A complete guide for new players — from sign-up to the podium.
Pit Lane is a free-to-play Formula 1 prediction game. Each Grand Prix weekend you predict how the race will unfold. Over the course of a full season you also predict the final championship standings for both drivers and constructors.
There is no real money involved. All prizes and winnings are symbolic — this is purely for bragging rights, friendly competition, and the satisfaction of calling a race before the lights go out.
New to F1? The more you know the drivers, teams, and circuits, the better your predictions will be — but anyone can play and get lucky.
Before the very first race of the season, you get one opportunity to predict where every driver and team will finish when the season is over. These are your season predictions, and they are only available for a limited window.
Important deadline: Season predictions are locked permanently once Qualifying for the first race of the season begins. After that, you cannot edit them at all. If you miss this window entirely you can still compete in weekly race predictions, but you will not be eligible for the season championship prizes.
For every Grand Prix on the calendar, you predict the outcome of that specific race. Find the prediction form from your Dashboard or the Predictions menu.
Your race prediction has three parts:
Deadline: the start of Qualifying. Once Qualifying for that weekend begins, your prediction is locked. You can edit your picks as many times as you like right up until that moment — so keep an eye on the schedule and adjust if news breaks during the week.
After the race, the league administrator enters the official FIA results. The scoring engine then calculates points for every player's prediction automatically.
Points use the official Formula 1 championship points scale:
| Finish Position | Points |
|---|---|
| 1st | 25 pts |
| 2nd | 18 pts |
| 3rd | 15 pts |
| 4th | 12 pts |
| 5th | 10 pts |
| 6th | 8 pts |
| 7th | 6 pts |
| 8th | 4 pts |
| 9th | 2 pts |
| 10th | 1 pt |
Here is the twist: for each driver you predicted, your score is based on the worse of the two positions — your prediction or their actual finish.
Think of it as a penalty for being wrong in either direction. Predicted someone too high and they finished lower? You score based on their actual (lower) finish. Predicted someone too low and they actually finished higher? You still only score based on your (lower) prediction.
| Your Prediction | Actual Finish | Scored At | Points Earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1st | 1st — exact match | 25 pts |
| 2nd | 1st | 2nd — your pick was worse | 18 pts |
| 1st | 4th | 4th — actual was worse | 12 pts |
| 3rd | 8th | 8th — actual was worse | 4 pts |
| 1st | Outside top 10 | — | 0 pts |
| Driver not in your 10 | 1st | — | 0 pts |
Key insight: You only earn points for drivers you actually picked in your top 10. If someone wins the race but you did not include them in your prediction, you get zero for them — no matter how well they did.
When you first join the game you are put able to make predictions and play as a single player. You won't be competing against anyone other than yourself. To compete against other player you will need to join a League.
Leagues are how competition is organized. Your predictions are shared across all leagues you belong to, but standings, points, and prizes are tracked separately within each one.
You can be in multiple leagues at once. Your predictions are the same everywhere, but each league has its own leaderboard and its own prize pool.
Track how you stack up on the Standings page. Standings are per-league, so you might be leading one league while trailing in another — each is its own competition.
If you are in multiple leagues, you can change which league you are viewing by selecting the league from the league dropdown at the top of the screen.
Note that the winnings shown in this seaction is a total of all winnings from every prediction in the season. This includes the season championship predictions. This is purely symbolic currency for bragging rights and is not actual money.
League switching: If you are in multiple leagues, use the league selector on the Dashboard to switch between them and see league-specific standings and winnings.