Data coverage
Stintline answers from a fixed record of Formula 1 results, and this page explains what is in that record and what is not.
Latest results
We use f1db as the source of most of our data. As soon as data is available in f1db, it will be in Stintline.
Full coverage, from 1950
We cover race results, qualifying, starting grids and fastest laps for every season since 1950. We also store about every driver, every constructor and every circuit and most team principals.
Constructors' championship standings are available from 1958, the season the title was introduced.
Two things start later than the rest. Individual pit stops are recorded from 1994 onward and Sprint races appear from 2021 when they were introduced.
One limitation of the record is that pit time is recorded as the time spent in the pit lane, not the time spent stationary with the crew.
Precise record from 2018
From 2018, Stintline has access to more granular data than the season-level results above. The record includes lap times, tyre compounds, stint lengths, flags, safety cars, virtual safety and penalties as they were announced during a session (if cancelled or overturned later, Stintline does not know about it).
Limitations
- No car telemetry. Stintline only has visibility at the lap level, not the sector level, and does not know about car speed, throttle, brake or steering inputs.
- No stationary pit-stop times. We only have the time spent in the pit lane, not the time spent stationary with the crew.
- Penalties as announced during the session. We only store penalties as they were announced during a session. If a penalty is overturned or cancelled later, Stintline does not know about it.
- No lap-level detail before 2018. Stintline only has lap-level detail from 2018 onward. Before that, we only have session-level results.
Don't worry though, if you are out of the bounds, Stintline will tell you. It will never make up data or guess at what happened.
