Credits and licences

We build the games and graphics on this site with the help of creators who share their work under open licences. Thank you.

3D models

• "F1 2026 concept (polygon model)" (source) by Qvist_designs, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified: recoloured neutral grey, wheels separated, decimated for the web. Used for the car in our games and renders. In Max Racer 3D it is also split into paint, accent and carbon areas and painted in fictional team colours.
• "Universal Base Characters" (source) and "Universal Animation Library" 1 and 2 by Quaternius, CC0 1.0. Modified: race suits and helmets added; extra moves authored by us. Used for the pit crew in the Pit Stop Challenge and the fighters in Paddock Punch-Up.
• "Roller shutter door", "Steel frame shelves", "Metal tool chest" and "Drill" from Poly Haven, CC0. Used in the Paddock Punch-Up garage.

Textures

• "Asphalt Pit Lane", "Asphalt Track" and "Bi Stretch" from Poly Haven, CC0.
• "Concrete034", "Concrete017" and "Fabric048" from ambientCG, CC0.

Games and code

• Max Racer 3D is based on APEX FORMULA 2026 by Avi Hacker (github.com/ahacker-1/apex-formula-2026), licensed under the Apache License 2.0, and modified by To The MAX Racing. Includes three.js © three.js authors (MIT). Modified: renamed and rebranded, fictional teams and drivers, our two circuits, our car model, lighter textures, To The MAX Racing menus and HUD. Full notices: NOTICE, LICENSE, third-party notices. Also includes the meshoptimizer decoder © Arseny Kapoulkine (MIT).
• Paddock Punch-Up uses three.js © three.js authors (MIT), served from our own server.

Data

• Season standings, results and calendar: Jolpica-F1 (community successor of the Ergast API).
• News headlines, summaries and preview pictures: the publishers' own RSS/Atom feeds and article pages (pictures are loaded from the publisher and credited, never copied); every story links to the original article, and stories whose publishers allow framing open in our reader under a To The MAX Racing bar.

To The MAX Racing is an independent fan publication. It is not associated with Formula 1 companies, the FIA, any team or driver. The car in our games is a generic design and does not represent any team's car.