area, killing five people; the 1978 Italian Grand Prix was red-flagged after a massive crash that ultimately contributed to the death of Ronnie Peterson; the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix was halted on the first lap after Riccardo Paletti was killed when his car collided with the back of Didier Pironi's Ferrari; the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix was red-flagged following the fatal crash of Ayrton Senna, in which his car crashed into a wall at the Tamburello curve; the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix 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. The 2023 Australian Grand Prix holds the record for most red flags, with three.

Red-flagged races

Key

N	Indicates the race was not restarted
Y	Indicates the race was restarted over the original distance
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

• The "Lap" column identifies the lap on which the race was stopped.
• The "R" column indicates whether or not the race was restarted:

Formula One World Championship races that have been red-flagged

Year	Grand Prix	Lap	R	Winner	Incident that prompted red flag	Failed to make the restart		Ref.
						Drivers	Reason
1971	Canadian	64	N	Jackie Stewart	Mist.
1973	British	2	Y	Peter Revson	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	Crash
						Andrea de Adamich	Crash, injured
						David Purley	Spun off
						Graham McRae	Throttle
1974	Brazilian	32	N	Emerson Fittipaldi	Rain.
1975	Spanish	29	N	Jochen Mass	Crash of Rolf Stommelen which killed four people. Half points were awarded.
	British	56	N	Emerson Fittipaldi	Rain and crashes involving Wilson Fittipaldi, Jochen Mass, John Watson, Carlos Pace, Jody Scheckter, James Hunt and Mark Donohue.
	Austrian	29	N	Vittorio Brambilla	Rain. Half points were awarded.
1976	British	1	Y	Niki Lauda	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. James Hunt would be disqualified two months later.
	German	2	Y	James Hunt	Crash involving Niki Lauda, Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl.	Niki Lauda	Crash, injured
						Brett Lunger Harald Ertl	Crash
						Chris Amon	Withdrew
						Hans-Joachim Stuck	Clutch
						Jacques Laffite	Gearbox
1978	Austrian	7	R	Ronnie Peterson	Rain. The race was decided by combining the time from the first 7 laps with the time from the restarted 47 laps.	Mario Andretti Jody Scheckter Nelson Piquet Héctor Rebaque Harald Ertl Riccardo Patrese Alan Jones James Hunt	Spun off
	Italian	1	S	Niki Lauda	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 laps due to the concerns over darkness.	Ronnie Peterson	Fatal crash
						Vittorio Brambilla Hans-Joachim Stuck	Injured
						Didier Pironi	Spare car used by teammate
						Brett Lunger	No spare car available
1979	Argentine	1	Y	Jacques Laffite	A huge crash involving Jody Scheckter, Arturo Merzario, Didier Pironi, Nelson Piquet, John Watson, Patrick Tambay and Mario Andretti.	Arturo Merzario Didier Pironi	Crash
						Jody Scheckter Nelson Piquet	Injured
						Patrick Tambay	Spare car used by teammate
	South African	2	R	Gilles Villeneuve	Rain.
1980	Canadian	1	Y	Alan Jones	Crash involving Jean-Pierre Jarier, Derek Daly, Emerson Fittipaldi, Keke Rosberg, Mario Andretti, Gilles Villeneuve and Jochen Mass.	Derek Daly	No spare car available
						Mike Thackwell	Car used by teammate
1981	Belgian	2	R	Carlos Reutemann	Start crash that involved Riccardo Patrese and teammate Siegfried Stohr, injuring Patrese's mechanic.	Riccardo Patrese Siegfried Stohr	Team withdrew after mechanic got injured
		54	N		Rain.
	French	58	R	Alain Prost	Rain. The race was decided by combining the time from the first 58 laps with the time from the restarted 22 laps.
1982	Detroit	7	S	John Watson	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 laps, shortened to 56 laps due to the two-hour time limit.	Riccardo Patrese Roberto Guerrero	Crash
	Canadian	1	Y	Nelson Piquet	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	Crash
						Jean-Pierre Jarier	Withdrew
1984	Monaco	31	N	Alain Prost	Rain. Half points were awarded.
	Detroit	1	Y	Nelson Piquet	Crash at the start involving Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, Michele Alboreto and Marc Surer	Marc Surer	No spare car available
	British	11	S	Niki Lauda	Crash of Jonathan Palmer. The race was restarted for 60 laps, rather than the original 64 laps.
	Austrian	1	Y	Niki Lauda	Improper start procedure.
1985	Austrian	1	Y	Alain Prost	Crash at the start involving Teo Fabi, Elio de Angelis, Michele Alboreto and Gerhard Berger.	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Car used by teammate
