Position¶

Position is the running order of the race. One record is one update: at this moment in time, this driver was in this position. Records are emitted throughout a session — often, but not only, when the order changes.

Position is discrete. It tells you who is in 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd … 20^th — but not by how much. For the time gaps between drivers, see Intervals.

Fields¶

Field	Type	Unit / Range	Meaning
`date`	string	ISO 8601 UTC	Timestamp of this update.
`session_key`	int	—	The session this record belongs to.
`meeting_key`	int	—	The race weekend.
`driver_number`	int	1–99	Driver this update applies to.
`position`	int	1–20	Current race position (1 = leader).

Sample record¶

{
  "date": "2023-09-17T13:10:05.123000+00:00",
  "driver_number": 1,
  "meeting_key": 1219,
  "position": 1,
  "session_key": 9165
}