diff --git a/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/__init__.py b/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/__init__.py
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diff --git a/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/main.py b/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/main.py
index ffefec0c..fe830354 100644
--- a/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/main.py
+++ b/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,54 @@
+"""F1 Streams - FastAPI backend with schedule service."""
+
+import logging
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+
+from apscheduler.schedulers.asyncio import AsyncIOScheduler
+from apscheduler.triggers.cron import CronTrigger
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 
-app = FastAPI(title="F1 Streams")
+from backend.schedule import ScheduleService
+
+logging.basicConfig(
+    level=logging.INFO,
+    format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s",
+)
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+schedule_service = ScheduleService()
+scheduler = AsyncIOScheduler()
+
+
+async def _scheduled_refresh() -> None:
+    """Callback for APScheduler daily refresh."""
+    logger.info("Running scheduled schedule refresh...")
+    await schedule_service.refresh()
+
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+    """Startup and shutdown lifecycle handler."""
+    # Startup: load schedule and start background scheduler
+    await schedule_service.initialize()
+
+    scheduler.add_job(
+        _scheduled_refresh,
+        trigger=CronTrigger(hour=3, minute=0, timezone="UTC"),
+        id="daily_schedule_refresh",
+        name="Refresh F1 schedule daily at 03:00 UTC",
+        replace_existing=True,
+    )
+    scheduler.start()
+    logger.info("APScheduler started - daily refresh at 03:00 UTC")
+
+    yield
+
+    # Shutdown
+    scheduler.shutdown(wait=False)
+    logger.info("APScheduler shut down")
+
+
+app = FastAPI(title="F1 Streams", lifespan=lifespan)
 
 
 @app.get("/health")
@@ -13,6 +61,19 @@ async def root():
     return {"service": "f1-streams", "version": "2.0.1"}
 
 
+@app.get("/schedule")
+async def get_schedule():
+    """Return the F1 race schedule for the current season with session statuses."""
+    return schedule_service.get_schedule()
+
+
+@app.post("/schedule/refresh")
+async def refresh_schedule():
+    """Manually trigger a schedule refresh from the jolpica API."""
+    await schedule_service.refresh()
+    return {"status": "refreshed"}
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import uvicorn
 
