How We Use AI
How AI Fits Into Our Work
ChatGPT for Research
We use ChatGPT to research the stats behind every page, from salaries and contracts to sponsor deals and ticket prices, and to pull together the reporting, filings, and announcements each figure comes from.
Cross-Checked Across Sources
Every figure is verified by cross-referencing the sources behind it and comparing them with other reporting. Where sources disagree or the evidence is thin, the figure is shown as a range and labeled Estimated.
Claude for Context
Once the data is checked, we use Claude to turn it into readable copy that explains what the numbers mean, how they compare across the grid, and why they matter.
How We Build Every Page
1. Research and Plan
Each page starts with ChatGPT research into what fans want to know and what public evidence exists, and we use it to plan which figures, sections, and questions the page needs to cover.
2. Gather the Data
ChatGPT helps us collect the stats behind the page, such as salaries, contracts, team finances, sponsor deals, circuit records, and ticket prices, along with the reporting, filings, and announcements each figure comes from.
3. Design the Templates
Claude helps us build and refine the page templates in our page builder, so every driver, team, staff member, sponsor, circuit, and race is laid out the same way, with its sources sitting under the figures they support.
4. Source the Images
Every image on the site is a real photograph, and we don't use AI to create pictures of drivers, teams, cars, or circuits.
5. Add Context
Once the data is in place, Claude helps turn it into readable copy that explains what the numbers mean, how they compare across the grid, and why they matter to fans.
6. Check and Validate
Every figure is cross-referenced against its source and compared with other reporting before it goes live, and it's given a label showing how solid the evidence is, which runs from Verified through to Estimated.
7. Keep It Current
We regularly check and recalibrate the data, copy, and labels on every page, so results go in after each race, while contracts, sponsor deals, and prices are updated as new reporting comes out.
Our Verification Labels
Every figure on F1 Salaries carries one of four labels, and they're how we blend AI research with clarity, context, and understanding. ChatGPT helps find the evidence and Claude helps explain it, while the label shows how much weight that evidence can carry. That means we can still publish a useful page where sources are patchy, and you can see exactly which figures are solid and which are our best estimate.
Verified figures come from an official source, Reported figures come from named journalists, Estimated figures are our own, and Calculated figures are worked out from other numbers on the page. The system was inspired by the verified and unverified salary flags on Capology, which we've expanded to four levels, and our methodology explains each one in detail.
Who Makes the Decisions
Editorial Calls
Which figure to publish, which label it gets, and where a range starts and ends are decisions made by the site's editor, Dan Sweeting, using the evidence linked on the page.
Bylines
Articles carry the name of the person responsible for them. AI tools are never listed as authors.
No AI Images
F1 Salaries doesn't use AI-generated images. Every photo on the site is a real photograph.
Summarize Buttons
The Summarize buttons on our articles open the page in an AI assistant of your choice, such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. That assistant writes the summary, so check it against the article itself. You can read how each type of figure is built in our methodology and more about the site on our about page.
How We Use AI: FAQs
F1 Salaries uses AI as a tool, and Dan Sweeting edits every page. ChatGPT helps research the stats, each figure is cross-referenced and compared across sources before it's published, and Claude helps turn the checked data into readable, contextual copy. Articles carry the name of the person responsible for them.
We use ChatGPT to research the stats behind each page and Claude to turn the checked data into readable copy and to help build page layouts. Neither tool has access to private contract data, so every figure comes from public sources, and those sources are listed on each page.
Every figure ChatGPT turns up is cross-referenced against the original source and compared with other reporting before it goes live. When sources agree, the figure gets the strongest label the evidence supports. When they disagree or the evidence is thin, it's shown as a range and labeled Estimated.
F1 Salaries doesn't use AI-generated images. Every photo on the site is a real photograph of the drivers, teams, cars, and circuits it shows. AI tools are used for research, writing, and building pages, and the figures in every table and chart come from the same checked data as the rest of the page.
