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Jolpica-F1

Volunteer-run open source Formula 1 API with endpoints backward compatible with the retiring Ergast service, free to use and funded by donations.

Facts verified against the provider's site on

Commercial use: not disclosedBetting use: not disclosedNeutral
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50

SportDex Score

#52 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
33

Brand demand, developer discussions, GitHub repos and videos

Community & reliability
—

Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; not enough public discussion to judge.

Transparency
75

Public prices, docs, terms and coverage you can check before calling sales

Developer experience
53

Free access, docs, SDKs, OpenAPI, sandbox, realtime delivery, ecosystem

Computed from public data only; uptime and latency are not measured yet. Enterprise feeds that sell by contract score lower on transparency by design. How the score works

Starting price
Not public
Free access
Free tier
Sports
2 (Formula 1, Motorsport)
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
2 threads
GitHub adoption
1.6k repos

Best for

Formula 1 projects, especially ones migrating from the retired Ergast API, that need free historical results and standings.

F1 results and standings pagesErgast migrationF1 history research

Not ideal for

Commercial products needing guarantees: it is volunteer-run, rate-limited and the licence does not address the data.

Limitations to check

  • − Free and rate-limited; limit values not stated
  • − Volunteer-run and donation funded
  • − Apache-2.0 licence covers the code, not the data

Written from the provider's own pages (source).

Last checked 2026-11-03

Jolpica-F1 at a glance

What is Jolpica-F1 best for?
Formula 1 projects, especially ones migrating from the retired Ergast API, that need free historical results and standings. Not ideal for: Commercial products needing guarantees: it is volunteer-run, rate-limited and the licence does not address the data.
How much does Jolpica-F1 cost?
Jolpica-F1 does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
Does Jolpica-F1 have a free tier?
Yes. Jolpica-F1 lists a free plan called "Free".
What does Jolpica-F1 cover?
Jolpica-F1 is a free / open data. Its sports: Formula 1, Motorsport; data: Fixtures, Historical data, Results, Standings, Team stats.
Does Jolpica-F1 have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. Jolpica-F1 delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
What do developers say about Jolpica-F1?
Free, volunteer-run Formula 1 API that took over from the retired Ergast service with compatible endpoints. Widely adopted: roughly thirty GitHub repos, popular F1 data-visualisation posts, and projects that integrate it for historical results and standings. Little explicit praise or criticism in discussion; no pricing or reliability complaints surfaced.
What are the alternatives to Jolpica-F1?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: OpenF1, Football Charts, CollegeBasketballData.com, FastF1, StatPal.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
FreeFree—Free and rate-limited; maintainers ask for donations (hosting about $45/month)source

Ergast-compatible base http://api.jolpi.ca/ergast/f1 per README. Rate limit values not captured.

Before choosing a paid plan, confirm

• What counts as one request (per call, per market, per region?)

• What happens when you exceed the quota: blocked or billed

• Whether live and historical data are on your plan

• Whether your use (public app, betting, resale) is licensed

The critical question

Data coverage

Sports
Formula 1Motorsport
Data types
FixturesHistorical dataResultsStandingsTeam stats
Key competitions
Formula 1
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
Not disclosed
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
Not disclosed
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
Not disclosed
Update frequency
Not disclosed
Name languages
Not disclosed
ID mapping
Not disclosed

Coverage often depends on the plan; confirm the exact league and season on your plan.

Before you build

Usage rights & access

Commercial use
Not disclosed
Betting products
Not disclosed
Redistribution
Not disclosed
Storing data
Not disclosed
Attribution
Not disclosed
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Individualssource
Verification (KYC)
Not required
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed
Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
Authentication
none
SDKs
Not disclosed
OpenAPI spec
Not disclosed
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Not disclosed
Support
Not disclosed
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: Jolpica-F1

Goal: build a feature on Jolpica-F1 data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://github.com/jolpica/jolpica-f1
- Docs: https://github.com/jolpica/jolpica-f1
- Sports: Formula 1, Motorsport
- Data: Fixtures, Historical data, Results, Standings, Team stats
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: none
- Free plan: Free
- Note: Ergast-compatible base http://api.jolpi.ca/ergast/f1 per README. Rate limit values not captured.

## Verify before writing code
- live update frequency
- whether commercial use is allowed on the plan you pick
- exact endpoint paths, parameters and response fields (read the official docs, do not guess)

## Implementation rules
- Keep the API key on the server (environment variable, backend route or edge function); never ship it to the browser.
- Cache responses and respect rate limits; count how many requests each screen triggers.
- Handle errors explicitly: invalid key, quota exceeded (429), missing fields, empty fixtures, timeouts.
- Start with one demo request and log the raw response before building UI on assumed field names.

Data quality signals

Data source & company

Official partners
Not disclosed
How data is collected
community
Certifications
Not disclosed
Payment methods
Not disclosed
Minimum contract
Not disclosed
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Neutralfree tieralternativesreliability

Free, volunteer-run Formula 1 API that took over from the retired Ergast service with compatible endpoints. Widely adopted: roughly thirty GitHub repos, popular F1 data-visualisation posts, and projects that integrate it for historical results and standings. Little explicit praise or criticism in discussion; no pricing or reliability complaints surfaced.

Praised for

  • Free and donation funded
  • Ergast-compatible endpoints
  • Broad adoption in open-source F1 tools

Complaints

    Nothing specific.

    Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.

    Discussions

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    Evidence & transparency

    Official sources

    Facts were extracted from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that the feature is missing. How we know