Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine covers Formula 1 and wider single-seater racing with a blend of race reporting, data-led analysis and close attention to rules and fan reaction. He is editor and founder of RaceFans, an independent motorsport news site he created in 2005 under the name F1 Fanatic, which later became RaceFans. His coverage links what happens on track to how regulations, strategy and public response shape each grand prix.

Race results and championship battles

Collantine writes detailed race result pieces that document how each Formula 1 grand prix unfolds and how it changes the championship picture. Recent articles such as race result and championship points reports for the Hungarian, Belgian and Italian grands prix follow a clear structure that sets out the finishing order and updates the points standings. In reports like the British Grand Prix, he combines the bare results with concise narrative, describing incidents such as late Safety Car interventions and their impact on drivers like Antonelli.

He also focuses on intra-team dynamics, as in his analysis of how Mercedes managed the fight between Russell and Antonelli in Canada, using direct race situations to show how teams control risk and protect their points haul.

Interactive data and performance analysis

Alongside straight race reports, Collantine produces interactive data pieces that break down the underlying performance story of a grand prix.

In coverage of the Australian Grand Prix he presents lap charts, times and tyre information in an interactive format, giving readers tools to explore pace trends, stint lengths and strategy choices rather than relying on narrative alone. These data features sit alongside more interpretive analysis, such as his examination of why Formula 1’s racing in 2026 is described as “incredible”, where he uses statistics and specific race examples to test claims about the quality of racing. His data-driven work positions him as a reporter who not only records outcomes but also parses timing and tyre information to explain why those outcomes occurred.

Rules, stewards and cost cap disputes

Collantine repeatedly returns to the regulatory side of motorsport, treating stewards’ decisions and cost cap issues as central storylines rather than footnotes.

In his report on stewards revealing that Antonelli should have received a five-second time penalty before a pit stop, he lays out the decision and its timing to show how procedural details can affect race order. Articles such as his piece on Formula 1 becoming like “Mario Kart” with new rules, quoting Verstappen and Leclerc, track how changes to sporting regulations are received inside the paddock.

His coverage of comments from Wolff about Ferrari “running out of cost cap soon” after damage to their car uses humour-laden quotes to highlight tensions around spending limits. Across these pieces he treats rules, penalties and cost control as core elements of the competitive landscape and gives them the same weight as driver performance.

Talking points, social media and wider series

Beyond race-day reports, Collantine frames each weekend with agenda-setting analysis and extends his coverage into fan and junior series stories.

His “eight talking points” feature for the Italian Grand Prix selects specific themes for the event, from circuit characteristics to team form, and turns them into structured questions that define what matters before the lights go out. In his Social Media column on the FIA defending stewards after abuse from Colapinto’s fans, he follows the conversation beyond the circuit, summarising online reaction and official responses to show how decisions resonate with supporters.

He also covers series outside Formula 1, such as a video-led piece on title rivals colliding at the start of the final Formula Regional European Championship weekend and news of Verstappen racing 100 drivers at once in karts at Silverstone. As editor he continues to publish round-up articles that collect smaller news items into a daily briefing, reinforcing his role at the centre of RaceFans’ motorsport coverage.

Collantine has a long background in motoring journalism and has run RaceFans full-time since 2010, which underpins his consistency across race reports, data analysis, rules coverage and fan-focused features. His work is characterised by clear prose, structured formats and an emphasis on how formal decisions and informal reactions combine to define modern grand prix racing.