Moosmann wrote:

Soweit ich mich erinnern konnte, wurde die Erstauflage von F1`97 kurz nach Auslieferung ca. mitte Oktober vom Handel wieder zurückgeholt weil 3 Fahrer mit der Lizens nicht einverstanden waren... Was dannach passiert ist, wusste ich nicht mehr, nur das es erst kurz vor Weihnachten wieder erhältlich war. Ich wusste auch nicht, ob das mit der Spielanleitung, Cover, oder Rückseite oder an dem Spiel selber zusammengehangen hat. Also was da genau zu beanstanden gab, ist schon zu lange her. Vielleicht weiss einer mehr.

Six weeks after its release, the game had to disappear from store shelves for a while. In all the rush to work on it, Psygnosis, the game's publisher, forgot to close negotiations with the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile). The FIA accused Psygnosis in court of illegally placing its logo on the game's packaging. After analyzing the case files, the court ordered the suspension of its sales. Psygnosis had to act quickly and decided to correct the game's covers, removing the aforementioned FIA logo. However, it was not such a big loss, because most of the first-edition copies of the game had already sold out by that time. This can be seen even today in online auctions, where almost all copies of the game have the FIA logo on the cover.


Even legislative problems did not prevent Formula 1 97 from being a success and the game, like its predecessor, sold in huge numbers, even breaking the world record for the number of copies sold of a single game (released on CDs) on the day of its debut. [14] Currently, this title may not arouse as much interest among players, but it is still worth having it in your collection and, above all, knowing the story of its spectacular debut in 1997.