diff --git a/frontend/src/api.ts b/frontend/src/api.ts
index 6ef9f70..de201cd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api.ts
@@ -116,17 +116,12 @@ export async function fetchWeekend(meetingKey: number): Promise<Weekend> {
 }
 
 // fetchWeekendContext consumes the canonical /api/v1/weekend-context endpoint
-// (sibling backend story #72). It resolves to null when the endpoint is not yet
-// available (404 / server without the handler) so the Weekend page can fall back
-// to client-side derivation from existing endpoints. Any other HTTP error throws.
-export async function fetchWeekendContext(): Promise<WeekendContext | null> {
-  let res: Response
-  try {
-    res = await fetch('/api/v1/weekend-context')
-  } catch {
-    return null
-  }
-  if (res.status === 404) return null
+// (backend story #72). The response is the authoritative WeekendContext shape and
+// is used verbatim as the Weekend home's source of truth. Any HTTP error throws
+// so the hook can surface an explicit error state; there is no client-side
+// re-derivation of the contract.
+export async function fetchWeekendContext(): Promise<WeekendContext> {
+  const res = await fetch('/api/v1/weekend-context')
   if (!res.ok) {
     throw new Error(`API ${res.status}: ${res.statusText}`)
   }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Nav.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Nav.tsx
index 0ef2d82..2946848 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Nav.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Nav.tsx
@@ -8,14 +8,23 @@ const PRIMARY = [
   { to: '/explore', label: 'Explore', icon: Compass, exact: false },
 ] as const
 
+/**
+ * Nav renders one primary navigation system per breakpoint:
+ *   - Desktop/tablet: the top bar's `aria-label="Primary"` links.
+ *   - Mobile (≤640px): the bottom `aria-label="Primary"` bar; the top bar's links
+ *     are hidden via CSS so the two are never both active at once.
+ *
+ * Admin is an operator utility, deliberately outside every Primary landmark — it
+ * lives in a plain toolbar slot and never appears in the mobile bottom nav.
+ */
 export function Nav() {
   return (
     <>
-      <nav className="app-nav" aria-label="Primary">
+      <header className="app-nav">
         <Link to="/" className="nav-logo">
           box<em>-</em>box
         </Link>
-        <div className="nav-links">
+        <nav className="nav-links" aria-label="Primary">
           {PRIMARY.map(({ to, label, exact }) => (
             <Link
               key={to}
@@ -26,8 +35,8 @@ export function Nav() {
               {label}
             </Link>
           ))}
-        </div>
-        <div className="nav-utility">
+        </nav>
+        <div className="nav-utility" role="toolbar" aria-label="Operator utilities">
           <Link
             to="/admin"
             className="nav-utility-link"
@@ -36,9 +45,9 @@ export function Nav() {
             Admin
           </Link>
         </div>
-      </nav>
+      </header>
 
-      <nav className="app-bottom-nav" aria-label="Primary mobile">
+      <nav className="app-bottom-nav" aria-label="Primary">
         {PRIMARY.map(({ to, label, icon: Icon, exact }) => (
           <Link
             key={to}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/weekend/BetweenRacesView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/weekend/BetweenRacesView.tsx
index 4b39530..f8316f8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/weekend/BetweenRacesView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/weekend/BetweenRacesView.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
 import { Link } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 import { ChevronRight, Flag as FlagIcon } from 'lucide-react'
-import type { WeekendContext } from '../../types'
+import type {
+  WeekendBriefingItem,
+  WeekendChampionshipImpact,
+  WeekendContext,
+  WeekendViewState,
+} from '../../types'
 import {
   BriefingStrip,
   ChampionshipImpactCard,
+  ChampionshipRoundStrip,
   CountdownDisplay,
   EventPodium,
   Flag,
-  SeasonNavStrip,
 } from './shared'
+import { analysisSessionKey, meetingIdentity } from '../../lib/weekendContext'
 import { parseScheduleTime } from '../../lib/schedule'
 
 const EYEBROW: Record<string, string> = {
-  between_races: 'Between races',
+  between_weekends: 'Between races',
   post_weekend: 'Post-weekend',
   season_complete: 'Season complete',
 }
@@ -30,63 +36,85 @@ function formatSessionLine(name: string | undefined, start: string | undefined):
   return `${name} · ${when}`
 }
 
-export function BetweenRacesView({ context, now }: { context: WeekendContext; now: Date }) {
-  const { last_event, next_event, championship_impact, season_rounds, briefing } = context
-  const eyebrow = EYEBROW[context.state] ?? 'Between races'
+export function BetweenRacesView({
+  context,
+  now,
+  view,
+  championship,
+  briefing,
+}: {
+  context: WeekendContext
+  now: Date
+  view: WeekendViewState
+  championship?: WeekendChampionshipImpact
+  briefing: WeekendBriefingItem[]
+}) {
+  const eyebrow = EYEBROW[view] ?? 'Between races'
+
+  const previous = context.previous_completed_session
+  const previousMeeting = meetingIdentity(previous?.meeting ?? context.previous_meeting)
+  const nextMeeting = meetingIdentity(context.next_meeting)
+  const nextSession = context.next_session?.session
+  const analysisKey = analysisSessionKey(context)
 
   return (
-    <div className="wk-between" data-testid="weekend-between-races" data-state={context.state}>
+    <div className="wk-between" data-testid="weekend-between-races" data-state={view}>
       <div className="wk-eyebrow mono" data-testid="wk-eyebrow">{eyebrow}</div>
 
       <div className="wk-top-grid">
-        {last_event && (
+        {previousMeeting && (
           <section className="wk-event-card wk-event-last" data-testid="wk-last-event">
             <header className="wk-event-head">
               <div className="wk-event-id">
-                <Flag code={last_event.country_code} flag={last_event.country_flag} />
-                <h2 className="wk-event-name">{last_event.meeting_name}</h2>
+                <Flag code={previousMeeting.country_code} flag={previousMeeting.country_flag} />
+                <h2 className="wk-event-name">{previousMeeting.meeting_name}</h2>
               </div>
               <span className="wk-event-tag wk-tag-done mono">
                 <FlagIcon size={13} aria-hidden="true" /> Completed
               </span>
             </header>
             <div className="wk-event-body">
-              <EventPodium event={last_event} />
+              <EventPodium sessionKey={analysisKey} />
               <div className="wk-story-card">
                 <span className="wk-story-label">What decided it?</span>
-                {last_event.story && <p className="wk-story-text">{last_event.story}</p>}
-                <Link
-                  to="/race-hub"
-                  search={{ session_key: last_event.analysis_session_key }}
-                  className="wk-cta wk-cta-primary"
-                  data-testid="wk-explore-race-story"
-                >
-                  Explore Race Story <ChevronRight size={15} aria-hidden="true" />
-                </Link>
+                {analysisKey ? (
+                  <Link
+                    to="/race-hub"
+                    search={{ session_key: analysisKey }}
+                    className="wk-cta wk-cta-primary"
+                    data-testid="wk-explore-race-story"
+                  >
+                    Explore Race Story <ChevronRight size={15} aria-hidden="true" />
+                  </Link>
+                ) : (
+                  <p className="wk-story-text" data-testid="wk-no-analysis">
+                    Analysis for this session is not available locally yet.
+                  </p>
+                )}
               </div>
             </div>
           </section>
         )}
 
-        {next_event ? (
+        {nextMeeting ? (
           <section className="wk-event-card wk-event-next" data-testid="wk-next-event">
             <header className="wk-event-head">
               <div className="wk-event-id">
-                <Flag code={next_event.country_code} flag={next_event.country_flag} />
-                <h2 className="wk-event-name">{next_event.meeting_name}</h2>
+                <Flag code={nextMeeting.country_code} flag={nextMeeting.country_flag} />
+                <h2 className="wk-event-name">{nextMeeting.meeting_name}</h2>
               </div>
               <span className="wk-event-tag wk-tag-next mono">Next event</span>
             </header>
             <div className="wk-next-body">
-              <CountdownDisplay target={next_event.next_session_start ?? next_event.date_start} now={now} />
+              <CountdownDisplay target={nextSession?.date_start ?? nextMeeting.date_start} now={now} />
               <div className="wk-next-session">
                 <span className="wk-next-label mono">Next session</span>
                 <span className="wk-next-value">
-                  {formatSessionLine(next_event.next_session_name, next_event.next_session_start)}
+                  {formatSessionLine(nextSession?.session_name, nextSession?.date_start)}
                 </span>
               </div>
               <Link to="/preview" className="wk-cta wk-cta-primary wk-cta-wide" data-testid="wk-prepare">
-                Prepare for {next_event.meeting_name.replace(/ Grand Prix$/i, '')}
+                Prepare for {nextMeeting.short_name}
                 <ChevronRight size={15} aria-hidden="true" />
               </Link>
             </div>
@@ -94,15 +122,15 @@ export function BetweenRacesView({ context, now }: { context: WeekendContext; no
         ) : (
           <section className="wk-event-card wk-event-next" data-testid="wk-season-complete-card">
             <header className="wk-event-head">
-              <h2 className="wk-event-name">That's a wrap</h2>
+              <h2 className="wk-event-name">That&apos;s a wrap</h2>
               <span className="wk-event-tag wk-tag-next mono">Off-season</span>
             </header>
             <div className="wk-next-body">
               <p className="wk-season-complete-copy">
-                The {context.season} calendar is complete. Explore the season's races or revisit the championship
+                The {context.season} calendar is complete. Explore the season&apos;s races or revisit the championship
                 battle while the next schedule is confirmed.
               </p>
-              <Link to="/explore" className="wk-cta wk-cta-primary wk-cta-wide">
+              <Link to="/explore" className="wk-cta wk-cta-primary wk-cta-wide" data-testid="wk-season-complete-explore">
                 Explore the season <ChevronRight size={15} aria-hidden="true" />
               </Link>
             </div>
@@ -111,11 +139,14 @@ export function BetweenRacesView({ context, now }: { context: WeekendContext; no
       </div>
 
       <div className="wk-mid-grid">
-        {championship_impact && <ChampionshipImpactCard impact={championship_impact} />}
-        {season_rounds && season_rounds.length > 0 && <SeasonNavStrip rounds={season_rounds} />}
+        {championship && <ChampionshipImpactCard impact={championship} />}
+        <ChampionshipRoundStrip
+          round={context.championship_round}
+          total={context.total_championship_rounds}
+        />
       </div>
 
