What is Curva?
Curva is a free Formula 1 analytics platform. It brings together interactive charts for standings, pace, telemetry and strategy, full race replays, and live timing, all built on official F1 timing data. It is an independent personal project, not run by Formula 1.
Is Curva official or affiliated with Formula 1?
No. Curva is an independent project with no connection to Formula 1, the FIA or any team. It uses publicly available timing data. All Formula 1 trademarks belong to their owners.
Is Curva free?
Yes. Curva is completely free to use. There are no accounts, no paywalls and no ads.
Who makes Curva?
Curva is built and run by one person, Joaquin Lara, as a personal project. There is more on the About page.
What languages is Curva in?
The site is available in English and Spanish. You can switch language from the footer or the settings menu. News headlines stay in their original language.
Where does Curva's data come from?
The data comes from Formula 1's official timing feed, accessed through an open-source tool called FastF1. That is the same underlying timing and telemetry data used across the sport, not estimates or second-hand numbers.
How far back does the data go?
Detailed timing and telemetry, and the race replays, are available from the 2018 season onward, which is as far back as the official data supports. Championship standings and all-time records go back much further, to the start of the championship in 1950.
How often is Curva updated?
Standings, results and charts refresh after each session, so the site reflects the latest race weekend. A race replay becomes available once that session has finished.
Can the data or simulations be wrong?
The raw data is the official timing data, but Curva processes it to build the charts, so mistakes are possible. The pit-strategy simulations are estimates based on real pace and tyre data, not predictions of what will happen. Treat them as a guide, not a guarantee.
How do I read the charts?
Every chart page has a short explainer describing what the chart shows and how to read it. If a Formula 1 term is unfamiliar, the Glossary explains the jargon in plain words.
Why do older seasons show less detail?
Detailed telemetry and lap-by-lap timing only exist from 2018 onward in the official data. For earlier seasons Curva can still show standings, results and records, but not the telemetry or replay tools.
What are race replays?
A race replay rebuilds a past Grand Prix from official timing data and plays it back lap by lap. You get a live-style timing tower, a track map with car positions, race control messages and each driver's tyre history, and you can pause, rewind and scrub through it. Any race from 2018 onward can be replayed.
Is this the same as live timing?
No. Race replays are reconstructions of past races that you watch back at your own pace. Live timing is a separate tool that shows data during a session as it happens. Live timing is embedded on the site and is a separate project.
What do the pit-strategy simulations do?
They let you build a tyre strategy, choosing which compounds to run and when to pit, and then play the race out lap by lap using real tyre-degradation and pace data. You can compare different strategies, and compare them against what actually happened in the real race.
Are the simulations real predictions?
No. They are estimates built from real data to show how a strategy might play out. They cannot account for everything that happens in a real race, such as safety cars, weather changes or incidents, so the result is a guide rather than a forecast.