1986	British	1	Y	Nigel Mansell	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	Injured
						Christian Danner	Spare car used by teammate
						Piercarlo Ghinzani Allen Berg	No spare car available
1987	Belgian	2	Y	Alain Prost	Crash involving Jonathan Palmer and Philippe Streiff.	Jonathan Palmer	Spare car used by teammate
	Austrian	1	Y	Nigel Mansell	The first race start ended quickly after Martin Brundle crashed, then Jonathan Palmer, Philippe Streiff and Piercarlo Ghinzani collided.
					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	Spare car used by teammate
	Portuguese	2	Y	Alain Prost	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	Spare car used by teammate
	Mexican	30	S	Nigel Mansell	Crash of Derek Warwick. The race was decided by combining the time from the first 30 laps with the time from the restarted 33 laps.
1988	Portuguese	1	Y	Alain Prost	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.
1989	San Marino	4	S	Ayrton Senna	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 laps.	Gerhard Berger	Injured
	Mexican	2	Y	Ayrton Senna	Crash involving Stefano Modena and Olivier Grouillard
	French	1	Y	Alain Prost	Crash involving Nigel Mansell, Maurício Gugelmin, Thierry Boutsen, René Arnoux and Jonathan Palmer
	Australian	2	Y	Thierry Boutsen	Crash involving JJ Lehto.	Alain Prost	Withdrew
						Nicola Larini	Electrical
1990	Monaco	1	Y	Ayrton Senna	Crash involving Gerhard Berger and Alain Prost which partially blocked the track.
	Belgian	1	Y	Ayrton Senna	Multiple crashes on the first lap, involving Martin Donnelly, Nigel Mansell, Aguri Suzuki and several others.	Aguri Suzuki
					Crash involving Paolo Barilla, resulting in a damaged guardrail.	Paolo Barilla
	Italian	2	Y	Ayrton Senna	Crash of Derek Warwick.
	Portuguese	61	N	Nigel Mansell	Crash involving Aguri Suzuki and Alex Caffi.
1991	Australian	14	N	Ayrton Senna	Rain. Half points were awarded.
1992	French	18	S	Nigel Mansell	Rain. The race was decided by combining the time from the first 18 laps with the time from the restarted 51 laps.
1994	San Marino	7	S	Michael Schumacher	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 laps.	Ayrton Senna	Fatal crash
						Érik Comas	Withdrew
	Italian	1	Y	Damon Hill	Crash involving Johnny Herbert, Eddie Irvine, David Coulthard and Olivier Panis
	Japanese	15	S	Damon Hill	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 laps.	Martin Brundle	Crash
1995	Argentine	1	Y	Damon Hill	Several crashes involving Jean Alesi, Mika Salo, Luca Badoer, Olivier Panis, Pierluigi Martini, Johnny Herbert, Rubens Barrichello and Ukyo Katayama.	Luca Badoer	Spare car used by teammate
	Monaco	1	Y	Michael Schumacher	Crash involving Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger and David Coulthard.	Domenico Schiattarella	Car damaged by marshals
						Jos Verstappen	Gearbox
	Italian	1	Y	Johnny Herbert	Crash involving Max Papis, Jean-Christophe Boullion, Andrea Montermini, Pedro Diniz and Roberto Moreno.	Andrea Montermini Roberto Moreno	No spare car available
	Portuguese	1	Y	David Coulthard	Crash involving Ukyo Katayama, Luca Badoer, Pedro Diniz and Roberto Moreno.	Ukyo Katayama	Crash, injured
						Max Papis	Gearbox
1996	Australian	1	Y	Damon Hill	Crash involving Martin Brundle, David Coulthard and Johnny Herbert.	Johnny Herbert	Spare car used by teammate
1997	Brazilian	1	Y	Jacques Villeneuve	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	Spare car used by teammate
	Canadian	56	N	Michael Schumacher	Crash of Olivier Panis.
1998	Canadian	1	Y	Michael Schumacher	Crash involving Jean Alesi, Johnny Herbert, Jarno Trulli and Alexander Wurz.
	French	1	S	Michael Schumacher	Improper start procedure after Jos Verstappen stalled his car at the start.
	Belgian	1	Y	Damon Hill	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 Olivier Panis	Spare car used by teammate
1999	British	1	Y	David Coulthard	Jacques Villeneuve and Alessandro Zanardi stalled their cars at the start. Michael Schumacher crashed after the red flag was shown.	Michael Schumacher	Crash, injured
2000	Monaco	1	Y	David Coulthard	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 which blocked the road for Jacques Villeneuve, Ricardo Zonta, Nick Heidfeld, Pedro Diniz, Gastón Mazzacane and Marc Gené.	Pedro de la Rosa	No spare car available
2001	German	2	Y	Ralf Schumacher	Crash involving Luciano Burti and Michael Schumacher.
	Belgian	5	S	Michael Schumacher	Crash involving Luciano Burti and Eddie Irvine, resulting in a damaged tyre wall.	Luciano Burti	Crash, injured
						Eddie Irvine	Crash
						Kimi Räikkönen	Transmission
						Fernando Alonso	Gearbox
