1. Acceptance of terms
By visiting, browsing, linking to, embedding publicly available pages in a manner we permit, or contacting F1 Cars, you agree to these Terms of Use and acknowledge our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.
If you use the site on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind that organisation to these Terms. If you lack that authority, you may use the site only in your personal capacity and not on the organisation’s behalf.
We may refuse access, limit features, or take other reasonable steps if we believe use violates these Terms, applicable law, or the rights of others.
2. About the site
F1 Cars publishes educational and editorial material about Formula 1 cars, eras, engineering, design evolution, technical innovations, and related historical context. Content may include articles, summaries, timelines, image illustrations, and reference lists.
The site is an independent informational project. It is not a ticket agency, betting platform, streaming service, merchandise store, or official Formula 1 / FIA / team publication. Any historical observations are general information only and not professional advice.
Learn more on our About page, or reach us via Contact.
3. No affiliation with Formula 1, the FIA, teams, or manufacturers
F1 Cars is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or officially connected to Formula 1, the FIA, Formula 1 teams, or manufacturers. Names of championships, events, venues, constructors, and governing bodies appear for identification and historical discussion only.
Trademarks, logos, and brand elements belonging to third parties remain the property of their respective owners. Nothing on this site grants you a licence to use those third-party marks. If you believe a mark is misused, see our DMCA / Copyright Policy for related notice procedures and contact channels.
4. Content accuracy and editorial nature
We aim to publish careful, readable Formula 1 car material. Historical and technical writing can involve incomplete sources, contested interpretations, evolving scholarship, and differing contemporary reports. Dates, technical descriptions, and timelines may contain errors or may become outdated as new information emerges.
Content is provided for general informational and educational purposes. It is not a substitute for official records maintained by championship organisers, the FIA, teams, or manufacturers. You should independently verify facts that matter for academic, commercial, journalistic, or personal decisions.
We may update, correct, expand, archive, or remove articles at any time without obligation to keep historical versions publicly available.
5. Intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, original text, site structure, selection and arrangement of materials, logos created for F1 Cars, and other original site elements are protected by copyright and related rights owned by or licensed to us.
Third-party content—including photographs, archival materials, quoted passages, and marks—may be owned by others and used on the site under licence, fair dealing / fair use principles as applicable, or other lawful bases. Presence on the site does not transfer ownership to you.
Except for the limited licence in the next section, you may not copy, scrape at scale, republish, sell, or create derivative works from our original content without prior written permission, except where applicable law expressly allows (for example, limited quotation with attribution for criticism or review).
6. Limited licence to users
We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and view the site for personal, non-commercial informational use, and to print or save reasonable excerpts for personal reference, provided you do not remove proprietary notices and do not misuse the content.
This licence does not include: systematic downloading of the entire site; use of bots or scrapers that degrade performance or violate robots rules we publish; republication of substantial portions on other websites or commercial products; framing that misrepresents sponsorship; or use of our branding in a way that suggests endorsement.
We may revoke the licence if you breach these Terms. Upon revocation, you must stop using our original content beyond what residual personal copies lawfully allow.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use the site in any way that violates applicable law or regulation
- Attempt unauthorised access to servers, accounts, or non-public areas
- Interfere with security, rate limits, or availability (including denial-of-service activity)
- Introduce malware, harmful code, or deceptive scripts
- Harvest personal information of other users or of our staff for spam or fraud
- Impersonate F1 Cars, our contacts, or another person
- Submit false copyright claims or other bad-faith legal notices
- Use automated means to extract content at a volume that harms the service or bypasses technical controls
- Use the site to promote scams, illegal gambling, or misleading commercial schemes
We may investigate suspected misuse and cooperate with hosting providers or authorities where appropriate.
8. User submissions and correspondence
If you send feedback, corrections, story ideas, photographs, or other materials, you represent that you have the rights needed to send them and that they do not infringe others’ rights or contain unlawful content.
Unless we agree otherwise in writing, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, reproduce, adapt, and publish submitted materials for the purpose of operating, improving, and promoting the informational site, including correcting articles and responding publicly where appropriate. You retain ownership of your original materials subject to that licence.
We are not obliged to use, return, or keep confidential unsolicited submissions, except where privacy law or a separate written agreement requires confidentiality. Do not send confidential business proposals expecting a non-disclosure relationship unless we first agree in writing.
9. Advertising, cookies, and third-party links
The site may display advertisements, including Google Ads / Google AdSense and other networks. Ads are provided by third parties and may use cookies and similar technologies as described in our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy. We do not endorse every advertiser’s products or claims.
Links to external websites are provided for convenience or historical context. We are not responsible for the content, availability, privacy practices, or terms of third-party sites. Your use of third-party services is at your own risk and subject to their terms.
If advertising is enabled, some pages may load third-party scripts necessary for ad delivery, measurement, and ads moderation readiness. Blocking those scripts may affect page behaviour or ad display without entitling you to a refund or other compensation, as the site is free to access.
10. Disclaimer of warranties
The site and all content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis to the maximum extent permitted by law. We disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.
We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, or free of harmful components; that content will be accurate, complete, or current; or that defects will be corrected. Historical information may be incomplete or disputed.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions. In those places, exclusions apply to the fullest extent permitted, and non-excludable consumer guarantees (if any) remain available.
11. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, F1 Cars and its operators, contributors, and suppliers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or business opportunity, arising out of or related to your use of (or inability to use) the site or reliance on content, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Access to this informational website is provided free of charge. To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability for claims relating to the site is limited accordingly and excludes the categories of loss listed above.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under New Zealand law, including liability for fraud or for death or personal injury caused by negligence where such limitation is prohibited.
12. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless F1 Cars and its operators, contributors, and service providers from and against claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your misuse of the site; (b) your breach of these Terms; (c) your infringement of another person’s intellectual property or privacy rights; or (d) content you submit to us.
We may, at our expense, assume exclusive defence of any matter subject to indemnity. You agree to cooperate reasonably with that defence. This section survives termination of your use of the site.
13. Force majeure
We are not liable for delay or failure to perform obligations under these Terms when caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, war, terrorism, labour disputes, failures of utilities or internet infrastructure, cyberattacks beyond reasonable controls, government actions, pandemics, or failures of third-party hosting, CDN, advertising, or DNS providers.
During such events we may suspend or limit the site without liability while we work to restore service where practicable.
14. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of New Zealand, without regard to conflict-of-law principles that would require another jurisdiction’s laws. Subject to any mandatory consumer protections that apply in your place of residence, the courts of New Zealand (and, where appropriate, Auckland) have non-exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising from these Terms or the site.
Before filing a formal claim, please contact us so we can attempt an informal resolution. Many issues can be resolved by clarifying content, fixing an error, or explaining a policy.
15. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or if modification is not possible, severed. The remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
16. Entire agreement
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and DMCA / Copyright Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding use of the site and supersede prior or contemporaneous understandings on that subject, except for any separate written agreement signed for a specific project.
Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of that provision or of any other provision. Any waiver must be in writing to be effective.
17. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms to reflect legal, operational, or editorial changes. The “Last updated” date shows the effective date of the current version. Material changes may also be highlighted on the site. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms, except where applicable law requires a different method of consent.
If you do not agree to revised Terms, stop using the site.
18. Contact
Questions about these Terms of Use may be sent to:
Related pages: Terms (this page), Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, DMCA / Copyright, Contact, and About.
