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Possible On-track Incident

Possible stopped car or on-track incident candidate is active. Use binary_sensor.f1_possible_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_possible_on_track_incident - On while F1 Sensor has a possible or confirmed likely stopped car or on-track incident for the active session.

This entity includes early candidate incidents. Candidates can come from public timing and Race Control context, and can also come from optional F1TV Auth car movement data when it is correlated with yellow flag, Virtual Safety Car, Safety Car, or red flag context. Track Map can add optional location context when available, but it is not required for this entity to work.

Use candidates carefully

Candidate incidents are earlier and less certain than confirmed incidents. Use this entity for advanced automations, dashboard indicators, or opt-in alerts. For conservative notifications, use binary_sensor.f1_on_track_incident or the incident notification blueprint defaults.

State (on/off)

  • on when at least one candidate, confirmed, or updated incident is active.
  • off when no possible or 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 possible or confirmed active incidents
highest_confidencestringHighest active confidence: low, 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

Detailed car movement samples are not exposed as state attributes.

For conservative notifications, use Incident Detection and the Incident Notifications blueprint.

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