Pull the curtain back

Welcome to the paddock.

Formula 1, explained without jargon left undefined and without knowledge assumed. Built for fans who started with Drive to Survive — and want to know how the sport actually works.

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Miami Grand Prix

Miami International Autodrome · Miami

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What Is F1?

Twenty-two drivers. Eleven teams. The fastest cars on Earth.

Formula 1 is the top tier of motorsport. Each year, eleven teams build two cars from scratch under a strict rulebook, and twenty-two drivers race them around twenty-two circuits. Whoever scores the most points becomes World Champion. That's the surface. The depth — the engineering, the strategy, the politics — is what this site exists to explain.

Where the season stands

Live standings

Driver standings

2026 · After Round 3
P Driver Team Pts Wins
1 Andrea Kimi Antonelli ANT Mercedes 75 2
2 George Russell RUS Mercedes 68 1
3 Charles Leclerc LEC Ferrari 55 0
4 Lewis Hamilton HAM Ferrari 43 0
5 Lando Norris NOR McLaren 33 0
6 Oscar Piastri PIA McLaren 28 0
7 Oliver Bearman BEA Haas F1 Team 17 0
8 Pierre Gasly GAS Alpine F1 Team 16 0
9 Max Verstappen VER Red Bull 16 0
10 Liam Lawson LAW RB F1 Team 10 0

Constructor standings

2026 · After Round 3
P Constructor Pts Wins
1 Mercedes 143 3
2 Ferrari 98 0
3 McLaren 61 0
4 Red Bull 20 0
5 Haas F1 Team 18 0
6 Alpine F1 Team 17 0
7 RB F1 Team 14 0
8 Audi 2 0
9 Williams 2 0
10 Cadillac F1 Team 0 0
11 Aston Martin 0 0

Pick a section

Where do you want to start?

SECTION 01

Drivers

The current grid and the legends who built the sport.
SECTION 02

Teams

Eleven constructors. Eleven engineering philosophies. Eleven paint schemes.
SECTION 03

The Car

Halo. Diffuser. Turbo. Every part of an F1 car decoded.
SECTION 04

Race Weekend

Practice, qualifying, sprint, race — what each session actually does.
SECTION 05

Rules & Regs

Points, flags, penalties, parc fermé — without the rulebook tedium.
SECTION 06

Tracks

22 circuits, 22 personalities. From Monaco to Las Vegas.
SECTION 07

Strategy

Tyres, pit stops, undercut, DRS, ERS — the why behind every move.

How to read this site

Two audiences. Same pages.

STEP A

Just here to get the basics

Each page opens in plain language. No jargon, no assumed knowledge. If you only read the top of every section, you'll come away with a real understanding of what Formula 1 is.
THINK OF IT LIKE

Read the top of every page and stop where you want.

STEP B

Want the strategic 'why'

Every page has a deep end. Strategic context, technical detail, the reasoning behind why teams make the calls they do. If you've watched a season or two and want to level up, that's where you'll spend your time.
THINK OF IT LIKE

Keep scrolling. The deeper you go, the deeper the page goes.