-      {briefing && briefing.length > 0 && <BriefingStrip items={briefing} />}
+      {briefing.length > 0 && <BriefingStrip items={briefing} />}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/weekend/BetweenSessionsView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/weekend/BetweenSessionsView.tsx
index fc43e18..d92635b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/weekend/BetweenSessionsView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/weekend/BetweenSessionsView.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Link } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 import { ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react'
-import type { WeekendContext } from '../../types'
-import { BriefingStrip, CountdownDisplay, EventPodium, SessionTimeline } from './shared'
+import type { WeekendBriefingItem, WeekendContext, WeekendViewState } from '../../types'
+import { BriefingStrip, CountdownDisplay, EventPodium, SessionRail, railNodes } from './shared'
+import { analysisSessionKey, meetingIdentity } from '../../lib/weekendContext'
 import { parseScheduleTime } from '../../lib/schedule'
 
 function nextSessionWhen(start: string | undefined): string {
@@ -15,53 +16,68 @@ function nextSessionWhen(start: string | undefined): string {
   })
 }
 
-export function BetweenSessionsView({ context, now }: { context: WeekendContext; now: Date }) {
-  const settling = context.state === 'session_settling'
-  const { active_meeting_name, active_circuit_short_name, sessions, last_session, next_session } = context
+export function BetweenSessionsView({
+  context,
+  now,
+  view,
+  briefing,
+}: {
+  context: WeekendContext
+  now: Date
+  view: WeekendViewState
+  briefing: WeekendBriefingItem[]
+}) {
+  const settling = view === 'session_settling'
+  const focus = meetingIdentity(context.focus_meeting)
+  const previous = context.previous_completed_session
+  const previousName = previous?.session.session_name ?? 'Last session'
+  const next = context.next_session?.session
+  const analysisKey = analysisSessionKey(context)
+  const nodes = railNodes(previous, context.active_session, context.next_session)
 
   return (
-    <div className="wk-sessions" data-testid="weekend-between-sessions" data-state={context.state}>
+    <div className="wk-sessions" data-testid="weekend-between-sessions" data-state={view}>
       <div className="wk-eyebrow mono" data-testid="wk-eyebrow">
         {settling ? 'Session settling' : 'Between sessions'}
       </div>
 
       <header className="wk-sessions-head">
-        <h1 className="wk-sessions-title">{active_meeting_name ?? 'Race weekend'}</h1>
-        {active_circuit_short_name && <p className="wk-sessions-circuit mono">{active_circuit_short_name}</p>}
+        <h1 className="wk-sessions-title">{focus?.meeting_name ?? 'Race weekend'}</h1>
+        {focus?.circuit_short_name && <p className="wk-sessions-circuit mono">{focus.circuit_short_name}</p>}
       </header>
 
-      {sessions && <SessionTimeline sessions={sessions} />}
+      <SessionRail nodes={nodes} />
 
-      {last_session && (
+      {previous && (
         <section className="wk-recap-card" data-testid="wk-last-session">
           <span className="wk-recap-eyebrow mono">
-            {last_session.label} · {settling ? 'Settling' : 'Complete'}
+            {previousName} · {settling ? 'Settling' : 'Complete'}
           </span>
-          <h2 className="wk-recap-title">What happened in {last_session.label}</h2>
-          <EventPodium event={last_session} />
+          <h2 className="wk-recap-title">What happened in {previousName}</h2>
+          <EventPodium sessionKey={analysisKey} />
         </section>
       )}
 
-      {next_session && (
+      {next && (
         <section className="wk-upnext-card" data-testid="wk-next-session">
           <span className="wk-upnext-eyebrow mono">Up next</span>
-          <h2 className="wk-upnext-title">{next_session.session_name}</h2>
-          <CountdownDisplay target={next_session.date_start} now={now} compact />
-          <p className="wk-upnext-when mono">{nextSessionWhen(next_session.date_start)}</p>
-          {last_session && (
+          <h2 className="wk-upnext-title">{next.session_name}</h2>
+          <CountdownDisplay target={next.date_start} now={now} compact />
+          <p className="wk-upnext-when mono">{nextSessionWhen(next.date_start)}</p>
+          {analysisKey && (
             <Link
               to="/race-hub"
-              search={{ session_key: last_session.analysis_session_key }}
+              search={{ session_key: analysisKey }}
               className="wk-cta wk-cta-primary wk-cta-wide"
               data-testid="wk-view-recap"
             >
-              View {last_session.label} recap <ChevronRight size={15} aria-hidden="true" />
+              View {previousName} recap <ChevronRight size={15} aria-hidden="true" />
             </Link>
           )}
         </section>
       )}
 
-      {context.briefing && context.briefing.length > 0 && <BriefingStrip items={context.briefing} />}
+      {briefing.length > 0 && <BriefingStrip items={briefing} />}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/weekend/LiveHandoffView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/weekend/LiveHandoffView.tsx
index 55d6940..b34e9b8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/weekend/LiveHandoffView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/weekend/LiveHandoffView.tsx
@@ -1,40 +1,45 @@
 import { Link } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 import { ChevronRight, Radio } from 'lucide-react'
 import type { WeekendContext } from '../../types'
-import { EventPodium, Flag, SessionTimeline } from './shared'
+import { EventPodium, Flag, SessionRail, railNodes } from './shared'
+import { analysisSessionKey, meetingIdentity } from '../../lib/weekendContext'
 
 export function LiveHandoffView({ context }: { context: WeekendContext }) {
-  const { active_meeting_name, active_circuit_short_name, sessions, last_session } = context
-  const liveSession = sessions?.find((s) => s.status === 'live')
+  const focus = meetingIdentity(context.focus_meeting ?? context.active_session?.meeting)
+  const active = context.active_session?.session
+  const previous = context.previous_completed_session
+  const previousName = previous?.session.session_name ?? 'Last session'
+  const analysisKey = analysisSessionKey(context)
+  const nodes = railNodes(previous, context.active_session, context.next_session)
 
   return (
-    <div className="wk-live" data-testid="weekend-live" data-state={context.state}>
+    <div className="wk-live" data-testid="weekend-live" data-state="session_live">
       <div className="wk-eyebrow mono" data-testid="wk-eyebrow">Session live</div>
 
       <section className="wk-live-card" data-testid="wk-live-card">
         <div className="wk-live-head">
           <div className="wk-event-id">
-            <Flag code={context.last_event?.country_code} flag={context.last_event?.country_flag} />
-            <h1 className="wk-sessions-title">{active_meeting_name ?? 'Live session'}</h1>
+            <Flag code={focus?.country_code} flag={focus?.country_flag} />
+            <h1 className="wk-sessions-title">{focus?.meeting_name ?? 'Live session'}</h1>
           </div>
           <span className="wk-live-pulse" aria-hidden="true" />
         </div>
-        {active_circuit_short_name && <p className="wk-sessions-circuit mono">{active_circuit_short_name}</p>}
+        {focus?.circuit_short_name && <p className="wk-sessions-circuit mono">{focus.circuit_short_name}</p>}
         <p className="wk-live-lead">
-          {liveSession ? `${liveSession.session_name} is on track now.` : 'A session is running now.'}
+          {active?.session_name ? `${active.session_name} is on track now.` : 'A session is running now.'}
         </p>
         <Link to="/live" className="wk-cta wk-cta-primary wk-cta-wide" data-testid="wk-watch-live">
           <Radio size={15} aria-hidden="true" /> Watch live timing <ChevronRight size={15} aria-hidden="true" />
         </Link>
       </section>
 
-      {sessions && <SessionTimeline sessions={sessions} />}
+      <SessionRail nodes={nodes} />
 
-      {last_session && (
+      {previous && (
         <section className="wk-recap-card" data-testid="wk-last-session">
-          <span className="wk-recap-eyebrow mono">{last_session.label} · Complete</span>
-          <h2 className="wk-recap-title">What happened in {last_session.label}</h2>
-          <EventPodium event={last_session} />
+          <span className="wk-recap-eyebrow mono">{previousName} · Complete</span>
+          <h2 className="wk-recap-title">What happened in {previousName}</h2>
+          <EventPodium sessionKey={analysisKey} />
         </section>
       )}
     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/weekend/PreSessionView.tsx b/frontend/src/components/weekend/PreSessionView.tsx
index 3db9c60..d295a2b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/weekend/PreSessionView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/weekend/PreSessionView.tsx
@@ -2,31 +2,37 @@ import { Link } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 import { ChevronRight } from 'lucide-react'
 import type { WeekendContext } from '../../types'
 import { RacePreviewPage } from '../../pages/RacePreviewPage'
-import { CountdownDisplay, Flag, SeasonNavStrip, SessionTimeline } from './shared'
+import { ChampionshipRoundStrip, CountdownDisplay, Flag, SessionRail, railNodes } from './shared'
+import { meetingIdentity } from '../../lib/weekendContext'
 
 /**
  * PreSessionView folds the race preview surface into the Weekend home so there is
  * no separate Preview destination. It reuses the existing preview page content and
- * frames it with the next-session countdown and compact season navigation.
+ * frames it with the next-session countdown and compact season navigation. It also
+ * backs the /preview alias, so saved preview links resolve here instead of looping.
  */
 export function PreSessionView({ context, now }: { context: WeekendContext; now: Date }) {
-  const next = context.next_event
-  const nextStart = context.next_session?.date_start ?? next?.next_session_start ?? next?.date_start
+  const meeting = meetingIdentity(context.next_meeting ?? context.focus_meeting)
+  const next = context.next_session?.session
+  const nextStart = next?.date_start ?? meeting?.date_start
+  const nodes = railNodes(
+    context.previous_completed_session,
+    context.active_session,
+    context.next_session,
+  )
 
   return (
-    <div className="wk-pre" data-testid="weekend-pre-session" data-state={context.state}>
+    <div className="wk-pre" data-testid="weekend-pre-session" data-state="pre_session">
       <div className="wk-eyebrow mono" data-testid="wk-eyebrow">Pre-session</div>
 
