Backseat DriverBackseat Driver — Support
Last updated: 2 September 2026
Backseat Driver is a motorsport schedule companion app covering 150+ racing championships — single seaters, bikes, endurance, rally and rallycross, GT, touring cars, stock cars, hillclimb, one-make cups, drift, drag, motocross and trucks — including F1, MotoGP, IMSA, WEC, NASCAR, NHRA, IndyCar, WRC, BTCC, MXGP, Supercars, Formula E and many more, plus festivals and one-off events such as Goodwood and Pikes Peak.
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Common Questions
Do I need an account?
No. Backseat Driver has no sign-up and no sign-in — open the app and use it. Your favourites, bookmarks and settings are stored on your device only.
How do I add or remove favourite series?
Tap "+ADD" on the home screen to choose new series, or "Reorder" to rearrange them. To remove a series, tap into it and toggle the star icon.
What are Bookmarks?
Tap the bookmark icon on any race weekend to save it to the Bookmarks tab, so you can follow a specific event without favouriting the whole championship.
How do I see events near me?
Go to the Bookmarks tab and tap the pin icon in the top right. You can use your device location or pick any location manually, then sort upcoming events by distance or date. Your location never leaves your device.
How do I change session reminder times?
Go to Settings → Notifications → Session Reminders. You can pick multiple reminder intervals (5, 15 or 30 minutes, or 1 or 2 hours before each session), and choose whether reminders come from your favourites, your bookmarks, or both. You can also limit them to on-track sessions or race-weekend sessions only.
Why does a reminder mention rain?
Session reminders include the peak chance of rain forecast for the session window at that circuit. It is the forecast for the venue, never for your location.
Why don't I see notifications on Android?
Make sure notifications are enabled in your device's system settings for Backseat Driver, and that you've enabled them inside the app under Settings → Notifications.
The app says "no upcoming sessions" — what's wrong?
Pull down on the home screen to refresh. If the issue persists, Settings → Data → Force Data Update clears the cache and re-downloads everything. The schedule cache otherwise refreshes periodically.
What is the Atlas?
The globe button in the home screen header opens Atlas — every circuit in the app on a zoomable globe, filterable by series, season and dates. All of its map data is bundled in the app, so it works offline.
Times look wrong — how do I fix them?
Use the Local/Track toggle. "Local" converts session times to your device's timezone; "Track" shows them in the circuit's own timezone. Settings → Display lets you set the default and switch between a 24-hour and 12-hour clock.
Can I suggest a series, or report a wrong session time?
Please do — schedules are entered by hand from official calendars, and corrections are welcome. Email backseatdriverdevs@gmail.com.
Your Data
Backseat Driver has no user accounts, so there is no account or profile to delete. Your favourites, bookmarks and settings are held on your device: uninstalling the app, or clearing its data in your device settings, removes them permanently. Turning off reminders ends your notification subscriptions.
Crash and diagnostic logs are not linked to any identity and are deleted automatically after 90 days. If you want to make a privacy request, email backseatdriverdevs@gmail.com and we will action verified requests within 30 days.
The organiser accounts offered by earlier versions of the app have been withdrawn, and the data held under them has been deleted.
Legal
See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for information about data handling and the rules for using the app.