# Flag & Clock

> Flag & Clock is a field journal for motorsport: the business, the rulebook and the engineering of the sport, and the world adjacent to it. Edited and published by Eli Lemberg for Leetone Enterprises (https://leetoneenterprises.com), Denver, Colorado.

All seven series in the data layer: F1, MotoGP, WEC, WRC, Formula E, IMSA and F2; written coverage weighted by reader demand, F1 first today.

Auto-updating data tables live under https://flagandclock.com/data/: each table is a page, a JSON file beside it, and CSV, with its source, licence and fetch time stated. The catalogue is https://flagandclock.com/data/index.json.

## Sections

- [Race to Road](https://flagandclock.com/race-to-road/): how engineering moves from the paddock to production cars.
- [Tech](https://flagandclock.com/tech/): regulations, powertrains and aerodynamics; what they enable and what they constrain.
- [The Weekend](https://flagandclock.com/weekend/): previews, qualifying, race recaps and the Monday tech read.
- [Business](https://flagandclock.com/teams-business/): ownership, manufacturer programmes, budgets and strategy.
- [Culture](https://flagandclock.com/culture/): drivers, principals, fanbase and the workplace of motorsport.

## Data

- [Ledger](https://flagandclock.com/ledger/): every round we track, by series: results, standings, championship swings and our coverage.
- Ledger by series: [F1](https://flagandclock.com/ledger/f1/), [MotoGP](https://flagandclock.com/ledger/motogp/), [WEC](https://flagandclock.com/ledger/wec/), [WRC](https://flagandclock.com/ledger/wrc/), [Formula E](https://flagandclock.com/ledger/fe/), [IMSA](https://flagandclock.com/ledger/imsa/), [F2](https://flagandclock.com/ledger/f2/).
- [Calendar](https://flagandclock.com/calendar/): the 2026 racing calendar on a single ribbon, by week and by series.
- [Data](https://flagandclock.com/data/): auto-updating tables with JSON and CSV for each. Catalogue: [/data/index.json](https://flagandclock.com/data/index.json). [Sources and licences](https://flagandclock.com/data/sources/).
- F1 2026: [standings](https://flagandclock.com/data/f1/2026/standings/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/f1/2026/standings.json)), [results](https://flagandclock.com/data/f1/2026/results/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/f1/2026/results.json)), [calendar](https://flagandclock.com/data/f1/2026/calendar/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/f1/2026/calendar.json)). Licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, inherited from the Jolpica-F1 source.
- [2026 Las Vegas Grand Prix hub](https://flagandclock.com/f1/2026/las-vegas-gp/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/f1/2026/las-vegas-gp.json)): session times in Las Vegas, US Eastern, UK and CET, circuit facts, 2023 to 2025 results, the championship arithmetic going in, and qualifying and race results as published.
- WRC 2026: [standings](https://flagandclock.com/data/wrc/2026/standings/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/wrc/2026/standings.json)), [results](https://flagandclock.com/data/wrc/2026/results/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/wrc/2026/results.json)), [calendar](https://flagandclock.com/data/wrc/2026/calendar/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/wrc/2026/calendar.json)). Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, from the Wikipedia season article, cross-checked against the Flag & Clock ledger.
- WEC 2026: [standings](https://flagandclock.com/data/wec/2026/standings/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/wec/2026/standings.json)), [results](https://flagandclock.com/data/wec/2026/results/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/wec/2026/results.json)), [calendar](https://flagandclock.com/data/wec/2026/calendar/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/wec/2026/calendar.json)). Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, from the Wikipedia season article, cross-checked against the Flag & Clock ledger.
- MotoGP 2026: [standings](https://flagandclock.com/data/motogp/2026/standings/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/motogp/2026/standings.json)), [results](https://flagandclock.com/data/motogp/2026/results/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/motogp/2026/results.json)), [calendar](https://flagandclock.com/data/motogp/2026/calendar/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/motogp/2026/calendar.json)). Licence CC BY-SA 4.0, from the Wikipedia season article, cross-checked against the Flag & Clock ledger.
- [Driver moves 2026](https://flagandclock.com/data/ladder/2026/driver-moves/) ([JSON](https://flagandclock.com/data/ladder/2026/driver-moves.json)): verified academy signings, promotions and seat moves. CC BY 4.0.

## How it is made

- [How this is made](https://flagandclock.com/how-this-is-made/): produced with AI-assisted research and drafting under an editorial policy; Eli Lemberg edits, reviews and publishes.
- [Editorial standards](https://flagandclock.com/editorial-standards/)
- [Corrections](https://flagandclock.com/corrections/)
- [About the editor](https://flagandclock.com/about/editor/)

## Editorial principles

Every factual claim resolves to an archived source. No tribal-team narratives, no predictions presented as certainty, no copy-paste from press releases. Analysis, not takes.

## Use of this content

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## Contact

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