F1 Race Stars is a video game by Codemasters. It was designed as a karting game that is based on the Formula One motorsport, with the circuits newly designed to include loops, jumps and shortcuts. Along with being a spin-off of the regular Formula One video games, it is also Codemasters' first kart-racing game. It allows the players to choose cartoonish versions of drivers such as Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Charles Pic, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Räikkönen, Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher. It was described by Codemasters to have been designed to emphasise entertainment rather than simulation.