-      {next && (
+      {meeting && (
         <header className="wk-pre-head" data-testid="wk-pre-head">
           <div className="wk-event-id">
-            <Flag code={next.country_code} flag={next.country_flag} />
-            <h1 className="wk-sessions-title">{next.meeting_name}</h1>
+            <Flag code={meeting.country_code} flag={meeting.country_flag} />
+            <h1 className="wk-sessions-title">{meeting.meeting_name}</h1>
           </div>
           <div className="wk-pre-countdown">
-            <span className="wk-next-label mono">
-              {context.next_session?.session_name ?? next.next_session_name ?? 'Next session'}
-            </span>
+            <span className="wk-next-label mono">{next?.session_name ?? 'Next session'}</span>
             <CountdownDisplay target={nextStart} now={now} />
           </div>
           <Link to="/live" className="wk-cta wk-cta-ghost" data-testid="wk-pre-live">
@@ -35,15 +41,16 @@ export function PreSessionView({ context, now }: { context: WeekendContext; now:
         </header>
       )}
 
-      {context.sessions && context.sessions.length > 0 && <SessionTimeline sessions={context.sessions} />}
+      {nodes.length > 0 && <SessionRail nodes={nodes} />}
 
       <div className="wk-pre-preview" data-testid="wk-pre-preview">
         <RacePreviewPage />
       </div>
 
-      {context.season_rounds && context.season_rounds.length > 0 && (
-        <SeasonNavStrip rounds={context.season_rounds} />
-      )}
+      <ChampionshipRoundStrip
+        round={context.championship_round}
+        total={context.total_championship_rounds}
+      />
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/weekend/StatusViews.tsx b/frontend/src/components/weekend/StatusViews.tsx
index 8e4c054..609af6c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/weekend/StatusViews.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/weekend/StatusViews.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export function WeekendError({ message }: { message?: string }) {
   )
 }
 
-export function WeekendLimited({ message, season }: { message?: string; season: number }) {
+export function WeekendLimited({ message, season }: { message?: string; season?: number }) {
   return (
     <div className="wk-status wk-status-limited" data-testid="weekend-limited">
       <span className="wk-status-eyebrow mono">box-box · weekend</span>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/weekend/shared.tsx b/frontend/src/components/weekend/shared.tsx
index c8f720e..19a9bfb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/weekend/shared.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/weekend/shared.tsx
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@ import { parseScheduleTime } from '../../lib/schedule'
 import { podiumFromResults } from '../../lib/weekendContext'
 import { teamColor } from '../../utils'
 import type {
+  ContextSession,
   WeekendChampionshipImpact,
-  WeekendCompletedEvent,
   WeekendBriefingItem,
   WeekendPodiumEntry,
-  WeekendSeasonRound,
-  WeekendTimelineSession,
 } from '../../types'
 
 export function Flag({ code, flag }: { code?: string; flag?: string }) {
@@ -53,7 +51,13 @@ export function CountdownDisplay({
   compact?: boolean
 }) {
   const parts = countdownParts(target, now)
-  if (!parts) return null
+  if (!parts) {
+    return (
+      <span className="wk-countdown-tbc mono" data-testid="wk-countdown">
+        Schedule TBC
+      </span>
+    )
+  }
   if (parts.reached) {
     return <span className="wk-countdown-live" data-testid="wk-countdown">Starting now</span>
   }
@@ -74,17 +78,29 @@ export function CountdownDisplay({
   )
 }
 
-export function EventPodium({ event }: { event: WeekendCompletedEvent }) {
-  const needsFetch = event.podium.length === 0 && event.analysis_session_key > 0
+/**
+ * EventPodium fetches and renders the podium for a completed analysis session.
+ * When no analysable session key is available (e.g. an archived result with no
+ * local analysis), it renders an explicit empty state rather than fetching.
+ */
+export function EventPodium({ sessionKey }: { sessionKey?: number }) {
+  const enabled = typeof sessionKey === 'number' && sessionKey > 0
   const query = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['race-hub', event.analysis_session_key, 'podium'],
-    queryFn: () => fetchRaceHub(event.analysis_session_key),
-    enabled: needsFetch,
+    queryKey: ['race-hub', sessionKey, 'podium'],
+    queryFn: () => fetchRaceHub(sessionKey as number),
+    enabled,
     staleTime: 60_000,
   })
 
-  const podium: WeekendPodiumEntry[] =
-    event.podium.length > 0 ? event.podium : podiumFromResults(query.data?.results ?? [])
+  const podium: WeekendPodiumEntry[] = podiumFromResults(query.data?.results ?? [])
+
+  if (!enabled) {
+    return (
+      <div className="wk-podium-empty" data-testid="wk-podium-empty">
+        Result not available yet.
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
 
   if (podium.length === 0) {
     return (
@@ -156,64 +172,87 @@ export function BriefingStrip({ items }: { items: WeekendBriefingItem[] }) {
   )
 }
 
-export function SeasonNavStrip({ rounds }: { rounds: WeekendSeasonRound[] }) {
-  if (rounds.length === 0) return null
+/**
+ * ChampionshipRoundStrip is a compact, progressively-disclosed round indicator.
+ * The canonical contract exposes only the current round and total, so the strip
+ * shows "Round N of M" and links out to Explore for the full calendar rather than
+ * reintroducing the whole calendar on the Weekend home.
+ */
+export function ChampionshipRoundStrip({ round, total }: { round: number; total: number }) {
+  if (round <= 0 || total <= 0) return null
+  const pct = Math.min(100, Math.round((round / total) * 100))
   return (
-    <section className="wk-season-nav" data-testid="wk-season-nav" aria-label="Season calendar">
-      <ol className="wk-season-strip" role="list">
-        {rounds.map((round) => {
-          const inner = (
-            <>
-              <span className="wk-round-num mono">R{String(round.round).padStart(2, '0')}</span>
-              <span className="wk-round-flag">{countryFlag({ country_code: round.country_code, country_flag: round.country_flag }) || round.country_code}</span>
-              <span className={`wk-round-dot wk-round-${round.status}`} aria-hidden="true" />
-            </>
-          )
-          const className = `wk-round wk-round-status-${round.status}`
-          return (
-            <li key={round.meeting_key} className="wk-round-item" role="listitem">
-              {round.analysis_session_key ? (
-                <Link
-                  to="/race-hub"
-                  search={{ session_key: round.analysis_session_key }}
-                  className={className}
-                  aria-label={`Round ${round.round} ${round.country_code} — ${round.status}`}
-                >
-                  {inner}
-                </Link>
-              ) : (
-                <span className={className} aria-label={`Round ${round.round} ${round.country_code} — ${round.status}`}>
-                  {inner}
-                </span>
-              )}
-            </li>
-          )
-        })}
-      </ol>
-      <div className="wk-season-legend mono" aria-hidden="true">
-        <span><i className="wk-round-dot wk-round-completed" /> Completed</span>
-        <span><i className="wk-round-dot wk-round-next" /> Next</span>
-        <span><i className="wk-round-dot wk-round-upcoming" /> Upcoming</span>
+    <section className="wk-season-nav" data-testid="wk-season-nav" aria-label="Season progress">
+      <div className="wk-season-progress">
+        <div className="wk-season-progress-head">
+          <span className="wk-card-title">Season progress</span>
+          <Link to="/explore" className="wk-card-link" data-testid="wk-season-explore">
+            Full calendar →
+          </Link>
+        </div>
+        <div
+          className="wk-season-bar"
+          role="progressbar"
+          aria-valuenow={round}
+          aria-valuemin={1}
+          aria-valuemax={total}
+          aria-label={`Round ${round} of ${total}`}
+        >
+          <span className="wk-season-bar-fill" style={{ width: `${pct}%` }} aria-hidden="true" />
+        </div>
+        <p className="wk-season-progress-label mono">
+          Round {round} of {total}
+        </p>
       </div>
     </section>
   )
 }
 
-export function SessionTimeline({ sessions }: { sessions: WeekendTimelineSession[] }) {
-  if (sessions.length === 0) return null
+interface TimelineNode {
+  key: string
+  session_name: string
+  status: 'done' | 'live' | 'next'
+}
+
+/**
+ * SessionRail renders the previous/active/next sessions the canonical context
+ * exposes as a compact three-node rail. It is intentionally derived only from the
+ * canonical refs — the contract does not enumerate a full weekend session list.
+ */
+export function SessionRail({ nodes }: { nodes: TimelineNode[] }) {
+  if (nodes.length === 0) return null
   return (
     <ol className="wk-timeline" data-testid="wk-timeline" role="list">
-      {sessions.map((s) => (
-        <li key={s.session_key} className={`wk-timeline-node wk-timeline-${s.status}`} role="listitem">
+      {nodes.map((n) => (
+        <li key={n.key} className={`wk-timeline-node wk-timeline-${n.status}`} role="listitem">
           <span className="wk-timeline-dot" aria-hidden="true" />
-          <span className="wk-timeline-name">{shortSessionName(s.session_name)}</span>
-          <span className="wk-timeline-state mono">{stateLabel(s.status)}</span>
+          <span className="wk-timeline-name">{shortSessionName(n.session_name)}</span>
+          <span className="wk-timeline-state mono">{stateLabel(n.status)}</span>
         </li>
       ))}
     </ol>
   )
 }
 
+/** Build the compact session rail from the canonical previous/active/next refs. */
+export function railNodes(
+  previous: ContextSession | undefined,
+  active: ContextSession | undefined,
+  next: ContextSession | undefined,
+): TimelineNode[] {
+  const nodes: TimelineNode[] = []
+  if (previous?.session.session_name) {
+    nodes.push({ key: `prev-${previous.session.session_key}`, session_name: previous.session.session_name, status: 'done' })
+  }
+  if (active?.session.session_name) {
+    nodes.push({ key: `live-${active.session.session_key}`, session_name: active.session.session_name, status: 'live' })
+  }
+  if (next?.session.session_name) {
+    nodes.push({ key: `next-${next.session.session_key}`, session_name: next.session.session_name, status: 'next' })
+  }
+  return nodes
+}
+
 function shortSessionName(name: string): string {
   const map: Record<string, string> = {
     'Practice 1': 'FP1',
@@ -226,15 +265,13 @@ function shortSessionName(name: string): string {
   return map[name] ?? name
 }
 
