# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://www.formula1.com

**Date:** April 7, 2026  
**URL:** https://www.formula1.com  
**Overall Grade:** C (76/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/197cc427-50d1-54c1-98bd-ffa2ea765fc2

## Top Findings

1. **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers
2. **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — Security > Content Security Policy
3. **[CRITICAL]** Page weighs 10.2 MB (5.3 MB transferred) — Performance > Page Weight Budget
4. **[CRITICAL]** 39 image-only link(s) without alt text — Accessibility > Link & Button Quality
5. **[WARNING]** 178 HTTP requests — consider bundling or reducing — Performance > Page Weight Budget

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## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 43 |
| Accessibility | 100 |
| Best Practices | 96 |
| SEO | 100 |

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## Security

### Security Headers (C — 65/100)

*6 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Strict-Transport-Security is properly configured
- **[PASS]** X-Content-Type-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** X-Frame-Options is properly configured
- **[WARNING]** Referrer-Policy has a weak value
- **[PASS]** Permissions-Policy is set
- **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — CSP is the most important header for preventing XSS attacks. See the CSP section for detailed analysis.
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header is missing — COOP isolates your browsing context, preventing cross-origin side-channel attacks. Set to 'same-origin'.
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — COEP prevents loading cross-origin resources without explicit permission. Required for SharedArrayBuffer and high-resolution timers.
- **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present
- **[PASS]** Server header is present without version info

### Content Security Policy (F — 0/100)

*No enforcing CSP policy found*

- **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — CSP is the most effective defense against XSS attacks. Add a Content-Security-Policy header to restrict resource loading.

### TLS & Certificates (A+ — 100/100)

*TLS 1.3, 7 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 is used
- **[PASS]** Strong cipher suite is used
- **[INFO]** HTTP/2 is not negotiated — HTTP/2 provides multiplexing and header compression for better performance.
- **[PASS]** Certificate is valid (expires in 213 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 3 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 2 domain(s)
- **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA

### Cookie Security (A+ — 100/100)

*No cookies set — no cookie security risks*

- **[PASS]** No cookies set — no cookie security risks

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## Advanced Security

### Subresource Integrity (A+ — 100/100)

*No external resources*

- **[PASS]** No external resources to protect

### JS Library Vulnerabilities (A+ — 100/100)

*No known vulnerabilities*

- **[PASS]** No known JavaScript library vulnerabilities detected

### Information Leakage (A+ — 100/100)

*No exposures*

- **[INFO]** No security.txt found — Consider adding a security.txt at /.well-known/security.txt.
- **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed

### Email Security (F — 30/100)

*No DMARC*

- **[WARNING]** No DMARC record found — Without DMARC, email receivers have no policy for handling authentication failures.

### Permissions-Policy (C — 65/100)

*1 directives, 4 missing*

- **[PASS]** geolocation=() — blocked for all origins
- **[INFO]** camera not restricted — Consider adding camera=() to block camera access from embedded content.
- **[INFO]** microphone not restricted — Consider adding microphone=() to block microphone access from embedded content.
- **[INFO]** payment not restricted — Consider adding payment=() to block payment access from embedded content.
- **[INFO]** usb not restricted — Consider adding usb=() to block usb access from embedded content.

### CORS Configuration (B — 80/100)

*No CORS headers*

- **[PASS]** No CORS headers present — secure default

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## Performance

### Page Weight Budget (F — 0/100)

*5.3 MB transferred, 178 requests*

- **[CRITICAL]** Page weighs 10.2 MB (5.3 MB transferred)
- **[WARNING]** Images are 3.1 MB — compress or use modern formats — Convert images to WebP/AVIF and resize to display dimensions to reduce transfer size.
- **[WARNING]** JavaScript is 1.6 MB — consider code splitting or lazy loading — Large JavaScript bundles delay interactivity. Split code by route or defer non-critical scripts.
- **[INFO]** Fonts are 367 KB — consider subsetting or using system fonts — Subset fonts to include only used characters, or switch to system font stacks.
- **[WARNING]** 178 HTTP requests — consider bundling or reducing — Each request adds latency. Bundle small files, use sprites, or eliminate unnecessary requests.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 1.1 g CO2 per page load

### Third-Party Impact (D — 50/100)

*64% third-party, 0 ms blocking*

- **[WARNING]** Third-party code accounts for 64% of page weight (3.4 MiB of 5.3 MiB)
- **[PASS]** Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)

### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100)

