# Formula 1 API — schedule, results, standings & live (no key) (`synthetic.ia/f1-data-api`) Actor

Formula 1 data behind a clean HTTP API: race calendar, results (race/qualifying/sprint) and championship standings from 1950 to today (Jolpica-F1), plus a live-session leaderboard with gaps and telemetry context (OpenF1). No key. Pay per query.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/synthetic.ia/f1-data-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Synthetic](https://apify.com/synthetic.ia) (community)
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $1.50 / 1,000 f1 queries

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Formula 1 API — schedule, results, standings & live (no key)

Everything **Formula 1**, behind a clean HTTP API (and MCP tool): the **race calendar**, **results** (race, qualifying and sprint), **championship standings** (drivers & constructors) from **1950 to today**, and a **live-session leaderboard** with positions and gaps. Built for F1 dashboards, bots, betting/fantasy tools and agents — covering **before, during and after** every Grand Prix. **No API key.** Pay per query.

- 🗓️ **Schedule** — the full race calendar for any season; the next race is flagged for the current season.
- 🏁 **Results** — race, qualifying or sprint results for any round: positions, times, grid, points, fastest lap.
- 🏆 **Standings** — drivers' and constructors' championship tables.
- 🔴 **Live** — the current/most-recent session's leaderboard (position, driver, team, gap to leader, interval) via OpenF1.
- 📚 **1950–present** — decades of historical data, keyless.
- 💵 Pay per query · no key.

### Before, during & after the race

- **Before:** `schedule` (next race, circuit, date/time) and `results?type=qualifying` (grid).
- **During:** `live` — the running order with gaps, updated in near-real-time from OpenF1 timing.
- **After:** `results` (final classification) and `standings` (updated championship).

### Sample output (`standings`, season 2024, drivers)

```json
{
  "ok": true, "type": "drivers", "season": "2024", "round": 24, "count": 1,
  "standings": [
    { "position": 1, "points": 437, "wins": 9,
      "driver": { "code": "VER", "name": "Max Verstappen", "nationality": "Dutch" },
      "constructors": ["Red Bull"] }
  ]
}
```

### How to use

- **HTTP API (Standby):** POST or GET `/schedule`, `/results`, `/standings`, `/live`. `GET /` returns help. Example: `GET /results?season=2024&round=1&type=race`.
- **Normal run:** pass `{ operation, season?, round?, type? }`; results land in the dataset + key-value store.
- **MCP tool:** expose it to your agent via Apify's MCP server.

### Input

- **operation** — `schedule` · `results` · `standings` · `live`.
- **season** — a year (e.g. `2024`) or `current`. **round** — `1`–`30` or `last` (results). **type** — `race`/`qualifying`/`sprint` (results) or `drivers`/`constructors` (standings).

### Pricing

**Per query** from **$0.004** (down to $0.001 on higher tiers). One call = one query.

### Related Actors

- **[Sports Data API](https://apify.com/synthetic.ia/sports-data-api)** — scores, standings and rosters across many sports.

### FAQ

**Do I need a key?** No — this uses the keyless Jolpica-F1 (the maintained successor to the Ergast API) and OpenF1.

**How live is `live`?** OpenF1 updates during a session in near-real-time; between events, `live` returns the most recent session's final order.

**How far back does it go?** Results and standings go back to the **1950** season.

### Notes & limits

Data from Jolpica-F1 (Ergast successor) and OpenF1. Please be gentle with polling; the actor retries with backoff. Not affiliated with Formula 1 or the FIA.

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/synthetic.ia/f1-data-api/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

## `operation` (type: `string`):

What to fetch.

## `season` (type: `string`):

A year, e.g. 2024, or 'current'.

## `round` (type: `string`):

Round number (1–30) or 'last'.

## `type` (type: `string`):

For results: race/qualifying/sprint. For standings: drivers/constructors.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "operation": "schedule",
  "season": "2024",
  "round": "last",
  "type": "race"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `result` (type: `string`):

No description

## `runs` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "season": "2024"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("synthetic.ia/f1-data-api").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "season": "2024" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("synthetic.ia/f1-data-api").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "season": "2024"
}' |
apify call synthetic.ia/f1-data-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,synthetic.ia/f1-data-api"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/pJvc4AIErkTkPWkzS/builds/yfhohCGKth2qaVxlg/openapi.json