-function stateLabel(status: WeekendTimelineSession['status']): string {
+function stateLabel(status: TimelineNode['status']): string {
   switch (status) {
     case 'done':
       return 'Complete'
     case 'live':
       return 'Live'
-    case 'next':
-      return 'Next'
     default:
-      return 'Upcoming'
+      return 'Next'
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useWeekendContext.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useWeekendContext.ts
index 22f14da..67bdabf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useWeekendContext.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useWeekendContext.ts
@@ -1,32 +1,38 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
-import { useQueries, useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
-import {
-  fetchChampionshipHub,
-  fetchLiveState,
-  fetchLocalMeetings,
-  fetchNews,
-  fetchSeasonMeetings,
-  fetchSeasons,
-  fetchSessions,
-  fetchWeekend,
-  fetchWeekendContext,
-} from '../api'
-import { pickFocusMeeting } from '../lib/schedule'
-import { deriveWeekendContext } from '../lib/weekendContext'
-import type { NewsItem, Weekend, WeekendContext } from '../types'
+import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
+import { fetchChampionshipHub, fetchNews, fetchWeekendContext } from '../api'
+import { championshipImpact, briefingItems } from '../lib/weekendContext'
+import type {
+  WeekendChampionshipImpact,
+  WeekendBriefingItem,
+  WeekendContext,
+} from '../types'
+
+export type WeekendLoadState = 'loading' | 'error' | 'ready'
 
 export interface UseWeekendContextResult {
-  context: WeekendContext
-  /** True when the payload came from the canonical /api/v1/weekend-context endpoint. */
-  fromEndpoint: boolean
+  /** Canonical context, present only when loadState === 'ready'. */
+  context: WeekendContext | null
+  loadState: WeekendLoadState
+  error?: Error
+  /** Supplementary championship movers (not part of the #72 contract). */
+  championship?: WeekendChampionshipImpact
+  /** Supplementary briefing items (not part of the #72 contract). */
+  briefing: WeekendBriefingItem[]
   now: Date
 }
 
 /**
- * useWeekendContext prefers the canonical /api/v1/weekend-context endpoint and
- * falls back to deriving the same contract client-side from existing endpoints
- * so the Weekend home works even when the backend handler (sibling story #72) is
- * not yet deployed.
+ * useWeekendContext reads the canonical /api/v1/weekend-context endpoint as the
+ * single source of truth for the Weekend home. When the canonical read succeeds
+ * it layers on two pieces of supplementary data that the contract intentionally
+ * omits — championship movers and the paddock briefing — and nothing else.
+ *
+ * It deliberately does NOT fan out to season / meetings / per-weekend / OpenF1
+ * session / live-state queries: those would defeat the local-first canonical read
+ * model and can hit the rate-limited OpenF1 REST surface during active sessions.
+ * Supplementary queries are gated on a successful canonical read so a failing or
+ * pending endpoint issues no extra requests.
  */
 export function useWeekendContext(): UseWeekendContextResult {
   const [now, setNow] = useState(() => Date.now())
@@ -42,107 +48,42 @@ export function useWeekendContext(): UseWeekendContextResult {
     staleTime: 30_000,
   })
 
-  const seasonsQuery = useQuery({ queryKey: ['seasons'], queryFn: fetchSeasons })
-  const season = seasonsQuery.data?.[0] ?? null
-
-  const localMeetingsQuery = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['meetings', season, 'local'],
-    queryFn: () => fetchLocalMeetings(season!),
-    enabled: season != null,
-  })
-
-  const seasonMeetingsQuery = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['season-meetings', season],
-    queryFn: () => fetchSeasonMeetings(season!),
-    enabled: season != null,
-  })
+  const canonical = contextQuery.data ?? null
+  const canonicalReady = canonical != null
+  const season = canonical?.season
 
+  // Supplementary data — only fetched once the canonical context has resolved,
+  // so a pending/failed canonical read never triggers a request fan-out.
   const championshipQuery = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['championship-hub', season],
-    queryFn: () => fetchChampionshipHub(season!),
-    enabled: season != null,
-  })
-
-  const liveQuery = useQuery({ queryKey: ['live-state'], queryFn: fetchLiveState, staleTime: 5_000 })
-
-  const newsQuery = useQuery({ queryKey: ['news', 6], queryFn: () => fetchNews(6) })
-
-  const localMeetings = useMemo(() => localMeetingsQuery.data ?? [], [localMeetingsQuery.data])
-  const seasonMeetings = seasonMeetingsQuery.data?.length ? seasonMeetingsQuery.data : localMeetings
-
-  const weekendQueries = useQueries({
-    queries: localMeetings.map((meeting) => ({
-      queryKey: ['weekend', meeting.meeting_key],
-      queryFn: () => fetchWeekend(meeting.meeting_key),
-      enabled: localMeetings.length > 0,
-      staleTime: 60_000,
-    })),
-  })
-
-  const weekendsByKey = useMemo(() => {
-    const map = new Map<number, Weekend>()
-    localMeetings.forEach((meeting, i) => {
-      const data = weekendQueries[i]?.data
-      if (data) map.set(meeting.meeting_key, data)
-    })
-    return map
-  }, [localMeetings, weekendQueries])
-
-  const focusMeeting = useMemo(() => pickFocusMeeting(seasonMeetings, nowDate), [seasonMeetings, nowDate])
-  const focusHasLocal = focusMeeting ? weekendsByKey.has(focusMeeting.meeting_key) : false
-
-  const focusSessionsQuery = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['sessions', focusMeeting?.meeting_key, 'openf1'],
-    queryFn: () => fetchSessions(focusMeeting!.meeting_key, 'openf1'),
-    enabled: focusMeeting != null && !focusHasLocal,
+    queryKey: ['championship-hub', season ?? 'current'],
+    queryFn: () => fetchChampionshipHub(season),
+    enabled: canonicalReady,
     staleTime: 60_000,
   })
 
-  const news: NewsItem[] = newsQuery.data ?? []
+  const newsQuery = useQuery({
+    queryKey: ['news', 6],
+    queryFn: () => fetchNews(6),
+    enabled: canonicalReady,
+    staleTime: 60_000,
+  })
 
-  const derived = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      deriveWeekendContext({
-        season,
-        meetings: seasonMeetings,
-        weekendsByKey,
-        championship: championshipQuery.data,
-        liveActive: liveQuery.data?.is_live === true,
-        news,
-        focusSessions: focusSessionsQuery.data,
-        now: nowDate,
-      }),
-    [
-      season,
-      seasonMeetings,
-      weekendsByKey,
-      championshipQuery.data,
-      liveQuery.data,
-      news,
-      focusSessionsQuery.data,
-      nowDate,
-    ],
+  const championship = useMemo(
+    () => championshipImpact(championshipQuery.data),
+    [championshipQuery.data],
   )
+  const briefing = useMemo(() => briefingItems(newsQuery.data ?? []), [newsQuery.data])
 
-  if (contextQuery.data) {
-    return { context: contextQuery.data, fromEndpoint: true, now: nowDate }
+  let loadState: WeekendLoadState = 'loading'
+  if (contextQuery.isError) loadState = 'error'
+  else if (canonicalReady) loadState = 'ready'
+
+  return {
+    context: canonical,
+    loadState,
+    error: contextQuery.error instanceof Error ? contextQuery.error : undefined,
+    championship,
+    briefing,
+    now: nowDate,
   }
-
-  if (seasonsQuery.isLoading || (season != null && seasonMeetingsQuery.isLoading && localMeetingsQuery.isLoading)) {
-    return { context: { state: 'loading', season: season ?? 0 }, fromEndpoint: false, now: nowDate }
-  }
-
-  if (seasonsQuery.isError) {
-    return {
-      context: {
-        state: 'error',
-        season: 0,
-        message: seasonsQuery.error instanceof Error ? seasonsQuery.error.message : 'Failed to load Weekend',
-      },
-      fromEndpoint: false,
-      now: nowDate,
-    }
-  }
-
-  return { context: derived, fromEndpoint: false, now: nowDate }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/weekendContext.ts b/frontend/src/lib/weekendContext.ts
index 1f3baf5..689074f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/weekendContext.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/weekendContext.ts
@@ -1,122 +1,110 @@
 import type {
   ChampionshipHub,
+  ContextSession,
   EnrichedResult,
   Meeting,
   NewsItem,
   Session,
-  Weekend,
+  WeekendBriefingItem,
   WeekendChampionshipImpact,
   WeekendChampionshipMover,
-  WeekendCompletedEvent,
   WeekendContext,
   WeekendPodiumEntry,
-  WeekendSeasonRound,
-  WeekendState,
-  WeekendTimelineSession,
-  WeekendUpcomingEvent,
+  WeekendViewState,
 } from '../types'
-import {
-  currentMeeting,
-  meetingEndTime,
-  meetingStartTime,
-  mostRecentPastMeeting,
-  nextUpcomingMeeting,
-  sessionEndTime,
-  sessionStartTime,
-  sortSessionsByStart,
-} from './schedule'
 
-// A session that finished within this window is still "settling" — results and
-// analysis are landing, so the Weekend surfaces a settling handoff rather than a
-// fully-formed recap (see sibling live-settling story #74).
-const SETTLING_MS = 45 * 60 * 1000
-// A race that finished within this window keeps the Weekend in its immediate
-// post-weekend aftermath before it relaxes into the general between-races cadence.
-const POST_WEEKEND_MS = 48 * 60 * 60 * 1000
-
-export interface WeekendContextInputs {
-  season: number | null
-  meetings: Meeting[]
-  weekendsByKey: Map<number, Weekend>
-  championship?: ChampionshipHub
-  liveActive: boolean
-  news: NewsItem[]
-  /** Sessions for the focus meeting when no local weekend is ingested. */
-  focusSessions?: Session[]
-  now: Date
-}
-
-function isRaceSession(session: Session): boolean {
-  const type = (session.session_type || '').toLowerCase()
-  const name = (session.session_name || '').toLowerCase()
-  return type.includes('race') || name === 'race' || name === 'sprint'
-}
-
-/** Pick the session that best represents this weekend's primary analysis. */
-function pickAnalysisSession(weekend: Weekend | undefined, fallback: Session[]): Session | undefined {
-  if (weekend && weekend.sessions.length > 0) {
-    const local = weekend.sessions.filter((s) => s.source === 'local')
-    const partial = weekend.sessions.filter((s) => s.source === 'partial')
-    const pool = local.length > 0 ? local : partial.length > 0 ? partial : weekend.sessions
-    const race = pool.find((s) => isRaceSession(s.session))
-    if (race) return race.session
-    const quali = pool.find((s) => s.session.session_type?.toLowerCase().includes('qualifying'))
-    if (quali) return quali.session
-    const byDefault = weekend.sessions.find((s) => s.session.session_key === weekend.default_session_key)
-    return (byDefault ?? pool[0])?.session
+/**
+ * resolveViewState maps the canonical `temporal_state` onto the rendered Weekend
+ * view. It is a total function: every valid canonical `temporal_state` resolves
+ * to a concrete view, so a well-formed payload never falls through to a
+ * limited/empty placeholder. Loading and error are hook-level states that are
+ * not part of the #72 contract.
+ */
+export function resolveViewState(context: WeekendContext): WeekendViewState {
+  switch (context.temporal_state) {
+    case 'no_season':
+      return 'no_season'
+    case 'between_weekends':
+      return 'between_weekends'
+    case 'pre_session':
+      return 'pre_session'
+    case 'session_live':
+      return 'session_live'
+    case 'session_settling':
+      return 'session_settling'
+    case 'between_sessions':
+      return 'between_sessions'
+    case 'post_weekend':
+      return 'post_weekend'
+    case 'season_complete':
+      return 'season_complete'
+    default:
+      // Unknown/absent temporal_state is an invalid payload — treat as no_season
+      // rather than inventing a state. The hook still shows an explicit surface.
+      return 'no_season'
   }
-  const race = fallback.find(isRaceSession)
-  return race ?? fallback[0]
 }
 
