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This is a list of Formula One World Championship races which have been red-flagged, that is to say stopped at an unscheduled time. A race is red-flagged in dangerous conditions. Following a red flag, the race may be restarted after the danger has cleared or the race may be called and a result announced. If it is chosen that the race will not be restarted and less than 75% of the race distance has been completed, half the full number of points will be awarded if at least 2 laps have been completed. Red flags have been less frequent since the reintroduction of the safety car in 1992 in full-course caution situations. This is because incidents that require marshals to do moderate work to cars or to tend to crashes will simply require the race to be neutralised behind the safety car at reduced pace while marshals tend to the issue at hand, instead of a red flag, which requires the race be stopped for a minimum of 15 minutes.
A pink background indicates races which were not restarted.
| Year | Race | Lap | Reason | Restart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Canadian | 25 | Heavy rain. | The race was restarted with Sebastian Vettel starting from pole position. The race restarted behind the Safety Car. |
| Monaco | 72 | Accidents of Jaime Alguersuari and Vitaly Petrov. | The race was restarted with all drivers starting in their running order as of lap 71. The race was restarted behind the Safety Car. | |
| 2010 | Korean | 3 | Rain causing the track surface to be extremely slippery. | The race was restarted with Sebastian Vettel starting from pole position. The race restarted behind the Safety Car. |
| 2009 | Malaysian | 33 | Torrential rain and accidents of Sébastien Buemi, Sebastian Vettel and Giancarlo Fisichella. | Race was not restarted and Jenson Button was awarded the race win. Under 75% of the race distance had been completed so half-points were awarded. |
| 2007 | European | 5 | Rain and accidents of Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil, Lewis Hamilton, Scott Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi | The race was restarted with Markus Winkelhock starting from pole position. The race restarted behind the Safety Car. |
| 2003 | Brazilian | 56 | Accidents of Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso. | Over 75% of the race distance had been completed so the race was not restarted and Giancarlo Fisichella was awarded the race win.[1] |
| 2001 | Belgian | 5 | Accident of Luciano Burti and Eddie Irvine. | The race was restarted with Michael Schumacher on pole. With the new rules, the second part of the race was declared the overall race result (previously, aggregate times had been used).[2] |
| German | 2 | Collision between Luciano Burti and a slowing Michael Schumacher, due to Schumacher's gearbox failing just after the race start leading to debris on the start/finish straight. | The race was restarted with Juan Pablo Montoya on pole. | |
| 2000 | Monaco | 1 | The red flag was initially shown on the start/finish straight before any incident occurred, due to a computer problem. Shortly afterwards a collision between Pedro de la Rosa and Jenson Button blocked the track and led to a genuine red flag. | The race was restarted with Michael Schumacher on pole. De la Rosa failed to restart. [3] |
| 1999 | British | 1 | Stalled cars of Alex Zanardi and Jacques Villeneuve. Michael Schumacher crashed and broke his leg shortly after the red flag was shown. | The race was restarted with Mika Häkkinen on pole. |
| 1998 | Belgian | 1 | Major accident involving more than half the field. | The race was restarted with Mika Häkkinen on pole. Rubens Barrichello, Olivier Panis, Mika Salo and Ricardo Rosset were unable to take the restart due to the spare car being used by their team mates. |
| French | 1 | Stalled car of Jos Verstappen. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Mika Häkkinen on pole. | |
| Canadian | 1 | First corner accident involving Jean Alesi, Alexander Wurz, Johnny Herbert and Jarno Trulli. | The race was restarted with David Coulthard on pole. Apart from Herbert, the other drivers involved in the collision took the restart using their spare cars. Sauber was able to repair Herbert's car, so he took the restart with his original car.[4] | |
| 1997 | Canadian | 56 | Accident of Olivier Panis. | Over 75% of the race distance had been completed so the race was not restarted and Michael Schumacher was awarded the race win. |
| Brazilian | 1 | Accident of Giancarlo Fisichella, Eddie Irvine, Jan Magnussen and Damon Hill and stalled car of Rubens Barrichello. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Jacques Villeneuve on pole. Magnussen was unable to take the restart. | |
| 1996 | Australian | 1 | Accident of Martin Brundle, David Coulthard and Johnny Herbert. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Jacques Villeneuve on pole. Johnny Herbert was unable to take the restart. |
| 1995 | Portuguese | 1 | Accident of Ukyo Katayama, Andrea Montermini, Luca Badoer and Roberto Moreno. Katayama was injured. | The race was restarted over the original distance with David Coulthard on pole. Katayama and Max Papis failed to restart. |
| Italian | 1 | Accident of Max Papis, Jean-Christophe Boullion, Andrea Montermini, Pedro Diniz and Roberto Moreno. | The race was restarted over the original distance with David Coulthard on pole. Montermini and Moreno failed to restart. | |
| Monaco | 1 | Accident of Jean Alesi, Gerhard Berger and David Coulthard. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Damon Hill on pole. Domenico Schiattarella failed to restart. | |
| Argentine | 1 | Accidents of Rubens Barrichello, Luca Badoer, Jean Alesi, Mika Salo and Olivier Panis. | The race was restarted over the original distance with David Coulthard on pole. Badoer failed to restart. | |
