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On-track Incident

Confirmed likely stopped car or on-track incident is active. Use binary_sensor.f1_on_track_incident in dashboards, templates, and automations.

See live data availability for session and data-source requirements. The details below describe any additional conditions for this entity.

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State and attributes

binary_sensor.f1_on_track_incident - On while F1 Sensor has a confirmed likely stopped car or on-track incident for the active session.

Not crash detection

This entity detects likely stopped cars and on-track incidents from live timing, track status, and Race Control context. It does not prove that a crash happened, and it may also represent a technical failure, spin, red flag stop, or another neutral on-track situation.

State (on/off)

  • on when at least one confirmed incident is active.
  • off when no confirmed incident is active.
  • unavailable when live or replay data is not available enough to report a reliable state.

Example

on

Attributes

AttributeTypeDescription
active_countnumberNumber of confirmed active incidents
highest_confidencestringHighest active confidence: medium or high
latest_incident_idstringStable identifier for the most recent incident update
latest_driver_numberstringCar number for the latest incident update
latest_driver_tlastringDriver abbreviation for the latest incident update
latest_reasonstringNeutral reason code for the latest update
latest_phasestringLatest phase: candidate, confirmed, updated, or cleared
session_typestringLowercase session type, such as race, sprint, qualifying, or practice
session_namestringHuman-readable session name
data_qualitystringData source quality, such as live, replay, stale, or bootstrap

The entity intentionally keeps attributes small and stable. Use the f1_sensor_incident event for detailed automation triggers and notification text.

For the full behavior, confidence, and notification model, see Incident Detection.

Session support

Incident detection is designed for race, sprint, qualifying, and practice sessions. Practice alerts are more conservative because practice sessions naturally contain more slow running, pit activity, and testing-style behavior.

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