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Since Formula One is a constantly-changing subject, its pages need constant updating. The following guidelines should help when updating F1-related articles.

After first practice

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After qualifying

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  • Update {{F1stat}}, {{F1cstat}} and {{F1R2025}} (pole position)
  • Update Pole position#Top ten most Formula One pole positions if required, specifically if Leclerc or Alonso make their way into the top 10 or Verstappen scores a further 14 pole positions in 2025 (in most cases, no manual update will be required as the table uses {{F1stat}} and Hamilton's position in the table can't change in 2025)

After the sprint (if there is one)

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After the race

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At the end of a season

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checkY = done at the end of the 2024 season; ☒N = not (yet) done at the end of the 2024 season; Nota bene* = partially done at the end of the 2024 season; exclamation mark  = not (or only partially) done at the end of the 2024 season but now doesn't need to be done

  • Just before the final race of the season:
    • checkY Update the team article infoboxes to include new season details (drivers, chassis, engine, etc.), leaving the old season details in place.
    • checkY Update the driver article infoboxes to include new season details (team, car number), leaving the old season details in place.
    • checkY Update the "Formula One drivers from <country>" articles' infoboxes to include new season details (including countries with no drivers for the new season)
(It's recommended to do these updates before the new season fields are unhidden in the templates, so that the correct/correctly formatted information is already in place when the fields are unhidden, thereby avoiding well-intentioned but malformed infobox updates immediately after the completion of the final race of the season)
(It's recommended to do these updates while the final race of the season is in progress, to avoid well-intentioned editors hacking the driver/team infoboxes or the teams template because they don't show their favourite driver's new team the second the race finishes)
  • Once the driver lineup for the new season has been finalised:
    • checkY Update the "Formula One drivers from <country>" articles. For countries with no drivers the relevant year parameter should read "None".
    • checkY Hardcode the "Last race" infobox field for drivers who won't be returning for the new season. Hardcode the "Last race" infobox field for countries with no returning drivers.
    • checkY Subst transclusions of {{F1stat}} for drivers who have not competed for two complete seasons, or who have announced their retirement from F1 and add drivers who will be competing but are not currently in the template. Once all transclusions for those drivers have been substed, remove those drivers from the template (and template documentation). Articles where transclusion needs to be done is:
    • checkY Subst transclusions of {{F1cstat}} for constructors who have announced their retirement from F1 and add constructors who will be competing but are not currently in the template. Once all transclusions for those constructors have been substed, remove those constructors from the template (and template documentation).
    • checkY Subst transclusions of {{F1estat}} for engine manufacturers who have announced their retirement from F1 and add engines who will be competing but are not currently in the template. Once all transclusions for those engine manufacturers have been substed, remove those engines from the template (and template documentation). THIS TEMPLATE USES {{F1cstat}}. These need to be substed first.
  • Just before the first race of the new season:
    • checkY Update Formula One#Grands Prix for the new season
    • checkY Add "new season" rows to the team "Formula One results" and "Racing record" tables (don't forget AMR GP and Sauber Motorsport)
    • checkY Add "new season" rows to the engine supplier "Formula One results" tables. Note: the 2023 and 2024 rows for Honda RBPT were added to Honda Grand Prix results
    • checkY Add "new season" rows to the driver "Formula One results" tables
    • checkY Add "new season" rows to the driver "Career summary" tables
    • checkY Subst transclusions of {{F1stat}} in the "old season" row of the driver "Career summary" tables (in theory this can be done any time after the final race of the old season, but it probably makes sense to do it when the "new season" row is added to the table, so that whoever does it can copy the "old season" row to create the "new season" row, before substing the "old season" row)
    • checkY Confirm or update the automated calculations using {{F1cstat}} in Team Enstone, Tyrrell Racing#Legacy and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains#Formula One engine results

"As of" statements

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Numerous F1-related articles contain statements of the form "As of <date> ..." or "To date ..." The end of the season seems like a good time to review these statements and update them if necessary.
Note: In mid-June 2021, there was a large purge of "Notes" sections in race report articles. So some of the "as of" statements in the "YYYY <country> Grand Prix" articles listed below may have been deleted.