diff --git a/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/requirements.txt b/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/requirements.txt
index 1e8e22cc..f724afaa 100644
--- a/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 fastapi==0.115.0
 uvicorn[standard]
+httpx>=0.27.0
+apscheduler>=3.10.0,<4.0
diff --git a/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/schedule.py b/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/schedule.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1688f1e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stacks/f1-stream/files/backend/schedule.py
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+"""F1 Schedule Service - fetches, caches, and serves the F1 race calendar."""
+
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import httpx
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+JOLPICA_API_URL = "https://api.jolpi.ca/ergast/f1/current.json"
+SCHEDULE_PATH = Path(os.getenv("SCHEDULE_PATH", "/data/schedule.json"))
+STALE_THRESHOLD = timedelta(hours=24)
+
+# Typical session durations in minutes
+SESSION_DURATIONS = {
+    "fp1": 60,
+    "fp2": 60,
+    "fp3": 60,
+    "qualifying": 60,
+    "sprint_qualifying": 30,
+    "sprint": 30,
+    "race": 120,
+}
+
+
+def _parse_session_datetime(session: dict[str, str] | None) -> str | None:
+    """Parse a session dict with 'date' and 'time' fields into an ISO 8601 UTC string."""
+    if not session or "date" not in session or "time" not in session:
+        return None
+    # Time format from API: "14:30:00Z"
+    time_str = session["time"].rstrip("Z")
+    return f"{session['date']}T{time_str}+00:00"
+
+
+def _parse_race(race: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Transform a raw jolpica/Ergast race object into our internal format."""
+    circuit = race.get("Circuit", {})
+    location = circuit.get("Location", {})
+
+    # Build session list
+    sessions = []
+
+    # Map API keys to our session types, in chronological order for a race weekend
+    session_map = [
+        ("FirstPractice", "fp1", "FP1"),
+        ("SecondPractice", "fp2", "FP2"),
+        ("ThirdPractice", "fp3", "FP3"),
+        ("SprintQualifying", "sprint_qualifying", "Sprint Qualifying"),
+        ("SprintShootout", "sprint_qualifying", "Sprint Qualifying"),
+        ("Sprint", "sprint", "Sprint"),
+        ("Qualifying", "qualifying", "Qualifying"),
+    ]
+
+    seen_types = set()
+    for api_key, session_type, display_name in session_map:
+        if api_key in race and session_type not in seen_types:
+            dt_str = _parse_session_datetime(race[api_key])
+            if dt_str:
+                sessions.append(
+                    {
+                        "type": session_type,
+                        "name": display_name,
+                        "start_utc": dt_str,
+                        "duration_minutes": SESSION_DURATIONS.get(session_type, 60),
+                    }
+                )
+                seen_types.add(session_type)
+
+    # Race session itself (date and time are top-level)
+    race_dt = _parse_session_datetime({"date": race.get("date", ""), "time": race.get("time", "")})
+    if race_dt:
+        sessions.append(
+            {
+                "type": "race",
+                "name": "Race",
+                "start_utc": race_dt,
+                "duration_minutes": SESSION_DURATIONS["race"],
+            }
+        )
+
+    # Sort sessions chronologically
+    sessions.sort(key=lambda s: s["start_utc"])
+
+    return {
+        "round": int(race.get("round", 0)),
+        "race_name": race.get("raceName", ""),
+        "circuit": circuit.get("circuitName", ""),
+        "circuit_id": circuit.get("circuitId", ""),
+        "country": location.get("country", ""),
+        "locality": location.get("locality", ""),
+        "date": race.get("date", ""),
+        "url": race.get("url", ""),
+        "sessions": sessions,
+    }
+
+
+def _compute_session_status(session: dict[str, Any], now: datetime) -> str:
+    """Determine if a session is 'past', 'live', or 'upcoming'."""
+    try:
+        start = datetime.fromisoformat(session["start_utc"])
+    except (ValueError, KeyError):
+        return "upcoming"
+
+    duration = timedelta(minutes=session.get("duration_minutes", 60))
+    end = start + duration
+
+    if now >= end:
+        return "past"
+    elif now >= start:
+        return "live"
+    else:
+        return "upcoming"
+
+
+class ScheduleService:
+    """Manages the F1 schedule: fetching, caching, and serving."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._schedule: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+
+    async def fetch_schedule(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Fetch the current season schedule from the jolpica API."""
+        logger.info("Fetching F1 schedule from jolpica API...")
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=30.0) as client:
+            response = await client.get(JOLPICA_API_URL)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+            data = response.json()
+
+        race_table = data.get("MRData", {}).get("RaceTable", {})
+        season = race_table.get("season", "")
+        raw_races = race_table.get("Races", [])
+
+        races = [_parse_race(r) for r in raw_races]
+
+        schedule = {
+            "season": season,
+            "fetched_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+            "races": races,
+        }
+
+        self._schedule = schedule
+        logger.info("Fetched schedule for %s season: %d races", season, len(races))
+        return schedule
+
+    def load_from_disk(self) -> bool:
+        """Load schedule from NFS-backed JSON file. Returns True if loaded successfully."""
+        if not SCHEDULE_PATH.exists():
+            logger.info("No cached schedule found at %s", SCHEDULE_PATH)
+            return False
+
+        try:
+            with open(SCHEDULE_PATH, "r") as f:
+                self._schedule = json.load(f)
+            logger.info("Loaded cached schedule from %s", SCHEDULE_PATH)
+            return True
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError) as e:
+            logger.warning("Failed to load cached schedule: %s", e)
+            return False
+
+    def save_to_disk(self) -> None:
+        """Persist current schedule to NFS-backed JSON file."""
+        if not self._schedule:
+            logger.warning("No schedule data to save")
+            return
+
+        try:
+            SCHEDULE_PATH.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            with open(SCHEDULE_PATH, "w") as f:
+                json.dump(self._schedule, f, indent=2)
+            logger.info("Saved schedule to %s", SCHEDULE_PATH)
+        except OSError as e:
+            logger.error("Failed to save schedule to disk: %s", e)
+
+    def is_stale(self) -> bool:
+        """Check if the cached schedule data is older than the stale threshold."""
+        if not self._schedule:
+            return True
+
+        fetched_at_str = self._schedule.get("fetched_at")
+        if not fetched_at_str:
+            return True
+
+        try:
+            fetched_at = datetime.fromisoformat(fetched_at_str)
+            return datetime.now(timezone.utc) - fetched_at > STALE_THRESHOLD
+        except ValueError:
+            return True
+
+    def get_schedule(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Return the current schedule with computed session statuses."""
+        if not self._schedule:
+            return {"season": "", "races": [], "error": "No schedule data available"}
+
+        now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+        races = []
+
+        for race in self._schedule.get("races", []):
+            sessions = []
+            for session in race.get("sessions", []):
+                sessions.append(
+                    {
+                        **session,
+                        "status": _compute_session_status(session, now),
+                    }
+                )
+
+            races.append(
+                {
+                    **race,
+                    "sessions": sessions,
+                }
+            )
+
+        return {
+            "season": self._schedule.get("season", ""),
+            "fetched_at": self._schedule.get("fetched_at", ""),
+            "races": races,
+        }
+
+    async def refresh(self) -> None:
+        """Fetch fresh schedule and persist to disk. Falls back to cached data on error."""
+        try:
+            await self.fetch_schedule()
+            self.save_to_disk()
+        except httpx.HTTPError as e:
+            logger.error("Failed to refresh schedule from API: %s", e)
+            if not self._schedule:
+                logger.warning("No cached data available either - schedule will be empty")
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Unexpected error during schedule refresh")
+
+    async def initialize(self) -> None:
+        """Load from disk on startup and refresh if stale."""
+        self.load_from_disk()
+        if self.is_stale():
+            await self.refresh()
diff --git a/stacks/f1-stream/main.tf b/stacks/f1-stream/main.tf
index 9c604bd0..889ccc07 100644
--- a/stacks/f1-stream/main.tf
+++ b/stacks/f1-stream/main.tf
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ resource "kubernetes_deployment" "f1-stream" {
       }
       spec {
         container {
-          image = "viktorbarzin/f1-stream:v2.0.1"
+          image = "viktorbarzin/f1-stream:v2.0.3"
           name  = "f1-stream"
           resources {
             limits = {