What is Podium Prophets?

Podium Prophets is a free F1 prediction game built for friend groups who want to compete across every race weekend without the spreadsheet headaches.

Before each qualifying and race session, you pick your predicted finishing order. After the session, scoring is fully automatic. Exact position calls earn the most points, but being one or two positions off still counts. Nobody has to volunteer as the scorer, chase people for their picks, or update a shared spreadsheet on Monday morning.

What makes it different from other F1 prediction apps?

Most prediction games give you a place to submit picks and a leaderboard. That's it. When it comes to actually preparing your predictions, studying practice pace, comparing qualifying runs, understanding which teams suit a particular circuit, you're on your own.

Podium Prophets has that analysis built in. Race pace charts, long-run stint data, qualifying breakdowns, team pace comparisons, and circuit intelligence profiles are all available inside the app. You study the data, form your prediction, submit it, and after the session you can compare your prediction to the actual results and understand where your analysis was right or wrong. That feedback loop is how casual guessing turns into informed prediction skill.

Leagues your way

Leagues are private and fully configurable. Your league leader sets the scoring rules: point values for exact, one-off, and two-off positions, whether sprint sessions count, whether championship predictions are enabled, and how carry-forward penalties work for missed sessions. Every league plays by its own system.

Every session covered

The app covers qualifying, race, sprint qualifying, and sprint sessions. Championship predictions for the full season run alongside session picks. Miss a weekend? Carry-forward scoring means you still get some points instead of being zeroed out.

Actively growing

The public roadmap shows what's coming: more prediction types including safety cars and custom league-specific predictions, configurable grid depth, global public leagues, a cross-league leaderboard, user profiles with achievements, and a community-voted meme championship.

Origin story

Solo developer project. My friend group ran predictions over email chains with a shared Excel file for years. I got tired of being the person who scored everything manually, so I built Podium Prophets to automate it. The project outgrew our group, and now it's open to everyone.

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