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Wikipedia:WikiProject Formula One/Updates

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Since Formula One is a constantly-changing subject, its pages need constant updating. The following guidelines should help when updating F1-related articles.

After first practice

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After qualifying

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After the sprint (if there is one)

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After the race

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At the end of a season

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check = done at the end of the 2025 season; X mark = not (yet) done at the end of the 2025 season; Nota bene = partially done at the end of the 2025 season; exclamation mark  = not (or only partially) done at the end of the 2025 season but now doesn't need to be done

  • Just before the final race of the season:
    • check Update the team article infoboxes to include new season details (drivers, chassis, engine, etc.), leaving the old season details in place.
    • check Update the driver article infoboxes to include new season details (team, car number), leaving the old season details in place.
    • check Update the "Formula One drivers from <country>" articles' infoboxes to include new season details (including countries with no drivers for the new season)
(It's recommended to do these updates before the new season fields are unhidden in the templates, so that the correct/correctly formatted information is already in place when the fields are unhidden, thereby avoiding well-intentioned but malformed infobox updates immediately after the completion of the final race of the season)
(It's recommended to do these updates while the final race of the season is in progress, to avoid well-intentioned editors hacking the driver/team infoboxes or the teams template because they don't show their favourite driver's new team the second the race finishes)
  • Once the driver lineup for the new season has been finalised:
    • check Update the "Formula One drivers from <country>" articles. For countries with no drivers the relevant year parameter should read "None".
    • check Hardcode the "Last race" infobox field for drivers who won't be returning for the new season. Hardcode the "Last entry" infobox field for countries with no returning drivers.
    • check Subst transclusions of {{F1stat}} for drivers who have not competed for two complete seasons, or who have announced their retirement from F1 and add drivers who will be competing but are not currently in the template. Once all transclusions for those drivers have been substed, remove those drivers from the template (and template documentation). Articles where transclusion needs to be done is:
    • X mark Subst transclusions of {{F1cstat}} for constructors who have announced their retirement from F1 and add constructors who will be competing but are not currently in the template. Once all transclusions for those constructors have been substed, remove those constructors from the template (and template documentation).
    • X mark Subst transclusions of {{F1estat}} for engine manufacturers who have announced their retirement from F1 and add engines who will be competing but are not currently in the template. Once all transclusions for those engine manufacturers have been substed, remove those engines from the template (and template documentation). THIS TEMPLATE USES {{F1cstat}}. These need to be substed first.
  • Just before the first race of the new season:
    • check Update Formula One#Grands Prix for the new season
    • check Add "new season" rows to the team "Formula One results" and "Racing record" tables (don't forget AMR GP)
    • check Add "new season" rows to the engine supplier "Formula One results" tables
    • check Add "new season" rows to the driver "Formula One results" tables
    • check Add "new season" rows to the driver "Career summary" tables
    • check Subst transclusions of {{F1stat}} in the "old season" row of the driver "Career summary" tables (in theory this can be done any time after the final race of the old season, but it probably makes sense to do it when the "new season" row is added to the table, so that whoever does it can copy the "old season" row to create the "new season" row, before substing the "old season" row)
    • check Confirm or update the automated calculations using {{F1cstat}} in Team Enstone, Tyrrell Racing#Legacy and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains#Formula One engine results

"As of" statements

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Numerous F1-related articles contain statements of the form "As of <date> ..." or "To date ..." The end of the season seems like a good time to review these statements and update them if necessary.

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Including three entries with Toro Rosso from 2007 to 2009.