*All text resources are compressed*

- **[PASS]** All text resources are compressed

### Image Optimization (C — 60/100)

*123 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.formula1.com/assets/home/_next/static/... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.formula1.com/assets/home/_next/static/... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.formula1.com/assets/home/_next/static/... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

### JS Execution Cost (F — 20/100)

*7670ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.formula1.com/: 2738ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 1469ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.formula1.com/assets/home/_next/static/...: 846ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.formula1.com/assets/home/_next/static/...: 473ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-NTR...: 389ms CPU time
- **[INFO]** Third-party scripts: 3096ms (40% of total)

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*12 fonts (367 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 12 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (F — 20/100)

*22 scripts, 937 KB unused*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.formula1.com/assets/home/_next/static/...: 342 KB unused (80%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/mana...: 141 KB unused (77%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.formula1.com/assets/home/_next/static/...: 140 KB unused (83%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K8R...: 82 KB unused (50%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://consent.formula1.com/Notice.8f529.js: 62 KB unused (69%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 937 KB

### Resource Caching (A+ — 100/100)

*All resources properly cached*

- **[PASS]** No caching issues found

### Critical Rendering Path (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected

### Resource Hints (A+ — 100/100)

*103 hints, 0 missing preconnects*

- **[PASS]** Page uses 103 resource hint(s)

### Render-Blocking Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources detected*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected in <head>

### Third-Party Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party resources detected*


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## Content Quality

### Links (A+ — 100/100)

*200 links checked, 200 healthy, 0 broken*

- **[PASS]** 200 of 200 links are healthy

### Mixed Content (A+ — 100/100)

*No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.*

- **[PASS]** No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS

### Open Graph (A — 90/100)

*Open Graph tags are well configured for social sharing.*

- **[CRITICAL]** og:image is not reachable — The og:image URL could not be fetched. Social platforms won't be able to display it.

### Structured Data (A+ — 100/100)

*1 JSON-LD block(s) found — structured data is well configured.*

- **[PASS]** Custom type "ImageObject" — unable to validate specific properties

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## Infrastructure

### DNS Records (A — 85/100)

*4 A records, 45 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 4 IPv4 address(es)
- **[PASS]** Has 8 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
- **[WARNING]** CNAME record at zone apex — A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.
- **[PASS]** 4 nameserver(s) configured
- **[INFO]** No MX records — email not configured via DNS
- **[INFO]** CAA records not checked — CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
- **[INFO]** No SPF record found in TXT records — SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
- **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 45 ms

### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100)

*No redirects — direct access*

- **[PASS]** No redirects — direct access

### IPv6 Readiness (A+ — 100/100)

*IPv6 reachable (33 ms)*

- **[PASS]** IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2600:9000:273b:c00:19:565c:f7c0:93a1, 2600:9000:273b:ec00:19:565c:f7c0:93a1, 2600:9000:273b:f200:19:565c:f7c0:93a1, 2600:9000:273b:b400:19:565c:f7c0:93a1, 2600:9000:273b:8000:19:565c:f7c0:93a1, 2600:9000:273b:3200:19:565c:f7c0:93a1, 2600:9000:273b:3000:19:565c:f7c0:93a1, 2600:9000:273b:d200:19:565c:f7c0:93a1

### Crawlability (A+ — 100/100)

*robots.txt present, sitemap with 3 URLs*

- **[PASS]** robots.txt is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is valid XML
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml contains 3 entries
- **[PASS]** Sitemap index with 3 child sitemaps
- **[PASS]** robots.txt references sitemap

### URL Variants (A+ — 100/100)

*www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS*

- **[PASS]** www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: www)
- **[PASS]** HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

### Domain Intelligence (A+ — 100/100)

*formula1.com — via Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE, 27 years, 4 months old, hosted on AWS*

- **[PASS]** Domain registered until Apr 9, 2027 (1 years remaining)
- **[INFO]** DNSSEC is not enabled — DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
- **[PASS]** Registrar: Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
- **[PASS]** Hosting: AWS

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## Compliance

### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100)

*No testable criteria*


### Cookie Consent & Privacy (B — 80/100)

*No consent signals detected*

- **[WARNING]** No privacy policy link detected — A privacy policy page is recommended for transparency and may be legally required.
- **[INFO]** No terms of service link detected
- **[INFO]** No cookie consent banner detected
- **[INFO]** This is an automated check, not legal advice — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators of consent management. This does not constitute a legal compliance assessment. Consult a privacy professional for GDPR/CCPA compliance.

