Formula 1 will be entering a brand-new regulatory era come the start of 2026, and it got us thinking: What have been some of the craziest F1 rules in the history of the sport?

Today, we’re taking a look — from the sport’s wild double-points experiment to its dropped races. And don’t worry; the wild history of qualifying rules will be getting its very own post!

10 crazy F1 rules

Dropped races

For the majority of Formula 1’s history, not every race counted toward the World Championship.

Even if a driver competed in every single race during a season, only a specific number of results would count toward the championship, and that number changed on a fairly regular basis.

For example, in 1950, only four of the season’s seven rounds would count toward a driver’s final points total. In 1967

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