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OpenF1

Open Formula 1 telemetry, laps, sessions and positions as JSON

🩺 Health & FoodDYINGchecked 13h ago
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OpenF1 publishes Formula 1 data, from session schedules and lap times to car telemetry and driver positions. Historical queries are open and keyless, returning tidy JSON arrays you can filter by year, session or driver. Live real-time access may require a free account.

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Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 57 · dying
Uptime history
47.1%90 days
41.7%30 days
747P50 · ms
3525P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 143 ms, slowest 3525 ms, most recent 213 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.openf1.org/v1/sessions?year=2023&session_name=Sprint

{
  "session_key": 9069,
  "session_type": "Race",
  "session_name": "Sprint",
  "date_start": "2023-04-29T13:30:00+00:00",
  "circuit_short_name": "Baku",
  "country_name": "Azerbaijan",
  "location": "Baku",
  "year": 2023
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.openf1.org/v1/sessions?year=2023&session_name=Sprint"
const res = await fetch("https://api.openf1.org/v1/sessions?year=2023&session_name=Sprint");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.openf1.org/v1/sessions?year=2023&session_name=Sprint")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 5DyingFULL DOCS ↗
Dying — error rate climbing on GET /sessions?year=2023&session_name=Sprint747 mschecked 13h ago
GET/sessions?year=2023&session_name=SprintPROBED

Open Formula 1 telemetry, laps, sessions and positions as JSON

GET/sessions?limit=5

Sessions — documented GET route.

GET/sessions?page=1

Sessions — documented GET route.

GET/laps?session_key=9839&driver_number=44&csv=true

Laps — documented GET route.

GET/laps?session_key=9839&driver_number=44&lap_number

Laps — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

OpenF1: common questions

Is OpenF1 free to use?

Yes — OpenF1 is a free health & food API. Free tier: Free & open (historical); real-time may require a free account. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does OpenF1 need an API key?

No — OpenF1 needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Retry-After: 60s).

Can I call OpenF1 from the browser?

Yes — OpenF1 returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is OpenF1 up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, OpenF1 is dying with 47.1% uptime over 90 days and a 747 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.