F1 Calendar was started by <a href="https://sijobling.com/">Si Jobling</a>, <a href="https://andyhiggs.uk/">Andy Higgs</a> and <a href="http://abitgone.co.uk/">Ant Williams</a>. After the 2019 season they decided to look for someone to take over the reigns and update the site for the 2020 season. After following Formula 1 for quite a few years I took over the site and rebuilt the site using Next.js, building out the exact same functionality as the existing site.
2020 turned out to be quite the year to take over the site, keeping up with calendar changes and introducing features the site has never needed before. Including Virtual Grand Prix events that were introduced by Formula 1 during lockdown.
F1 Calendar is completely <a href="https://github.com/sportstimes/f1">open source</a>.
Calendar files are generated and hosted on Cloudflare. With them handling terabytes of bandwidth per month.
Since taking over in 2020, I've used the same codebase to set up a family of websites.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://f1calendar.com">F1 Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://f1academycalendar.com">F1 Academy Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://f2calendar.com">F2 Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://f3calendar.com">F3 Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://formulaecal.com">Formula E Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://indycarcalendar.com">IndyCar Calendar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://motogpcal.com">MotoGP Calendar</a></li>
</ul>
The sites aren't monetized through advertising but we do accept coffee donations which goes towards paying for hosting and domains.