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# Video: 10 times F1 rules were changed mid-season
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-10-times-f1-rules-were-changed-mid-season/
- Published: 2020-10-02T07:24:53.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T18:02:31.000Z
- Description: The mid-season engine mode directive that failed to dent Mercedes’ dominance was far from the only time F1 has had a major in-season rule change
- Author: Valentin Khorounzhiy
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-center-center

Formula 1 mandating a single engine mode through qualifying and the race mid-season during 2020 has failed to interrupt Mercedes’ domination.

It’s far from the first time the goalposts have been adjusted during the middle of a championship campaign.

[Our latest video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUSwhnQ5emo&ref=the-race.com) looks back at 10 other times a rule change or clarification caused a mid-season headache and why the changes couldn’t wait, with reasons varying from safety to aesthetics.