Free Motorsport scoreboard
Keep Motorsport score live on your phone and share the match with anyone — free to watch, no account needed to follow along.
Motorsport comes down to laps completed and who's out front. With ScoreZen you tap a lap for each driver as they come round, note the best lap and any penalties, and the duel updates live — P1/P2 and the gap in laps — on every phone that's watching. Run a club karting meet or a circuit race, share one QR code from the pit wall, and let everyone follow along free.
Why score Motorsport with ScoreZen
- One-tap scoring, built for Motorsport
- Share the live score by QR code or link
- Free for spectators — no app to install to watch
- Keeps working if the connection drops
- 34 sports, tournaments and standings included
How Motorsport scoring works
Ranking is by finishing position: the first to cross the line after the set number of laps wins the race. In a championship, points are awarded to the top finishers on a scale (e.g. 25-18-15… in F1). Time or pit penalties change the order after an infringement. Fastest lap and pole position can bring bonuses depending on the series.
Match format
A race runs over a number of laps set by the circuit and category (or a fixed duration, as in endurance). Free practice and qualifying sessions precede the race and set the grid.
How to win
Cross the finish line first after the set number of laps (chequered flag). In endurance, the greatest distance covered within the allotted time wins.
Recommended ScoreZen setup
In ScoreZen, follow the race with a 'Lap' counter per driver or team and a stopwatch; a 'Penalty' counter records sanctions. The app does not compute positions or gaps in real time, nor championship points: the final order is settled at the finish line. You end the race manually (chequered flag).
How a motorsport result is actually built
Nobody scores points during a motor race. On a circuit the order is laps completed, then position on the road; in a rally the result is established by adding together all the special stage times, all the time penalties incurred on the road sections and every other penalty expressed in time (2026 WRC Sporting Regulations, Article 64.1). Two measurements, two columns on your sheet. World Rally Championship stage times are taken to the tenth of a second and the Power Stage to the thousandth (Article 47.1), and the Code allows only timing apparatus accepted by the national federation, FIA-approved once you time to a thousandth of a second (Article 11.13.3).
The order at the flag is a provisional classification, not a result: the Code defines it as the results published at the end of the session or competition concerned, revisable by a decision of the stewards. The Final Classification is the one the stewards sign and publish once scrutineering is completed and all their decisions have been executed. In between, the order moves. A deleted lap time, a time penalty and a drop of places in the classification are all penalties on the scale (Article 12.4.1), and after a disqualification the stewards declare the resulting amendment and decide whether the next competitor moves up (Article 12.19).
Three mistakes, in order of frequency. Copying the finish order into the championship table before the results are declared final. Forgetting that points depend on the distance actually covered, so a race stopped early pays less. Mixing the scratch classification with the class classifications, when a car can be fourteenth overall and first in class. In rallying, a fourth: checking in early costs a full minute per minute or fraction of a minute, checking in late only ten seconds (Article 44.2.10), and the marshal on duty is the only person allowed to enter the time on the crew's time card, apart from the boxes marked for the competitor's use (Article 19.3.2).
What the International Sporting Code actually says
Everything is posted, with the hour on it. Classifications, results and officials' decisions go on the official notice board along with the time of publication, or on the digital notice board where there is one; if they go on both, the time of publication on the official board prevails (Article 11.7.4). That timestamp starts the protest clock, and it is the line people forget to write down. This is not a world-championship habit either: the FIA recognises one national federation per country as the sole power for the enforcement of the Code (Article 1.4.1), so your club meeting is run under it too, alongside the national rules.
The right to protest lies only with a competitor (Article 13.1), and it can target the provisional classification itself as well as an entry, the length of the course, a handicap, the make-up of a heat, an alleged breach during the competition or the alleged non-compliance of a car (Article 13.2.1). The window is thirty minutes after that classification is published (Articles 13.3.5 and 13.3.7). It must be written, name the regulation and say against whom, and come with a deposit set annually by the national federation, returned only if the protest is upheld (Article 13.4).
Two limits, before anyone argues at the table. Decisions of the judges of fact cannot be protested: they are final unless the stewards overrule them, and on their own they do not constitute the classification (Article 13.7). And no competition is ever re-run (Article 13.9). Judges of fact must be real persons, identified and published on an official document before they start; where the result is decided wholly or partly by time, the finish-line judge is the chief timekeeper; and a judge may correct their own mistake if the stewards accept it (Article 11.16). A prize is withheld while a protest could still change the order (Article 13.8).
(FIA, International Sporting Code, edition applicable from 26 June 2026, Articles 1.4, 3.5, 11.7.4, 11.13, 11.16, 12.4, 12.19 and 13; 2026 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations, version of 13 January 2026, Articles 19.3, 44.2.10, 47.1 and 64.1.)