### Language & i18n (A — 90/100)

*Lang attribute present*

- **[PASS]** <html lang> attribute is present
- **[PASS]** <html lang> value is valid
- **[INFO]** No Content-Language HTTP header
- **[INFO]** Language signals are inconsistent — The <html lang> attribute and Content-Language header should agree.

### Readability & Typography (A+ — 100/100)

*Font sizes and tap targets checked*


### Viewport Configuration (A+ — 100/100)

*Viewport properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Viewport meta tag is present
- **[PASS]** width=device-width is set
- **[PASS]** User zooming is allowed

### Third-Party Trackers (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party trackers detected*

- **[PASS]** No third-party trackers detected

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## Legal

### Legal Page Ecosystem (F — 0/100)

*0 of 7 expected legal pages detected*

- **[WARNING]** Privacy Policy not detected — No link matching common Privacy Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Privacy Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[WARNING]** Terms of Service not detected — No link matching common Terms of Service URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Terms of Service, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Cookie Policy not detected — No link matching common Cookie Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Cookie Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Accessibility Statement not detected — No link matching common Accessibility Statement URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Accessibility Statement, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** DMCA / Copyright Notice not detected — No link matching common DMCA / Copyright Notice URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a DMCA / Copyright Notice, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Refund / Returns Policy not detected — No link matching common Refund / Returns Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Refund / Returns Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Acceptable Use Policy not detected — No link matching common Acceptable Use Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Acceptable Use Policy, especially those collecting user data.

### Copyright Notice (A+ — 100/100)

*© 2003-2026 Formula One World Championship Limited*

- **[PASS]** Copyright notice is up to date — Copyright notice is up to date: © 2003-2026 Formula One World Championship Limited
- **[PASS]** Copyright holder: Formula One World Championship Limited

### Regulatory Indicators

*0 regulatory indicator(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** This is a technical scan, not a legal assessment — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators that may suggest regulatory relevance. This is not a compliance audit and should not be relied upon for legal decisions. Consult qualified legal counsel for compliance assessments.
- **[INFO]** No specific regulatory indicators detected — No strong signals for GDPR, CCPA, ADA, PCI, HIPAA, or COPPA were found. This does not mean these regulations don't apply — it means we didn't detect common technical indicators.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

*0 third-party service(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** Data inventory for transparency purposes — This inventory identifies third-party services that receive data from your site visitors. Under regulations like GDPR (Article 30), maintaining records of data processing activities is commonly considered a best practice. This automated scan provides a starting point — it may not capture all data flows.
- **[INFO]** No recognized third-party data-sharing services detected — This page does not appear to load external tracking, analytics, or advertising scripts.

### Compliance Badges (C — 55/100)

*0 compliance badge(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** No compliance badges detected — No recognized compliance certification badges or seals were found. This is common — many sites do not display compliance badges.

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## Availability

### CDN & Delivery (A+ — 100/100)

*AWS CloudFront (Hit from cloudfront)*

- **[PASS]** Site is served via AWS CloudFront CDN (edge: ZRH55-P2)
- **[PASS]** CDN cache status: Hit from cloudfront

### HTTP Caching (B — 75/100)

*max-age=0, s-maxage=60, stale-while-revalidate=300, stale-if-error=86400*

- **[PASS]** Cache-Control header is set
- **[PASS]** CDN TTL: 1 minute (s-maxage=60)
- **[INFO]** No ETag or Last-Modified header — Conditional requests (304 Not Modified) are not possible without validators.

### Transport Security (A — 90/100)

*HTTP/3, HSTS, and TLS version analysis*

- **[INFO]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) not advertised — HTTP/3 eliminates head-of-line blocking. If your CDN supports it, consider enabling it.
- **[PASS]** HSTS enabled (includeSubDomains, preload)
- **[PASS]** HSTS preload enabled
- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT)

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## Accessibility

### Landmark Structure (A+ — 100/100)

*4 landmarks*

- **[PASS]** <main> landmark present
- **[PASS]** 1 <nav> landmark(s) found
- **[PASS]** Skip navigation link present

### Heading Hierarchy (A+ — 100/100)

*7 headings*

- **[PASS]** Single H1 present

### Alt Text Quality (B — 80/100)

*11 of 124 images have issues*

- **[WARNING]** 11 image(s) with filename as alt text
- **[PASS]** 65 decorative image(s) correctly marked
- **[PASS]** 48 image(s) with good alt text