-function weekendSessions(weekend: Weekend | undefined, focusSessions: Session[] | undefined): Session[] {
-  if (weekend && weekend.sessions.length > 0) return weekend.sessions.map((s) => s.session)
-  return focusSessions ?? []
+export interface MeetingIdentity {
+  meeting_key: number
+  meeting_name: string
+  short_name: string
+  country_code: string
+  country_flag: string
+  circuit_short_name: string
+  circuit_key?: number
+  date_start?: string
+  date_end?: string
 }
 
-function timeline(sessions: Session[], now: Date): WeekendTimelineSession[] {
-  const sorted = sortSessionsByStart(sessions)
-  const nextKey = sorted.find((s) => {
-    const start = sessionStartTime(s)
-    return start != null && start > now
-  })?.session_key
-  return sorted.map((session) => {
-    const start = sessionStartTime(session)
-    const end = sessionEndTime(session)
-    let status: WeekendTimelineSession['status'] = 'upcoming'
-    if (start && end && now >= start && now < end) status = 'live'
-    else if (start && now >= start) status = 'done'
-    else if (session.session_key === nextKey) status = 'next'
-    return {
-      session_key: session.session_key,
-      session_name: session.session_name,
-      session_type: session.session_type,
-      date_start: session.date_start,
-      date_end: session.date_end,
-      status,
-    }
-  })
-}
-
-/** Most recently completed session in a weekend, by end time. */
-function lastCompletedSession(sessions: Session[], now: Date): Session | undefined {
-  let selected: Session | undefined
-  let latest = -Infinity
-  for (const session of sessions) {
-    const end = sessionEndTime(session)
-    if (!end || end > now) continue
-    if (end.getTime() > latest) {
-      latest = end.getTime()
-      selected = session
-    }
+/** Presentation identity for a meeting, tolerant of partial/absent fields. */
+export function meetingIdentity(meeting: Meeting | undefined): MeetingIdentity | undefined {
+  if (!meeting) return undefined
+  return {
+    meeting_key: meeting.meeting_key,
+    meeting_name: meeting.meeting_name || meeting.location || 'Grand Prix',
+    short_name: (meeting.meeting_name || meeting.location || 'Grand Prix').replace(/ Grand Prix$/i, ''),
+    country_code: meeting.country_code,
+    country_flag: meeting.country_flag,
+    circuit_short_name: meeting.circuit_short_name || meeting.location || '',
+    circuit_key: meeting.circuit_key,
+    date_start: meeting.date_start || undefined,
+    date_end: meeting.date_end || undefined,
   }
-  return selected
 }
 
-function meetingRound(meetings: Meeting[], meeting: Meeting): number {
-  const active = meetings.filter((m) => !m.is_cancelled)
-  const idx = active.findIndex((m) => m.meeting_key === meeting.meeting_key)
-  return idx >= 0 ? idx + 1 : 0
+/** Session identity paired with its resolved meeting for a canonical ContextSession. */
+export function sessionMeeting(ref: ContextSession | undefined): Meeting | undefined {
+  return ref?.meeting
+}
+
+export function sessionOf(ref: ContextSession | undefined): Session | undefined {
+  return ref?.session
+}
+
+/**
+ * analysisSessionKey resolves the session a user should open to read analysis for
+ * a completed event. It prefers the canonical default analysis session, falling
+ * back to the previous completed session. Returns undefined when nothing analysable
+ * is available (e.g. an archived result with no local analysis).
+ */
+export function analysisSessionKey(context: WeekendContext): number | undefined {
+  const key =
+    context.default_analysis_session?.session.session_key ??
+    context.previous_completed_session?.session.session_key
+  return key && key > 0 ? key : undefined
+}
+
+/** True when a ContextSession has local analysis worth linking to. */
+export function hasLocalAnalysis(ref: ContextSession | undefined): boolean {
+  const status = ref?.availability.local_analysis
+  return status === 'complete' || status === 'partial'
+}
+
+/** Countdown target for a session reference — its scheduled start, if known. */
+export function sessionStart(ref: ContextSession | undefined): string | undefined {
+  const start = ref?.session.date_start
+  return start ? start : undefined
 }
 
 export function podiumFromResults(results: EnrichedResult[]): WeekendPodiumEntry[] {
@@ -156,54 +144,12 @@ function formatDuration(seconds: number): string {
   return `${m}:${s.toFixed(3).padStart(6, '0')}`
 }
 
-function completedEvent(
-  meeting: Meeting,
-  meetings: Meeting[],
-  weekend: Weekend | undefined,
-  fallback: Session[],
-): WeekendCompletedEvent | undefined {
-  const analysis = pickAnalysisSession(weekend, fallback)
-  if (!analysis) return undefined
-  return {
-    meeting_key: meeting.meeting_key,
-    meeting_name: meeting.meeting_name,
-    country_code: meeting.country_code,
-    country_flag: meeting.country_flag,
-    circuit_short_name: meeting.circuit_short_name || meeting.location,
-    round: meetingRound(meetings, meeting) || undefined,
-    analysis_session_key: analysis.session_key,
-    analysis_session_name: analysis.session_name,
-    label: analysis.session_name,
-    podium: [],
-  }
-}
-
-function upcomingEvent(
-  meeting: Meeting,
-  meetings: Meeting[],
-  sessions: Session[],
-  now: Date,
-): WeekendUpcomingEvent {
-  const sorted = sortSessionsByStart(sessions)
-  const nextSession = sorted.find((s) => {
-    const start = sessionStartTime(s)
-    return start != null && start > now
-  })
-  return {
-    meeting_key: meeting.meeting_key,
-    meeting_name: meeting.meeting_name,
-    country_code: meeting.country_code,
-    country_flag: meeting.country_flag,
-    circuit_short_name: meeting.circuit_short_name || meeting.location,
-    circuit_key: meeting.circuit_key,
-    round: meetingRound(meetings, meeting) || undefined,
-    date_start: meeting.date_start,
-    next_session_name: nextSession?.session_name,
-    next_session_start: nextSession?.date_start,
-  }
-}
-
-function championshipImpact(hub: ChampionshipHub | undefined): WeekendChampionshipImpact | undefined {
+/**
+ * championshipImpact derives the top-of-standings movers from the championship
+ * hub. This is supplementary data layered onto the canonical context, not part of
+ * the #72 contract.
+ */
+export function championshipImpact(hub: ChampionshipHub | undefined): WeekendChampionshipImpact | undefined {
   if (!hub || hub.drivers.length === 0) return undefined
   const leaders: WeekendChampionshipMover[] = hub.drivers.slice(0, 3).map((d) => {
     const cumulative = d.cumulative ?? []
@@ -222,34 +168,8 @@ function championshipImpact(hub: ChampionshipHub | undefined): WeekendChampionsh
   return { leaders, note }
 }
 
