Insights, deep-dives & race intel
F1 team orders: what 37,359 radio messages actually show
Team orders are the most argued-about thing in Formula 1 and among the rarest things you will ever hear on the radio. We counted every instance across eight seasons of our archive.
F1 sector colours: what purple, green and yellow actually mean
Three colours on a timing screen carry more information than the lap time does, and the Monza pole lap is the cleanest proof of it: Gasly took pole without setting a single fastest sector.
Antonelli wins the Italian Grand Prix from 19th on the grid
He restarted twelfth after the red flag, made one more pit stop than the man he was chasing, and still had enough left to set the fastest lap of the race on the road to the flag.
Ferrari SF-26: The 2026 Car, and What It Has Actually Done
Red and white, pushrod at both ends, and no pole positions in thirteen rounds. But Hamilton is out-qualifying Verstappen 10-3, which is the number nobody expected.
Mercedes W17: The 2026 Car, and What It Actually Does
The W17 is smaller, narrower and lighter than the car before it, and it has taken ten of the first thirteen poles. We measured where its advantage actually comes from.
F1 Telemetry Explained: What the Data Actually Shows
Speed, throttle, brake and gear traces from a real F1 car, what each channel tells you, and the four traps that make most telemetry comparisons wrong.
How Many Laps Is an F1 Race? Every 2026 Circuit
Monaco has the most laps of any race and the shortest distance. Spa has the fewest laps and one of the longest. One rule explains both, and here is every 2026 round.
F1 Pole Times 2026: Every Pole Lap of the Season, Measured
Every pole time of the 2026 season in one table, including Norris in Madrid, with the average speed each lap was run at. Monza's 1:21.786 is the fastest lap of the year. Monaco's is not the slowest.
Italian GP Qualifying: Gasly Takes Alpine's First Ever Pole
Gasly beat Russell by 0.060 for his maiden pole and Alpine's first ever. Antonelli and Albon then took power unit penalties, so the grid is not the qualifying order.
Italian GP FP3 Results: Russell Leads, Hamilton Puts a Ferrari Second
Russell topped final practice at Monza with a 1:22.219, but the number that will worry everyone is 21 deleted laps in a single hour, most of them at Turn 1.
F1 Abolished DRS. We Measured What Happened to Overtaking.
Losing DRS was supposed to kill overtaking. Across nine dry circuits raced in both seasons, on-track position changes fell by 3.9%. That is all.
Yas Marina Explained: Did the Redesign Actually Fix the Racing?
Abu Dhabi cut 21 corners to 16 to stop processional finales. We measured on-track position changes since, and Yas Marina now beats Monza.