| 1994 | Japanese | 13 | Accident of Martin Brundle. | The race was restarted and run on aggregate with Michael Schumacher on pole. The restart was done behind the safety car. |
| Italian | 1 | Accident of Eddie Irvine, Johnny Herbert, David Coulthard and Olivier Panis. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Jean Alesi on pole. | |
| San Marino | 7 | Fatal accident of Ayrton Senna. | The race was restarted with Michael Schumacher on pole. | |
| 1992 | French | 18 | Rain. | The race was restarted with Riccardo Patrese on pole. |
| 1991 | Australian | 14 | Rain and accidents of Jean Alesi, Nicola Larini, Michael Schumacher and, later, Nigel Mansell and Gerhard Berger. | Rain continued to fall so the race was not restarted and Ayrton Senna was awarded the race win. Half-points were awarded. |
| 1990 | Portuguese | 61 | Accident of Alex Caffi. | The race was not restarted and Nigel Mansell was awarded the race win. |
| Italian | 2 | Accident of Derek Warwick. | The race was restarted from original race distance with Ayrton Senna on pole. | |
| Belgian | 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Ayrton Senna on pole. Aguri Suzuki and Martin Donnelly failed to start. | |
| 1 | Accident of Paolo Barilla and damaged barrier. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Ayrton Senna on pole. Suzuki and Barilla failed to restart. | ||
| Monaco | 1 | Accident of Alain Prost and Gerhard Berger. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Ayrton Senna on pole. | |
| 1989 | Australian | 2 | Multiple accidents on first lap. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Ayrton Senna on pole. |
| French | 1 | Accident of Maurício Gugelmin, Nigel Mansell, Olivier Grouillard and Thierry Boutsen. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Alain Prost on pole. | |
| Mexican | 2 | Accident on first lap. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Ayrton Senna on pole. | |
| San Marino | 3 | Accident of Gerhard Berger. | The race was restarted with Ayrton Senna on pole. | |
| 1988 | Portuguese | 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Alain Prost on pole. |
| 1987 | Mexican | 30 | Accident of Derek Warwick. | The race was restarted with Nigel Mansell on pole. |
| Portuguese | 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Gerhard Berger on pole. Christian Danner failed to restart. | |
| Austrian | 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Nelson Piquet on pole. | |
| 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Nelson Piquet on pole. Philippe Streiff failed to restart. | ||
| Belgian | 2 | Accident of Jonathan Palmer and Philippe Streiff. | The race was restarted over the original distance with Nigel Mansell on pole. Palmer failed to restart. | |
| 1986 | British | 1 | Accident at the start in which Jacques Laffite suffered broken legs. | The race was restarted with Nelson Piquet on pole. Laffite, Christian Danner, Piercarlo Ghinzani and Allen Berg failed to restart. |
| 1985 | Austrian | 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted with Alain Prost on pole. |
| 1984 | Austrian | 1 | Start lights malfunctioned. | The race was restarted with Nelson Piquet on pole. |
| British | 11 | Accident of Jonathan Palmer. | The race was restarted with Nelson Piquet on pole. | |
| Detroit | 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted with Nelson Piquet on pole. Marc Surer failed to restart. | |
| Monaco | 31 | Rain. | The race was not restarted and Alain Prost was awarded the race win. Half-points were awarded. | |
| 1982 | Detroit | 6 | Rain and accidents of Riccardo Patrese and Roberto Guerrero. | The race was restarted with Alain Prost on pole. |
| Canadian | 1 | Accident at the start in which Riccardo Paletti was killed. | The race was restarted with Didier Pironi on pole. | |
| 1981 | French | 58 | Accident of Jacques Laffite. | The race was restarted with Alain Prost on pole. |
| Belgian | 54 | Rain. | The race was not restarted and Carlos Reutemann was awarded the race win. | |
| 1980 | Canadian | 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted with Nelson Piquet on pole. Derek Daly and Mike Thackwell failed to restart. |
| 1979 | South African | 2 | Rain and accident of Jan Lammers. | The race was restarted with Gilles Villeneuve on pole. |
| Argentine | 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted over the original distance. Five drivers failed to restart. | |
| 1978 | Italian | 1 | Accidents of 5 drivers, including Ronnie Peterson, who later died as a result of his injuries. | The race was restarted with Gilles Villeneuve on pole. |
| Austrian | 7 | Rain and accidents of 4 drivers. | The race was restarted with Ronnie Peterson on pole. | |
| 1976 | German | 2 | Accident of Niki Lauda, Brett Lunger and Harald Ertl. | The race was restarted over the original distance with James Hunt on pole. Six drivers failed to restart. |
| British | 1 | Accident at the start. | The race was restarted over the original distance. James Hunt, Clay Regazzoni and Jacques Laffite were disqualified for using spare car in restart, the latter two after their retirements. Niki Lauda on pole. | |
| 1975 | Austrian | 29 | Rain. | The race was not restarted and Vittorio Brambilla was awarded the race win. Half-points were awarded. |
| British | 56 | Rain and accidents of 7 drivers. | The race was not restarted and Emerson Fittipaldi was awarded the race win. | |
| Spanish | 29 | Accidents of Carlos Pace and Rolf Stommelen. | Due to fatalities, the race was not restarted and Jochen Mass was awarded the race win. Half-points were awarded. | |
| 1974 | Brazilian | 32 | Rain. | The race was not restarted and Emerson Fittipaldi was awarded the race win. |
| 1973 | British | 2 | Accident involving nine cars. | The race was restarted. |
| 1971 | Canadian | 64 | Rain. | The race was not restarted and Jackie Stewart was awarded the race win. |
| 1950 | Indy 500 | 138 | Rain. | The race was not restarted and Johnnie Parsons was awarded the race win. |