-function seasonRounds(
-  meetings: Meeting[],
-  weekendsByKey: Map<number, Weekend>,
-  focusKey: number | undefined,
-  now: Date,
-): WeekendSeasonRound[] {
-  const active = meetings.filter((m) => !m.is_cancelled)
-  return active.map((meeting, index) => {
-    const start = meetingStartTime(meeting)
-    const end = meetingEndTime(meeting)
-    let status: WeekendSeasonRound['status'] = 'upcoming'
-    if (meeting.meeting_key === focusKey) status = 'next'
-    else if (start && end && now > end) status = 'completed'
-    else if (start && now >= start) status = 'next'
-    const weekend = weekendsByKey.get(meeting.meeting_key)
-    const analysis = pickAnalysisSession(weekend, [])
-    return {
-      round: index + 1,
-      meeting_key: meeting.meeting_key,
-      country_code: meeting.country_code,
-      country_flag: meeting.country_flag,
-      status,
-      analysis_session_key: analysis?.session_key,
-    }
-  })
-}
-
-function briefingItems(news: NewsItem[]): WeekendContext['briefing'] {
+/** At most three briefing items, mapped from the news feed. */
+export function briefingItems(news: NewsItem[]): WeekendBriefingItem[] {
   return news.slice(0, 3).map((item) => ({
     category: item.category,
     title: item.title,
@@ -259,132 +179,3 @@ function briefingItems(news: NewsItem[]): WeekendContext['briefing'] {
     image_url: item.og_image_url,
   }))
 }
-
-/**
- * deriveWeekendContext resolves the current temporal Weekend state and its
- * skeleton payload from locally-available data. It is a pure function of its
- * inputs and `now`, mirroring the canonical /api/v1/weekend-context contract so
- * the two are interchangeable. Podium / story detail is fetched per-state by the
- * view components from existing analysis endpoints.
- */
-export function deriveWeekendContext(inputs: WeekendContextInputs): WeekendContext {
-  const { season, meetings, weekendsByKey, championship, liveActive, news, focusSessions, now } = inputs
-
-  const base = (state: WeekendState, extra: Partial<WeekendContext> = {}): WeekendContext => ({
-    state,
-    season: season ?? championship?.season ?? 0,
-    live: liveActive,
-    championship_impact: championshipImpact(championship),
-    briefing: briefingItems(news),
-    ...extra,
-  })
-
-  if (!season || meetings.length === 0) {
-    return base('limited_data', {
-      message: 'No season data yet. Ingest a race weekend to populate the Weekend view.',
-    })
-  }
-
-  const rounds = seasonRounds(meetings, weekendsByKey, undefined, now)
-  const current = currentMeeting(meetings, now)
-  const next = nextUpcomingMeeting(meetings, now)
-  const last = mostRecentPastMeeting(meetings, now)
-
-  const focusKey = current?.meeting_key ?? next?.meeting_key
-  const withRounds = seasonRounds(meetings, weekendsByKey, focusKey, now)
-
-  // ── Inside a current race weekend window ──
-  if (current) {
-    const weekend = weekendsByKey.get(current.meeting_key)
-    const sessions = weekendSessions(weekend, focusSessions)
-    const line = timeline(sessions, now)
-    const nextSession = line.find((s) => s.status === 'next' || s.status === 'live')
-    const completed = lastCompletedSession(sessions, now)
-    const lastSession = completed
-      ? completedEvent(current, meetings, weekend, sessions)
-      : undefined
-    if (lastSession && completed) {
-      lastSession.analysis_session_key = completed.session_key
-      lastSession.analysis_session_name = completed.session_name
-      lastSession.label = completed.session_name
-    }
-    const anyStarted = sessions.some((s) => {
-      const start = sessionStartTime(s)
-      return start != null && now >= start
-    })
-    const allDone = sessions.length > 0 && line.every((s) => s.status === 'done')
-    const settling =
-      completed != null && sessionEndTime(completed) != null &&
-      now.getTime() - (sessionEndTime(completed) as Date).getTime() <= SETTLING_MS
-
-    const shared: Partial<WeekendContext> = {
-      active_meeting_name: current.meeting_name,
-      active_circuit_short_name: current.circuit_short_name || current.location,
-      sessions: line,
-      next_session: nextSession,
-      last_session: lastSession,
-    }
-
-    if (liveActive || line.some((s) => s.status === 'live')) {
-      return base('session_live', shared)
-    }
-    if (settling) {
-      return base('session_settling', shared)
-    }
-    if (allDone) {
-      // Race weekend finished but still inside its window — treat as post-weekend.
-      return base('post_weekend', {
-        ...shared,
-        last_event: lastSession,
-        next_event: next ? upcomingEvent(next, meetings, [], now) : undefined,
-        season_rounds: withRounds,
-      })
-    }
-    if (lastSession && nextSession) {
-      return base('between_sessions', shared)
-    }
-    if (!anyStarted) {
-      return base('pre_session', {
-        ...shared,
-        next_event: upcomingEvent(current, meetings, sessions, now),
-      })
-    }
-    return base('between_sessions', shared)
-  }
-
-  // ── Between weekends ──
-  if (last) {
-    const lastWeekend = weekendsByKey.get(last.meeting_key)
-    const lastEvent = completedEvent(last, meetings, lastWeekend, [])
-    const lastEnd = meetingEndTime(last)
-    const isPostWeekend =
-      lastEnd != null && now.getTime() - lastEnd.getTime() <= POST_WEEKEND_MS
-
-    if (next) {
-      const nextWeekend = weekendsByKey.get(next.meeting_key)
-      const nextSessions = weekendSessions(nextWeekend, undefined)
-      return base(isPostWeekend ? 'post_weekend' : 'between_races', {
-        last_event: lastEvent,
-        next_event: upcomingEvent(next, meetings, nextSessions, now),
-        season_rounds: withRounds,
-      })
-    }
-    // Completed races but nothing left on the calendar.
-    return base('season_complete', {
-      last_event: lastEvent,
-      season_rounds: rounds,
-    })
-  }
-
-  // ── Season hasn't started yet: preview the opener ──
-  if (next) {
-    const nextWeekend = weekendsByKey.get(next.meeting_key)
-    const nextSessions = weekendSessions(nextWeekend, focusSessions)
-    return base('pre_session', {
-      next_event: upcomingEvent(next, meetings, nextSessions, now),
-      season_rounds: withRounds,
-    })
-  }
-
-  return base('season_complete', { season_rounds: rounds })
-}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/WeekendPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/WeekendPage.tsx
index f9be93f..1ae64a2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/WeekendPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/WeekendPage.tsx
@@ -4,24 +4,52 @@ import { BetweenSessionsView } from '../components/weekend/BetweenSessionsView'
 import { LiveHandoffView } from '../components/weekend/LiveHandoffView'
 import { PreSessionView } from '../components/weekend/PreSessionView'
 import { WeekendError, WeekendLimited, WeekendLoading } from '../components/weekend/StatusViews'
-import type { WeekendContext } from '../types'
+import { resolveViewState } from '../lib/weekendContext'
+import type {
+  WeekendBriefingItem,
+  WeekendChampionshipImpact,
+  WeekendContext,
+  WeekendViewState,
+} from '../types'
 import '../styles/weekend.css'
 
-function renderState(context: WeekendContext, now: Date) {
-  switch (context.state) {
-    case 'loading':
-      return <WeekendLoading />
-    case 'error':
-      return <WeekendError message={context.message} />
-    case 'limited_data':
-      return <WeekendLimited message={context.message} season={context.season} />
-    case 'between_races':
+interface RenderArgs {
+  context: WeekendContext
+  now: Date
+  championship?: WeekendChampionshipImpact
+  briefing: WeekendBriefingItem[]
+  /** When true (the /preview alias), foreground the preparation surface. */
+  preview: boolean
+}
+
+function renderState(view: WeekendViewState, args: RenderArgs) {
+  const { context, now, championship, briefing, preview } = args
+  // The /preview alias always resolves to the preparation surface as long as
+  // there is a next event to prepare for, regardless of the temporal state. This
+  // keeps saved /preview links and the "Prepare for …" CTA meaningful instead of
+  // redirecting straight back to the same between-races screen.
+  if (preview && context.next_meeting) {
+    return <PreSessionView context={context} now={now} />
+  }
+
+  switch (view) {
+    case 'no_season':
+      return <WeekendLimited season={context.season} />
+    case 'between_weekends':
     case 'post_weekend':
     case 'season_complete':
-      return <BetweenRacesView context={context} now={now} />
+      return (
+        <BetweenRacesView
+          context={context}
+          now={now}
+          view={view}
+          championship={championship}
+          briefing={briefing}
+        />
+      )
     case 'between_sessions':
     case 'session_settling':
-      return <BetweenSessionsView context={context} now={now} />
+      return <BetweenSessionsView context={context} now={now} view={view} briefing={briefing} />
     case 'session_live':
       return <LiveHandoffView context={context} />
     case 'pre_session':
@@ -31,12 +59,36 @@ function renderState(context: WeekendContext, now: Date) {
   }
 }
 
-export function WeekendPage() {
-  const { context, now } = useWeekendContext()
+export function WeekendPage({ preview = false }: { preview?: boolean }) {
+  const { context, loadState, error, championship, briefing, now } = useWeekendContext()
+
+  if (loadState === 'loading') {
+    return (
+      <main className="wk-page" data-testid="weekend-page" data-state="loading">
+        <WeekendLoading />
+      </main>
+    )
+  }
+
+  if (loadState === 'error' || context == null) {
+    return (
+      <main className="wk-page" data-testid="weekend-page" data-state="error">
+        <WeekendError message={error?.message} />
+      </main>
+    )
+  }
+
+  const view = resolveViewState(context)
 
   return (
-    <main className="wk-page" data-testid="weekend-page" data-state={context.state}>
-      {renderState(context, now)}
+    <main
+      className="wk-page"
+      data-testid="weekend-page"
+      data-state={view}
+      data-temporal-state={context.temporal_state}
+      data-preview={preview ? 'true' : undefined}
+    >
+      {renderState(view, { context, now, championship, briefing, preview })}
     </main>
   )
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/router.tsx b/frontend/src/router.tsx
index fd01213..d38430e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/router.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/router.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createRootRoute, createRoute, createRouter, Outlet, redirect } from '@tanstack/react-router'
+import { createRootRoute, createRoute, createRouter, Outlet } from '@tanstack/react-router'
 import { Nav } from './components/Nav'
 import { WeekendPage } from './pages/WeekendPage'
 import { ExplorePage } from './pages/ExplorePage'
@@ -97,13 +97,15 @@ export const briefingRoute = createRoute({
   component: BriefingPage,
 })
 
-// Preview folds into the Weekend home. Keep /preview as a stable redirect so saved
-// links resolve into the appropriate Weekend state.
+// Preview folds into the Weekend home. /preview is a stable alias that renders the
+// Weekend page in its preparation surface (PreSessionView) whenever there is a next
+// event — so saved preview links and the "Prepare for …" CTA reach real preview
+// content instead of redirecting back to the same between-races screen.
 export const previewRoute = createRoute({
   getParentRoute: () => rootRoute,
   path: '/preview',
-  beforeLoad: () => {
-    throw redirect({ to: '/' })
+  component: function PreviewRoute() {
+    return <WeekendPage preview />
   },
 })
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/app.css b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
index a7404e9..3b98635 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/app.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/app.css
@@ -172,7 +172,14 @@ a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
 .bottom-nav-link:hover { color: var(--text-2); }
 
 @media (max-width: 640px) {
+  /* On mobile the bottom bar is the single primary navigation system. The top
+     bar's Primary links are hidden so the two are never both shown; the top bar
+     keeps only the logo and the Admin operator utility. */
   .app-bottom-nav { display: flex; }
+  .app-nav .nav-links { display: none; }
+  .app-nav { justify-content: space-between; }
+  /* Keep page content clear of the fixed bottom bar. */
+  .wk-page { padding-bottom: calc(60px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom, 0) + var(--s4)); }
 }
 
 /* ── Focus visibility (accessibility) ── */
diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/weekend.css b/frontend/src/styles/weekend.css
index 98dc5b4..2f03a9b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/weekend.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/weekend.css
@@ -189,45 +189,24 @@
 .wk-champ-gap { color: var(--text-3); font-size: 11px; min-width: 34px; text-align: right; }
 .wk-champ-note { margin-top: var(--s4); font-size: 11px; color: var(--text-3); }
 