There is no universal points scale: read your own championship
The Code imposes no scale. It requires only that the supplementary regulations state the manner in which the classification shall be established, and the place and time of the publication of the provisional and final classifications (Articles 3.5.12 and 3.5.13; that article does not apply to the Formula One World Championship, which carries its own regulations). Your scale is the one printed in your own regulations.
Formula 1, 2026: 25 for a win, then 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1, plus 8 down to 1 for the top eight of a sprint, and no bonus point for the fastest lap. The scale shrinks with the distance: full points only if the leader completes 75% or more of the scheduled race distance, three reduced columns below that, and nothing at all unless the leader has completed at least two complete and consecutive laps without a safety car or virtual safety car procedure (Article A2.2).
World Rally Championship, 2026: 25, 17, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 on the general classification, plus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 on the accumulated Sunday-only classification and 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 on the Power Stage. Thirty-five at most from one rally. If the rally cannot be run in its entirety, points are reduced against the scheduled length of special stages: full from 75%, half from 50%, a third from 25%, none below 25%, and Power Stage points are never reduced (Articles 3.3.1 to 3.3.3 and 3.3.6).
World Endurance Championship, 2026: the scale follows the length of the race. Six hours pays 25 down to 1, the eight-hour and ten-hour rounds (or 1812 km) 38 down to 2, and Le Mans doubles the six-hour scale, 50 for the win. One extra point for pole position in each category, half points if the race is suspended and cannot resume once the leader has passed two laps but before 75% of the original race time (Articles 15.3.1, 15.3.2 and 15.3.4). Lower down, scales are local: karting usually runs heats then a final, a hillclimb usually keeps the best run, a regularity event is won by the lowest total. Whatever your supplementary regulations say is what counts.
(FIA 2026 Formula 1 Regulations, Section A - General Regulatory Provisions, Article A2.2; 2026 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations, Article 3.3; 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship Sporting Regulations, Article 15.3.)
What ScoreZen changes for motorsport
ScoreZen does not replace the timing. Official times come from the timekeepers and the classification is the stewards' business. What ScoreZen carries is the running standings, round by round and lap by lap, on the phone in your hand, in front of everyone who is not standing at the timing table: one tap adds a lap to a competitor, another logs a penalty, and the order on screen follows.
You share the meeting with a link, or a QR code taped by the entrance: one QR code for the whole tournament, never one per session. Spectators are free, unlimited and never need an account, so the family that stayed at home follows live. TV mode fills a laptop plugged into a screen, the transparent overlay drops the live score into OBS, the club website embeds the live-score widget. Knockout, championship, pools plus bracket, Swiss system, best-of-three and best-of-five, rotating teams: the formats are there.
Your phone keeps counting when the signal drops behind a hillside, then resynchronises when it returns. Print the A4 sheet before the first start, export the fixtures and results to CSV, feed your own pages with the read-only public API without a key, publish the calendar as an ICS feed, share the Replay summary and the Story image. 34 sports, 25 languages. Three trial matches are free for life, then one payment of €1.99unlocks it for life; clubs run at €4.99, €9.99or €29.99per month.
Frequently asked questions
How do I keep motorsport score live on my phone?
Tap a lap for each driver as they cross the line; the leader is whoever has completed the most laps, shown live with the gap in laps, and you end the race yourself at the flag. Across a championship, the table adds up each round's wins. Share the live link or QR code so drivers, crews, and family can follow every round free, with no account needed.
How many points do you get for winning a motorsport race?
It depends on the championship; there is no universal answer. Formula 1 pays 25 for a win in 2026, with no bonus for the fastest lap. A World Rally Championship win pays 25, plus up to 5 on the Sunday classification and 5 on the Power Stage: 35 at most. Endurance pays 25 in a six-hour race, 38 in an eight- or ten-hour round and 50 at Le Mans. Club events use their own regulations.
When is a motorsport result final?
Not at the flag. What goes up at the end of the session is a provisional classification, and the stewards can still revise it. A competitor has thirty minutes after that publication to protest an error or the classification itself. It becomes the Final Classification once the stewards sign it, after scrutineering and once all their decisions have been executed, and prizes are withheld while a protest could still change the order.
Can families follow the meeting without creating an account?
Yes. Share the link, or show the QR code at the gate. Whoever opens it sees the standings live on their phone, updated as you enter each result. Spectators pay nothing, never sign up, and there is no limit on how many follow at once. Nothing to install either: it opens straight in the browser.
How much does it cost, and can I try it first?
Three trial matches, free, for life, with no card. After that, one payment of €1.99unlocks ScoreZen for life; clubs that want their own space run at €4.99, €9.99or €29.99per month. Spectators stay free however many follow. And if your competition still wants paper on the board, the A4 sheet prints from the standings you kept on your phone.