As a sporting competition, Formula 1 is built on technical excellence and stunning car control, yet its unique selling points often take a back seat to the familiar attraction of controversy and drama.
Off-track disputes and instances of broken rules and on-track collisions have shaped grand prix racing as we know it.
Watch the video below to see which controversies our F1 writer Edd Straw has selected as the biggest in F1 history – and if you’d like to learn more about some of them, check out the relevant episodes of our Bring Back V10s retro F1 podcast here, here and here.