-/* ── Season nav strip ── */
-.wk-season-strip {
-  list-style: none;
-  display: flex;
-  gap: var(--s3);
-  overflow-x: auto;
-  padding-bottom: var(--s3);
-  scrollbar-width: thin;
+/* ── Season progress strip ── */
+.wk-countdown-tbc { font-size: 14px; color: var(--text-3); }
+.wk-season-progress { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: var(--s3); }
+.wk-season-progress-head { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: var(--s3); }
+.wk-season-bar {
+  position: relative;
+  height: 8px;
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  background: var(--surface-3);
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
-.wk-season-strip::-webkit-scrollbar { height: 4px; }
-.wk-round-item { flex: 0 0 auto; }
-.wk-round {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: var(--s2);
-  width: 54px;
-  padding: var(--s3) 0;
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  border-radius: 6px;
-  color: var(--text-2);
+.wk-season-bar-fill {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0 auto 0 0;
+  background: var(--red);
+  border-radius: 999px;
 }
-.wk-round-status-next { border-color: var(--red); color: var(--text); }
-.wk-round-status-completed { border-color: var(--border-2); }
-.wk-round-num { font-size: 10px; font-weight: 700; }
-.wk-round-flag { font-size: 16px; }
-.wk-round-dot { width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%; display: inline-block; }
-.wk-round-completed { background: var(--green); }
-.wk-round-next { background: var(--red); }
-.wk-round-upcoming { background: var(--surface-3); border: 1px solid var(--border-2); }
-.wk-season-legend {
-  display: flex;
-  gap: var(--s5);
-  margin-top: var(--s4);
-  font-size: 10px;
-  color: var(--text-3);
-}
-.wk-season-legend span { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 5px; }
-.wk-season-legend i { width: 7px; height: 7px; }
+.wk-season-progress-label { font-size: 11px; color: var(--text-3); }
 
