Sep 26, 2017

Standings: https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2017/drivers.html

Where to watch online: https://www.reddit.com/r/motorsportsstreams/ (you should find a stream before the race starts)

HOW DOES F1 WORK?

It's all about points. First 10 drivers get points for their place. The driver with most points after all races wins.

1st place gets 25 points
2nd 18 points
3rd 15 points
4th 12 points
5th 10 points
6th 8 points
etc

There are 10 teams, each team has 2 drivers.

Spoiler: Teams and drivers

1. Mercedes

Drivers:
Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas


2. Ferrari

Drivers:
Sebastian Vettel
Kimi Raikkonen


3. Red Bull


Drivers:
Daniel Riccardo
Max Verstappen


4. Force India

their car is pink now tho

Drivers:
Sergio Perez
Sebastian Ocon


5. Williams

Drivers:
Felippe Massa
Lance Stroll


6. Renault

Drivers:
Nico Hulkenberg
Joylon Palmer


7. Toro Rosso

Drivers:
Carlos Sainz
Daniil Kvyat


8. Mclaren

Drivers:
Fernando Alonso
Stoffel Vandoorne


9. Haas

Drivers:
Kevin Magnussen
Roman Groesjan


10. Sauber

Drivers:
Pascal Wehrlain
Marcus Ericsson

Every racing weekend has 3 practice sessions (2 friday, 1 saturday), 1 qualifying session (saturday) made of Q1, Q2 and Q3 (5 drivers with worst times gets dropped at the end of Q1 and Q2) and the race (sunday).

My personal advice is to not bother with practice sessions, they are long and teams are testing different things at different times, so its impossible to judge their pace at this point.

Races take place all around the world, Europe, Asia, Australia, South and North America.

Next race: Malaysia GP, Fri 29 Sept - Sun 01 Oct 2017
cool stuff about the race: https://www.formula1.com/en/championship/races/2017/Malaysia.html