### Form Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*No form controls*

- **[PASS]** No form controls on this page

### Link & Button Quality (C — 68/100)

*162 links, 7 buttons — all OK*

- **[CRITICAL]** 39 image-only link(s) without alt text
- **[WARNING]** 46 link(s) open in new tab without warning — Add '(opens in new tab)' to link text or aria-label.
- **[PASS]** 77 link(s) with descriptive text

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## UX

### 404 Error Page (C — 65/100)

*HTTP 404, custom page*

- **[PASS]** Correct 404 status code returned
- **[PASS]** Custom styled 404 page
- **[PASS]** Homepage link present on 404 page

### Favicon & Branding (C — 65/100)

*4 icon(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** favicon.ico present at site root
- **[PASS]** HTML icon links detected
- **[PASS]** Apple touch icon present
- **[PASS]** SVG favicon detected — scales perfectly to any size

### Web Manifest (F — 30/100)

*Invalid JSON*

- **[WARNING]** Manifest contains invalid JSON — Manifest at https://www.formula1.com/manifest.webmanifest contains invalid JSON. Browsers cannot parse it.

### Dark Mode Support (D — 40/100)

*No dark mode signals*

- **[INFO]** No dark mode signals detected — Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.
- **[INFO]** Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles — External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

### Print Stylesheet (D — 40/100)

*No print styles*

- **[INFO]** No print-specific styles detected — When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.

### Navigation UX (F — 30/100)

*1 navigation pattern(s)*

- **[PASS]** Skip navigation link detected
- **[PASS]** 1 navigation landmark(s) detected

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## SEO

### Canonical URL (A — 90/100)

*Minor issues*

- **[PASS]** Canonical tag present
- **[WARNING]** Canonical does not match final URL (https://www.formula1.com)

### Meta Tags (A — 85/100)

*Title: 7 chars*

- **[PASS]** Page title is set
- **[WARNING]** Title is only 7 characters — consider expanding
- **[INFO]** Title and H1 have very different wording — Alignment helps users confirm they've reached the right page.

### Content Depth (C — 65/100)

*653 words, Very Difficult*

- **[PASS]** Page has 653 words of content
- **[INFO]** Text-to-HTML ratio is 1% — Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Very Difficult (grade 35)

### Internal Links (A+ — 100/100)

*110 internal, 52 external*

- **[PASS]** 110 internal links (68%)
- **[PASS]** 100% of links use descriptive anchor text
- **[INFO]** 110 internal / 52 external links

### Image SEO (A+ — 100/100)

*124 images, 105 descriptive filenames*

- **[INFO]** 19 image(s) have hash/generic filenames

### Hreflang

*0 hreflang tags*


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## Sustainability

### CO2 Per Page Load (F — 30/100)

*1.50g CO2 per view*

- **[WARNING]** 1.50g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 5.3 MB, producing an estimated 1.50g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.28g, network 0.26g, end-user device 0.96g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 180.1 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 180.1 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 22515 smartphones.

### Green Hosting (D — 40/100)

*Not green*

- **[INFO]** No confirmed renewable energy commitment detected — Consider providers like Cloudflare, Google Cloud, or Vercel that match 100% of their energy use with renewables.
- **[INFO]** AWS: Renewable energy varies by region; committed to 100% by 2025
- **[INFO]** AWS CloudFront: Renewable varies by edge location
- **[INFO]** Green hosting status based on known provider commitments — Green hosting detection uses a curated database of provider renewable energy commitments. This is not a real-time verification. For authoritative checks, visit thegreenwebfoundation.org.

### Repeat Visit Weight (A+ — 100/100)

*97% cached*

- **[PASS]** 97% reduction on repeat visits — Returning visitors download only 138 KB (vs 5427 KB first visit). 176 of 178 resources are served from browser cache, saving 1.46g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.04g CO2 (first visit: 1.50g)

### Carbon Budget (F — 30/100)

*75th percentile*

- **[WARNING]** 1.50g CO2 — above the median website (0.60g) — Heavier than an estimated 25% of websites. Reducing page weight, optimizing images, and removing unused JavaScript would lower the carbon footprint. See the Performance tab.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 75th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (B — 80/100)

*83% efficient*

- **[INFO]** Transfer efficiency: 83% — An estimated 936 KB (17%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 936 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.26g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.

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*Generated by [BeaverCheck](https://beavercheck.com) — https://beavercheck.com/results/197cc427-50d1-54c1-98bd-ffa2ea765fc2*
