GP Countdown — Support

GP Countdown · for iPhone and iPad · iOS / iPadOS 17 or later · free, no in-app purchases

Contact: countdownapps.support@gmail.com Please include your device model, the iOS version and the app version (in the app: Settings › About).

GP Countdown is a free, unofficial and non-commercial app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Formula 1, Formula One Management, the FIA, or any team or driver. F1, FORMULA 1 and GRAND PRIX are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V. There are no accounts, analytics, ads or tracking. See the Privacy Policy.

What the app does

• Next: a live countdown to the next practice, qualifying, sprint or race session in your time zone, with a start-light scene that lights up as the session gets closer, this weekend's sessions and the next rounds.
• Calendar: every round of the season. Tap a round to see all its sessions.
• Results: finished sessions. Results stay hidden until you tap them, so nothing is spoiled.
• Standings: drivers' and teams' standings with the gap to the leader.
• Settings: reminders (practice, qualifying, sprint, race; at the start, 15 minutes, 1 hour or 1 day before), "Tell me when results are in", where to watch in your country, and appearance.
• Widgets: Home Screen and Lock Screen countdowns to the next session.

Frequently asked questions

Notifications are not arriving. Check iPhone Settings › Notifications › GP Countdown and make sure notifications are allowed, and that a Focus or Sleep mode isn't silencing them. In the app, check Settings › Remind me about and When. iOS allows 64 scheduled reminders at a time, so the app keeps the soonest and tops them up each time you open it.

The times look wrong. Times follow your iPhone's current time zone (Settings › General › Date & Time) and update when you travel. The zone is shown under the schedule.

Results or standings are late or missing. The data comes from two volunteer-run community projects, the Jolpica-F1 API and OpenF1. They can be delayed or incomplete, especially just after a session. Pull down to refresh. "Tell me when results are in" depends on iOS background refresh, so a result can arrive a little after it is published.

Where to watch is wrong for my country. Broadcasters change, so the app shows a short, hand-checked list and a "Find listings" link that searches the web for your country. You can pick a different country in Settings.

Something else? Email countdownapps.support@gmail.com. I aim to reply within a few days.

Data sources

• Jolpica-F1 API (api.jolpi.ca): schedule, race, sprint and qualifying results, and standings. Data licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, which permits non-commercial use only. GP Countdown is free and non-commercial for this reason.
• OpenF1 (openf1.org): practice and sprint qualifying results, and backup data. An independent project, not associated with Formula 1.

Event, team and driver names are used only to identify them. The app shows no official logos, liveries or photos of teams or drivers.