Editorial standards

Where our facts come from

Every story starts with the official record: series timing and results, team and organizer statements, and governing body documents. Established motorsports outlets are used to add context once the official record is in hand.

Facts that are not common knowledge are attributed inside the sentence, naming the outlet or the official body, so you can see where a number or a claim came from.

Where a story relied on published reporting, the links are listed in a Sources block at the foot of the article.

Quotes, rumors and single sources

Quotes are reproduced as they were said. We do not paraphrase into quotation marks and we do not merge two quotes into one. Shortened quotes use ellipses; a word changed for clarity sits in square brackets.

If a claim appears in only one place, we say so. Paddock talk, rumors and predictions are labeled as such and never presented as settled fact.

Claims about a named person carry that person's response where one exists, or a plain note that they have not commented.

Report, Analysis and Opinion

Report is straight news: attributed facts, no verdicts.

Analysis allows interpretation, and the interpretation is flagged as the writer's read rather than stated as fact.

Opinion is an argument, labeled at the top of the page. Facts inside an argument are still attributed.

Anything that is not straight news carries its label above the headline area of the story.

Illustrations

Paddock Buzz uses original illustrations rather than photography. They are drawn to match the driver, team, series and current-season livery named in the story.

Illustrations are artwork, not documentary images. Details we cannot verify are left out rather than guessed at.

Corrections

When we get something wrong we fix it in the story and add a dated correction note at the foot of that story, so the change is visible rather than quietly made.

Spotted an error? Tell us what the story said, what it should say, and where you saw it. We reply to every correction request.