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When's the Race

Free F1 calendar feed with round, circuit, country, UTC session times and results as JSON, RSS, JSON Feed and iCal. No key, CORS enabled, attribution required.

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Commercial use: Not allowedBetting use: not disclosedNo discussion found
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37

SportDex Score

#119 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
4

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
85

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

Developer experience
45

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
No
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
0 repos

Best for

Calendar apps, widgets and bots that need an F1 schedule as JSON, RSS, JSON Feed or iCal with no key.

F1 calendar widgetsiCal subscriptionsPersonal race reminder bots

Not ideal for

Commercial products; site terms limit use to personal, non-commercial purposes, and it only covers one season's schedule and results.

Limitations to check

  • − Personal, non-commercial use only per site terms
  • − Attribution required (CC BY 4.0)
  • − Schedule and results only, no live data
  • − Unofficial fan project

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

Last checked 2026-11-03

When's the Race at a glance

What is When's the Race best for?
Calendar apps, widgets and bots that need an F1 schedule as JSON, RSS, JSON Feed or iCal with no key. Not ideal for: Commercial products; site terms limit use to personal, non-commercial purposes, and it only covers one season's schedule and results.
How much does When's the Race cost?
When's the Race does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
Does When's the Race have a free tier?
Yes. When's the Race lists a free plan called "Free".
What does When's the Race cover?
When's the Race is a free / open data. Its sports: Formula 1, Motorsport; data: Fixtures, Results, Standings.
Does When's the Race have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. When's the Race delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
Can I use When's the Race data commercially or for betting?
According to the public terms of When's the Race — commercial use: not allowed.
What are the alternatives to When's the Race?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: Jolpica-F1, NASCAR Content Feed (unofficial), OpenF1, Squiggle, Football Charts.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
FreeFree—No key; CC BY 4.0 attributionsource

Single-season schedule; site also has NASCAR and MotoGP pages (not checked). Formats: JSON, RSS, JSON Feed, iCal.

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
FixturesResultsStandings
Key competitions
Formula 1, MotoGP, NASCARsource
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
No
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 allowedsource
Betting products
Not disclosed
Redistribution
Not disclosed
Storing data
Not disclosed
Attribution
Required
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Individualssource
Verification (KYC)
Not required
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

Free JSON schedule feed needs no key or registration.

Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON, XML
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: When's the Race

Goal: build a feature on When's the Race data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://whenstherace.com/f1-schedule-json/
- Docs: https://whenstherace.com/f1-schedule-json/
- Sports: Formula 1, Motorsport
- Data: Fixtures, Results, Standings
- Protocols: REST; formats: json, xml
- Auth: none
- Free plan: Free
- Note: Single-season schedule; site also has NASCAR and MotoGP pages (not checked). Formats: JSON, RSS, JSON Feed, iCal.

## Verify before writing code
- live update frequency
- 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
aggregated, 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

No relevant public discussion found yet.

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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