Actually , no . his eligibility for 2017 is dependant on his racing record over his past 3 racing seasons 2014 , 2015 , and 2016 . Check the FIA International Sporting Code , Appendix L , Section 5 . 1 . 7 a . For a simpler explanation of how it works , see this post in the F 1 Feeder Series sub . <| sep |> I ' m sorry , but you have TypeO Typabetes . <| sep |> Not that easily it takes some work , preferably by someone with halfdecent skills . The people who are antisocial enough to do that also tend to be too lazy to put in the work to learn how to do it . And , cars can have a cryptographic verification system which allows a manufacturer or the car itself to verify that the video hasn ' t been tampered with that ' s actually a quite simple thing to program compared to a automated recording system , and wouldn ' t violate any privacy rights because it would only be used to verify the claims that the person sent in just like no one has an issue with police using tracing on phones that call 911 there ' s no privacy violation for them to locate a phone that has called them , and it ' s critical for providing emergency services to a location when the caller doesn ' t know exactly where they are . And , if your car has its own video , it can easily provide evidence to the contrary . Then the police can charge someone with filing a false report , and they will have all the evidence they could ever need .