About

The team behind Five Reds.

Five Reds is a small, opinionated F1 publication built around the numbers. We do the maths in public, we show our working, and we publish what the numbers say even when it's unfashionable.

Why this exists

Formula 1 is the most expensive measurable sport on earth, and the way most people talk about it has nothing to do with measurement. We started Five Reds because we wanted a publication that took the data seriously and the storytelling equally seriously.

What we publish

  • News: short quick takes on every race weekend, free for everyone, published weekly.
  • Long reads: longer features and deep dives for members, published ad hoc.
  • Stats: the canonical record, every race, driver and constructor since 1950. Browse the stats hub.
  • A Sunday newsletter: one email a week, the chart that explains the race. Subscribe.

How it's made

The stats are built on a single canonical database, fed by FastF1 timing and the Ergast historical archive, cross-checked before anything reaches the site. The full method is on the methodology page.

Get in touch

If you have something you'd like us to look at, a chart you'd like us to make, or a story you think we're missing, pitch us. If you'd like to write for Five Reds, the same form works.