2003	Brazilian	56	N	Giancarlo Fisichella	Crashes of Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso.
2007	European	5	R	Fernando Alonso	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 Vitantonio Liuzzi	Crash
2009	Malaysian	33	N	Jenson Button	Torrential rain and crashes of Sébastien Buemi, Sebastian Vettel and Giancarlo Fisichella. Half points were awarded.
2010	Korean	3	R	Fernando Alonso	Rain.
2011	Monaco	72	R	Sebastian Vettel	Crash involving Adrian Sutil, Lewis Hamilton, Jaime Alguersuari and Vitaly Petrov.	Jaime Alguersuari Vitaly Petrov	Crash
	Canadian	25	R	Jenson Button	Rain.
2012	Malaysian	9	R	Fernando Alonso	Rain.
2013	Monaco	46	R	Nico Rosberg	Crash involving Pastor Maldonado and Max Chilton, resulting in a damaged barrier blocking the track.	Pastor Maldonado	Crash
2014	British	1	R	Lewis Hamilton	Crash involving Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa and Kamui Kobayashi, resulting in a damaged guardrail.	Kimi Räikkönen Felipe Massa	Crash
	Japanese	2	R	Lewis Hamilton	Torrential rain as a consequence of Typhoon Phanfone.
		46	N		Fatal crash of Jules Bianchi.
2016	Australian	18	R	Nico Rosberg	Crash involving Fernando Alonso and Esteban Gutiérrez.	Fernando Alonso	Crash, Injured
						Esteban Gutiérrez	Crash
						Rio Haryanto	Driveshaft
	Belgian	9	R	Nico Rosberg	Crash of Kevin Magnussen, resulting in a damaged barrier.	Kevin Magnussen	Crash
	Brazilian	20	R	Lewis Hamilton	Rain and crash of Kimi Räikkönen.	Kimi Räikkönen	Crash
						Jolyon Palmer	Collision Damage
		28	R		Rain.
2017	Azerbaijan	22	R	Daniel Ricciardo	Debris on the track following multiple incidents.
2020	Italian	27	R	Pierre Gasly	Crash of Charles Leclerc, resulting in a damaged barrier.	Charles Leclerc	Crash
	Tuscan	9	R	Lewis Hamilton	Crash involving Carlos Sainz Jr., Nicholas Latifi, Kevin Magnussen and Antonio Giovinazzi.	Carlos Sainz Jr. Nicholas Latifi Kevin Magnussen Antonio Giovinazzi	Crash
						Esteban Ocon	Brakes
		46	R		Crash of Lance Stroll, resulting in a damaged barrier.	Lance Stroll	Crash
	Bahrain	1	R	Lewis Hamilton	Crash of Romain Grosjean.	Romain Grosjean	Crash, injured
2021	Emilia Romagna	33	R	Max Verstappen	Crash involving Valtteri Bottas and George Russell, resulting in debris on the track.	Valtteri Bottas George Russell	Crash
	Azerbaijan	48	R	Sergio Pérez	Crash of Max Verstappen, resulting in debris on the track.	Max Verstappen	Crash
	British	2	R	Lewis Hamilton	Crash involving Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, resulting in a damaged barrier.	Max Verstappen	Crash
	Hungarian	2	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	Crash
	Belgian	3	N	Max Verstappen	Rain. Half points were awarded.
	Saudi Arabian	13	R	Lewis Hamilton	Crash of Mick Schumacher, resulting in a damaged barrier.	Mick Schumacher	Crash
		15	R		Crashes involving Charles Leclerc, Nikita Mazepin, Sergio Pérez and George Russell.	Nikita Mazepin Sergio Pérez George Russell	Crash
2022	Monaco	30	S	Sergio Pérez	Crash of Mick Schumacher, resulting in a damaged barrier.	Mick Schumacher	Crash
	British	1	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 Alexander Albon	Crash
	Japanese	2	S	Max Verstappen	Rain and crash of Carlos Sainz Jr.	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Crash
						Alexander Albon	Collision damage
2023	Australian	8	R	Max Verstappen	Crash of Alexander Albon, resulting in gravel on track.	Alexander Albon	Crash
		55	R		Crash of Kevin Magnussen.	Kevin Magnussen	Crash
		57	R		Crashes involving Logan Sargeant, Nyck de Vries, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly.	Logan Sargeant Nyck de Vries Esteban Ocon Pierre Gasly	Crash
	Dutch	64	R	Max Verstappen	Rain and crash of Zhou Guanyu, resulting in a damaged barrier.	Zhou Guanyu	Crash
	Mexico City	34	R	Max Verstappen	Crash of Kevin Magnussen, resulting in a damaged barrier.	Kevin Magnussen	Crash
	São Paulo	2	R	Max Verstappen	Crash involving Alexander Albon and Kevin Magnussen, resulting in a damaged barrier and debris on the track.	Alexander Albon Kevin Magnussen	Crash
2024	Japanese	1	R	Max Verstappen	Crash involving Daniel Ricciardo and Alexander Albon, resulting in a damaged barrier.	Daniel Ricciardo Alexander Albon	Crash
	Monaco	1	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	Crash
						Esteban Ocon	Collision damage
	São Paulo	32	S	Max Verstappen	Crash of Franco Colapinto.	Franco Colapinto	Crash
						Nico Hülkenberg	Disqualified

Non-championship races

Year	Event	Lap	R	Winner	Incident that prompted red flag	Failed to make the restart		Ref.
						Drivers	Reason
1971	Brand Hatch	15	N	Peter Gethin	Fatal crash of Jo Siffert.