Podium Prophets

Podium Prophets

F1 Predictions, Data, and Strategy

Beginner guides, deep-dive analysis on race pace, telemetry, tire degradation, weather strategy, and per-weekend breakdowns. Built for predictors who want to win their league.

New to F1 predictions? Start with the Beginner’s Starter Guide — it covers scoring, league basics, and how to make your first pick.
GuidesApr 27, 2026

Driver vs Team — Who's at Fault for an F1 Result?

Driver vs car is the wrong frame for F1 blame. How to use extraction offset, team-circuit fit, and recent form to attribute performance honestly.

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GuidesApr 27, 2026

F1 Tire Degradation Explained — How to Predict It

F1 tire degradation explained: thermal vs chemical deg, graining, compound choice, and how to read deg slopes from practice to predict race pace.

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GuidesApr 26, 2026

F1 Data Embeds for Journalists & Bloggers

F1 data embeds for newsrooms, blogs, and Substacks — race pace, long runs, telemetry, qualifying. Free tier covers a single domain. Higher tiers in development.

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GuidesApr 26, 2026

F1 Long Run Pace Explained — How to Read It

Long-run pace is the most underrated signal in F1 prediction. How to read FP2 stints, fuel-correct lap times, compare drivers fairly, and use race pace to call the winner.

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GuidesApr 26, 2026

F1 Weather Prediction Strategies — Picking in the Wet

How to predict F1 wet races — read the weather forecast for rain, time the intermediate tire window, weight wet specialists, and skip the copy-quali trap.

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GuidesApr 26, 2026

How F1 Chaos Mode Works — The Meme Championship

Chaos Mode is the F1 prediction game for the calls the FIA can't score. Community-voted meme questions, magenta UI, separate leaderboard, same season.

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GuidesApr 26, 2026

How to Predict F1 Sprint Races — Strategy Guide

Sprint weekends give you less practice data and more sessions to pick. Read FP1, sprint-quali, and the sprint itself to make smarter F1 predictions in 2026.

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GuidesApr 26, 2026

Podium Prophets Goes Mobile — Q2 2026 Preview

Native F1 prediction app coming Q2 2026 to iOS and Android. Push notifications for deadlines, full feature parity with the web app, predict on the go.

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GuidesApr 26, 2026

Reading F1 Telemetry — A Beginner's Guide

What F1 telemetry actually is, the five charts that matter, and how to read them. A no-jargon beginner's guide for fans who want to understand the data.

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GuidesMar 31, 2026

Can You Beat a Bot That Copies FP3 Results? I Tested 6 Prediction Strategies Over a Full F1 Season

I created six mechanical prediction bots and ran them through an entire F1 season. Two of them beat every human in my friend group. Here's what the data says about whether your predictions actually matter.

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GuidesMar 15, 2026

Best F1 Prediction Games 2026 — Web & Mobile Compared

Compared every major F1 prediction game and fantasy app for 2026 — pick'em vs fantasy, free vs paid, web vs mobile. Honest take on which fits your style.

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GuidesMar 15, 2026

F1 Prediction Game vs Fantasy F1 — What's the Difference?

Prediction games and fantasy F1 look similar from the outside, but they work completely differently. Here's what sets them apart, what each does well, and how to pick the right format.

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GuidesMar 10, 2026

How F1 Safety Cars Change Everything

Virtual Safety Cars, full Safety Cars, and red flags — how race interruptions reshape strategy, erase gaps, and create prediction chaos. With real data from Australia's 4-VSC opening round.

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GuidesMar 9, 2026

F1 Speed Trap & Sector Times Explained — What They Mean

What speed trap and sector time data reveal about F1 cars — straight-line speed, cornering balance, and how to use them for race and qualifying predictions.

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GuidesMar 8, 2026

How Circuit Characteristics Shape Race Results

Power tracks, street circuits, high-downforce venues — why the pecking order shuffles between rounds and how to match team strengths to circuit demands for better predictions.

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GuidesMar 7, 2026

Sprint Weekends vs Standard Weekends — What Changes for Predictions

Sprint qualifying, sprint races, and fewer practice sessions. How sprint weekends change the prediction game and which strategies work best when the format shifts.

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GuidesMar 6, 2026

A Beginner's Guide to F1 Tyre Strategy

Compounds, degradation curves, undercuts, overcuts, and pit windows. Everything you need to understand about F1 tyre strategy and how to use it for better race predictions.

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GuidesMar 5, 2026

How to Read F1 Practice Data — A Complete Guide

What FP1, FP2, and FP3 actually tell you about qualifying and race pace. Learn fuel correction, compound comparison, track evolution, and which practice signals are worth trusting.

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GuidesMar 4, 2026

F1 Predictions for Beginners — 2026 Starter Guide

New to F1 predictions in 2026? Learn how scoring works, which practice data matters, common beginner mistakes, and how to make smarter picks — for free.

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GuidesMar 3, 2026

2026 F1 Rule Changes Explained — Everything That's Different

Active aero, new power units, lighter cars, and a controversial engine loophole. Here's what changed for the 2026 F1 season and what it means for predictions.

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GuidesMar 2, 2026

How to Predict F1 Race Results — Beyond the Starting Grid

Why qualifying pace doesn't tell the whole story. Learn how to read long-run data, understand tyre strategy, account for chaos factors, and turn race weekend data into accurate finish-order predictions.

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GuidesMar 1, 2026

How to Predict F1 Qualifying — A Data-Driven Guide

Learn which practice signals actually predict qualifying performance, how circuit characteristics shape the grid, and how to spot the patterns that separate good predictions from guesswork.

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