Video: Why F1 has introduced new secret car checks in 2021. Why F1 has introduced new secret car checks in 2021.

The FIA will carry out deeper technical checks on one car drawn at random at every grand prix in 2021. At the Bahrain Grand Prix the lucky winner of this draw was Valtteri Bottas, whose Mercedes passed the additional checks with flying colours. This is part of a push by the FIA to further close down any possible avenues for cheating in F1, with the hope being that the threat of a team’s car being chosen for the random extra checks will prevent teams being willing to take too many risks around F1’s technical rules. So how does it work? Edd Straw explains all this latest video.