If you are watching F1 on TV regularly, you'll hear the word 'interval' used at very regular intervals by the commentators, but what does it mean?
As GPFans is here to make your understanding of F1 greater and the whole thing more enjoyable, we have the answer for you.
If you check out the timings or standings during a race or a practice session, you'll see that whoever is leading the way either has a lap time or the word 'interval' next to their name.
Interval in F1 – what does it mean?
After that, every chasing driver has a number against their name, sometimes with a + before it. That denotes how far they are behind the leader, and that is the interval.
Check out the intervals from the leader to the rest
It means that Perez is currently 14.025 seconds behind Verstappen. It's as simple as that. The interval shows you the gap between drivers and the lead.