 /* ── Briefing ── */
 .wk-briefing-list { list-style: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/Nav.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/Nav.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caf9b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/test/Nav.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { render, screen, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import {
+  Outlet,
+  RouterProvider,
+  createRouter,
+  createRootRoute,
+  createRoute,
+  createMemoryHistory,
+} from '@tanstack/react-router'
+import { Nav } from '../components/Nav'
+
+function renderNav() {
+  const rootRoute = createRootRoute({
+    component: () => (
+      <>
+        <Nav />
+        <Outlet />
+      </>
+    ),
+  })
+  const stub = (p: string, id: string) =>
+    createRoute({ getParentRoute: () => rootRoute, path: p, component: () => <div data-testid={id} /> })
+  const router = createRouter({
+    routeTree: rootRoute.addChildren([
+      stub('/', 'home'),
+      stub('/championship', 'championship'),
+      stub('/briefing', 'briefing'),
+      stub('/explore', 'explore'),
+      stub('/admin', 'admin'),
+    ]),
+    history: createMemoryHistory({ initialEntries: ['/'] }),
+  })
+  return render(<RouterProvider router={router} />)
+}
+
+const DESTINATIONS = ['Weekend', 'Championship', 'Briefing', 'Explore']
+
+describe('Nav — one primary navigation system per breakpoint', () => {
+  it('exposes exactly two Primary landmarks (one per breakpoint), never more', async () => {
+    renderNav()
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getAllByRole('navigation', { name: 'Primary' })).toHaveLength(2))
+  })
+
+  it('every Primary landmark contains all four destinations', async () => {
+    renderNav()
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getAllByRole('navigation', { name: 'Primary' }).length).toBe(2))
+    const primaries = screen.getAllByRole('navigation', { name: 'Primary' })
+    for (const nav of primaries) {
+      for (const label of DESTINATIONS) {
+        expect(within(nav).getByRole('link', { name: new RegExp(`^${label}$`) })).toBeInTheDocument()
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('keeps Admin out of every Primary landmark (operator utility only)', async () => {
+    renderNav()
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getAllByRole('navigation', { name: 'Primary' }).length).toBe(2))
+    const primaries = screen.getAllByRole('navigation', { name: 'Primary' })
+    for (const nav of primaries) {
+      expect(within(nav).queryByRole('link', { name: /Admin/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    }
+    // Admin lives in the operator utilities toolbar.
+    const toolbar = screen.getByRole('toolbar', { name: 'Operator utilities' })
+    expect(within(toolbar).getByRole('link', { name: /Admin/i })).toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/WeekendPage.test.tsx b/frontend/src/test/WeekendPage.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0e0515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/test/WeekendPage.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest'
+import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query'
+import {
+  Outlet,
+  RouterProvider,
+  createRouter,
+  createRootRoute,
+  createRoute,
+  createMemoryHistory,
+} from '@tanstack/react-router'
+import { WeekendPage } from '../pages/WeekendPage'
+import type {
+  ChampionshipHub,
+  ContextAvailability,
+  ContextSession,
+  Meeting,
+  RaceHub,
+  Session,
+  TemporalState,
+  WeekendContext,
+} from '../types'
+
+vi.mock('../api', () => ({
+  fetchWeekendContext: vi.fn(),
+  fetchChampionshipHub: vi.fn(),
+  fetchNews: vi.fn(),
+  fetchRaceHub: vi.fn(),
+  // Consumed transitively by RacePreviewPage (folded into PreSessionView):
+  fetchSeasons: vi.fn(),
+  fetchMeetings: vi.fn(),
+  fetchSessions: vi.fn(),
+  fetchResults: vi.fn(),
+  fetchStartingGrid: vi.fn(),
+  fetchTrackOutline: vi.fn(),
+}))
+
+import {
+  fetchWeekendContext,
+  fetchChampionshipHub,
+  fetchNews,
+  fetchRaceHub,
+  fetchSeasons,
+  fetchMeetings,
+  fetchSessions,
+  fetchResults,
+  fetchStartingGrid,
+  fetchTrackOutline,
+} from '../api'
+
+const mockContext = vi.mocked(fetchWeekendContext)
+const mockHub = vi.mocked(fetchChampionshipHub)
+const mockNews = vi.mocked(fetchNews)
+const mockRaceHub = vi.mocked(fetchRaceHub)
+const mockSeasons = vi.mocked(fetchSeasons)
+const mockMeetings = vi.mocked(fetchMeetings)
+const mockSessions = vi.mocked(fetchSessions)
+const mockResults = vi.mocked(fetchResults)
+const mockGrid = vi.mocked(fetchStartingGrid)
+const mockTrack = vi.mocked(fetchTrackOutline)
+
+function availability(overrides: Partial<ContextAvailability> = {}): ContextAvailability {
+  return {
+    schedule: 'available',
+    live_transport: 'unknown',
+    live_session: 'inactive',
+    archive: 'unavailable',
+    local_analysis: 'complete',
+    freshness: 'fresh',
+    limitations: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function meeting(overrides: Partial<Meeting> = {}): Meeting {
+  return {
+    meeting_key: 1,
+    meeting_name: 'British Grand Prix',
+    meeting_official_name: 'FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX',
+    location: 'Silverstone',
+    country_name: 'United Kingdom',
+    country_code: 'GBR',
+    country_flag: '',
+    circuit_key: 2,
+    circuit_short_name: 'Silverstone',
+    date_start: '2026-07-03T09:00:00Z',
+    date_end: '2026-07-05T16:00:00Z',
+    year: 2026,
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function session(overrides: Partial<Session> = {}): Session {
+  return {
+    session_key: 11,
+    session_name: 'Race',
+    session_type: 'Race',
+    meeting_key: 1,
+    date_start: '2026-07-05T14:00:00Z',
+    date_end: '2026-07-05T16:00:00Z',
+    gmt_offset: '',
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function ctxSession(overrides: Partial<ContextSession> = {}): ContextSession {
+  return {
+    session: session(),
+    meeting: meeting(),
+    availability: availability(),
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function context(overrides: Partial<WeekendContext> = {}): WeekendContext {
+  return {
+    season: 2026,
+    temporal_state: 'between_weekends',
+    championship_round: 5,
+    total_championship_rounds: 24,
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+const hub: ChampionshipHub = {
+  season: 2026,
+  round: 5,
+  total_rounds: 24,
+  rounds_left: 19,
+  last_race: 'British GP',
+  round_labels: [],
+  drivers: [
+    { driver_number: 1, name_acronym: 'VER', full_name: 'Max', team_name: 'RB', team_colour: '3671c6', points: 120, position: 1, wins: 4, podiums: 5, poles: 3, form: [], cumulative: [95, 120], teammate_wins: 0, teammate_losses: 0, round_positions: [] },
+  ],
+  teams: [],
+}
+
+const raceHub = {
+  session_key: 11,
+  results: [
+    { driver_number: 1, position: 1, name_acronym: 'VER', full_name: 'Max', team_name: 'RB', team_colour: '3671c6', dnf: false, dns: false, dsq: false, duration: 5400, gap_to_leader: null },
+  ],
+} as unknown as RaceHub
+
+function renderAt(path: string) {
+  const queryClient = new QueryClient({ defaultOptions: { queries: { retry: false } } })
+
+  const rootRoute = createRootRoute({
+    component: () => (
+      <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
+        <Outlet />
+      </QueryClientProvider>
+    ),
+  })
+  const homeRoute = createRoute({ getParentRoute: () => rootRoute, path: '/', component: () => <WeekendPage /> })
+  const previewRoute = createRoute({
+    getParentRoute: () => rootRoute,
+    path: '/preview',
+    component: () => <WeekendPage preview />,
+  })
+  const raceHubRoute = createRoute({
+    getParentRoute: () => rootRoute,
+    path: '/race-hub',
+    validateSearch: (s: Record<string, unknown>) => {
+      const sk = Number(s.session_key)
+      return Number.isFinite(sk) && sk > 0 ? { session_key: sk } : {}
+    },
+    component: () => <div data-testid="race-hub-stub" />,
+  })
+  const stub = (p: string, id: string) =>
+    createRoute({ getParentRoute: () => rootRoute, path: p, component: () => <div data-testid={id} /> })
+
+  const router = createRouter({
+    routeTree: rootRoute.addChildren([
+      homeRoute,
+      previewRoute,
+      raceHubRoute,
+      stub('/live', 'live-stub'),
+      stub('/explore', 'explore-stub'),
+      stub('/championship', 'championship-stub'),
+      stub('/briefing', 'briefing-stub'),
+    ]),
+    history: createMemoryHistory({ initialEntries: [path] }),
+  })
+  return render(<RouterProvider router={router} />)
+}
+
+describe('WeekendPage canonical contract rendering', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks()
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-07-08T12:00:00Z'))
+    mockHub.mockResolvedValue(hub)
+    mockNews.mockResolvedValue([])
+    mockRaceHub.mockResolvedValue(raceHub)
+    mockSeasons.mockResolvedValue([2026])
+    mockMeetings.mockResolvedValue([meeting()])
+    mockSessions.mockResolvedValue([session()])
+    mockResults.mockResolvedValue([])
+    mockGrid.mockResolvedValue([])
+    mockTrack.mockResolvedValue(null)
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers()
+  })
+
+  it('shows the loading surface before the canonical context resolves', async () => {
+    mockContext.mockReturnValue(new Promise(() => {}))
+    renderAt('/')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('weekend-loading')).toBeInTheDocument())
+  })
+
+  it('shows an explicit error surface when the canonical endpoint fails', async () => {
+    mockContext.mockRejectedValue(new Error('API 500: boom'))
+    renderAt('/')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('weekend-error')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('weekend-error')).toHaveTextContent('boom')
+  })
+
+  const stateCases: Array<[TemporalState, string]> = [
+    ['between_weekends', 'weekend-between-races'],
+    ['post_weekend', 'weekend-between-races'],
+    ['season_complete', 'weekend-between-races'],
+    ['pre_session', 'weekend-pre-session'],
+    ['between_sessions', 'weekend-between-sessions'],
+    ['session_settling', 'weekend-between-sessions'],
+    ['session_live', 'weekend-live'],
+  ]
+
+  it.each(stateCases)('renders a designed surface for canonical temporal_state %s', async (temporal, testid) => {
+    mockContext.mockResolvedValue(
+      context({
+        temporal_state: temporal,
+        previous_completed_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 11, session_name: 'Race' }) }),
+        default_analysis_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 11 }) }),
+        next_meeting: meeting({ meeting_key: 2, meeting_name: 'Hungarian Grand Prix', date_start: '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z' }),
+        next_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 21, session_name: 'Practice 1', date_start: '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z' }) }),
+        active_session: temporal === 'session_live'
+          ? ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 12, session_name: 'Race' }), availability: availability({ live_session: 'active' }) })
+          : undefined,
+        focus_meeting: meeting(),
+      }),
+    )
+    renderAt('/')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('weekend-page')).toHaveAttribute('data-temporal-state', temporal))
+    expect(screen.getByTestId(testid)).toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('renders the limited surface for no_season and never falls through to it for a valid payload', async () => {
+    mockContext.mockResolvedValue(context({ temporal_state: 'no_season', championship_round: 0, total_championship_rounds: 0 }))
+    renderAt('/')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('weekend-limited')).toBeInTheDocument())
+  })
+
+  it('between-races pairs the completed analysis CTA with the next-event countdown and championship impact', async () => {
+    mockContext.mockResolvedValue(
+      context({
+        previous_completed_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 11, session_name: 'Race' }) }),
+        default_analysis_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 11 }) }),
+        next_meeting: meeting({ meeting_key: 2, meeting_name: 'Hungarian Grand Prix', date_start: '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z' }),
+        next_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 21, session_name: 'Practice 1', date_start: '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z' }) }),
+      }),
+    )
+    renderAt('/')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('wk-last-event')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('wk-next-event')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    const story = screen.getByTestId('wk-explore-race-story')
+    expect(story).toHaveAttribute('href', expect.stringContaining('session_key=11'))
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('wk-prepare')).toHaveAttribute('href', '/preview')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('wk-champ-impact')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('wk-season-nav')).toHaveTextContent('Round 5 of 24')
+  })
+
+  it('does not fan out to season/meeting/OpenF1/live queries when the canonical context succeeds', async () => {
+    mockContext.mockResolvedValue(context({ temporal_state: 'between_weekends' }))
+    renderAt('/')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('weekend-between-races')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    // Only supplementary championship + news reads are allowed; no season /
+    // meetings / sessions / live fan-out from the Weekend home hook.
+    expect(mockSeasons).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(mockSessions).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    // fetchMeetings may still be reached only through the folded preview surface,
+    // which is not mounted in the between-races state.
+    expect(mockMeetings).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('supplementary reads stay dormant while the canonical context is pending', async () => {
+    mockContext.mockReturnValue(new Promise(() => {}))
+    renderAt('/')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('weekend-loading')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    expect(mockHub).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(mockNews).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('the /preview alias renders the preparation surface instead of looping back', async () => {
+    mockContext.mockResolvedValue(
+      context({
+        temporal_state: 'between_weekends',
+        next_meeting: meeting({ meeting_key: 2, meeting_name: 'Hungarian Grand Prix', date_start: '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z' }),
+        next_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 21, session_name: 'Practice 1', date_start: '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z' }) }),
+      }),
+    )
+    renderAt('/preview')
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.getByTestId('weekend-pre-session')).toBeInTheDocument())
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('weekend-page')).toHaveAttribute('data-preview', 'true')
+    // The between-races surface must NOT be what /preview renders.
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('weekend-between-races')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/test/weekendContext.test.ts b/frontend/src/test/weekendContext.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e894eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/test/weekendContext.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  analysisSessionKey,
+  briefingItems,
+  championshipImpact,
+  hasLocalAnalysis,
+  meetingIdentity,
+  podiumFromResults,
+  resolveViewState,
+} from '../lib/weekendContext'
+import type {
+  ChampionshipHub,
+  ContextAvailability,
+  ContextSession,
+  EnrichedResult,
+  Meeting,
+  NewsItem,
+  Session,
+  TemporalState,
+  WeekendContext,
+} from '../types'
+
+function availability(overrides: Partial<ContextAvailability> = {}): ContextAvailability {
+  return {
+    schedule: 'available',
+    live_transport: 'unknown',
+    live_session: 'inactive',
+    archive: 'unavailable',
+    local_analysis: 'complete',
+    freshness: 'fresh',
+    limitations: [],
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function meeting(overrides: Partial<Meeting> = {}): Meeting {
+  return {
+    meeting_key: 1,
+    meeting_name: 'British Grand Prix',
+    meeting_official_name: 'FORMULA 1 BRITISH GRAND PRIX',
+    location: 'Silverstone',
+    country_name: 'United Kingdom',
+    country_code: 'GBR',
+    country_flag: '',
+    circuit_key: 2,
+    circuit_short_name: 'Silverstone',
+    date_start: '2026-07-03T09:00:00Z',
+    date_end: '2026-07-05T16:00:00Z',
+    year: 2026,
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function session(overrides: Partial<Session> = {}): Session {
+  return {
+    session_key: 11,
+    session_name: 'Race',
+    session_type: 'Race',
+    meeting_key: 1,
+    date_start: '2026-07-05T14:00:00Z',
+    date_end: '2026-07-05T16:00:00Z',
+    gmt_offset: '',
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function ctxSession(overrides: Partial<ContextSession> = {}): ContextSession {
+  return {
+    session: session(),
+    meeting: meeting(),
+    availability: availability(),
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function context(overrides: Partial<WeekendContext> = {}): WeekendContext {
+  return {
+    season: 2026,
+    temporal_state: 'between_weekends',
+    championship_round: 1,
+    total_championship_rounds: 24,
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+describe('resolveViewState', () => {
+  const cases: Array<[TemporalState, string]> = [
+    ['no_season', 'no_season'],
+    ['between_weekends', 'between_weekends'],
+    ['pre_session', 'pre_session'],
+    ['session_live', 'session_live'],
+    ['session_settling', 'session_settling'],
+    ['between_sessions', 'between_sessions'],
+    ['post_weekend', 'post_weekend'],
+    ['season_complete', 'season_complete'],
+  ]
+
+  it.each(cases)('maps canonical temporal_state %s to view %s', (temporal, expected) => {
+    expect(resolveViewState(context({ temporal_state: temporal }))).toBe(expected)
+  })
+
+  it('treats an unknown/absent temporal_state as no_season rather than inventing a state', () => {
+    expect(resolveViewState(context({ temporal_state: 'garbage' as TemporalState }))).toBe('no_season')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('analysisSessionKey', () => {
+  it('prefers the default analysis session', () => {
+    const ctx = context({
+      default_analysis_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 32 }) }),
+      previous_completed_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 11 }) }),
+    })
+    expect(analysisSessionKey(ctx)).toBe(32)
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to the previous completed session', () => {
+    const ctx = context({
+      previous_completed_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 11 }) }),
+    })
+    expect(analysisSessionKey(ctx)).toBe(11)
+  })
+
+  it('returns undefined when there is no analysable session', () => {
+    expect(analysisSessionKey(context())).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('returns undefined for a zero/synthetic session key', () => {
+    const ctx = context({
+      previous_completed_session: ctxSession({ session: session({ session_key: 0 }) }),
+    })
+    expect(analysisSessionKey(ctx)).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('hasLocalAnalysis', () => {
+  it('is true for complete or partial local analysis', () => {
+    expect(hasLocalAnalysis(ctxSession({ availability: availability({ local_analysis: 'complete' }) }))).toBe(true)
+    expect(hasLocalAnalysis(ctxSession({ availability: availability({ local_analysis: 'partial' }) }))).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('is false for pending/not_applicable/absent', () => {
+    expect(hasLocalAnalysis(ctxSession({ availability: availability({ local_analysis: 'pending' }) }))).toBe(false)
+    expect(hasLocalAnalysis(ctxSession({ availability: availability({ local_analysis: 'not_applicable' }) }))).toBe(false)
+    expect(hasLocalAnalysis(undefined)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('meetingIdentity', () => {
+  it('derives a short name and tolerates partial fields', () => {
+    const id = meetingIdentity(meeting({ meeting_name: 'Monaco Grand Prix', circuit_short_name: '', location: 'Monaco' }))
+    expect(id?.short_name).toBe('Monaco')
+    expect(id?.circuit_short_name).toBe('Monaco')
+  })
+
+  it('returns undefined for an absent meeting', () => {
+    expect(meetingIdentity(undefined)).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('drops empty date strings', () => {
+    const id = meetingIdentity(meeting({ date_start: '', date_end: '' }))
+    expect(id?.date_start).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(id?.date_end).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('championshipImpact', () => {
+  const hub: ChampionshipHub = {
+    season: 2026,
+    round: 2,
+    total_rounds: 24,
+    rounds_left: 22,
+    last_race: 'British GP',
+    round_labels: ['R1', 'R2'],
+    drivers: [
+      { driver_number: 1, name_acronym: 'VER', full_name: 'Max', team_name: 'RB', team_colour: '3671c6', points: 50, position: 1, wins: 2, podiums: 2, poles: 1, form: [], cumulative: [25, 50], teammate_wins: 0, teammate_losses: 0, round_positions: [] },
+      { driver_number: 4, name_acronym: 'NOR', full_name: 'Lando', team_name: 'McL', team_colour: 'ff8000', points: 40, position: 2, wins: 1, podiums: 2, poles: 0, form: [], cumulative: [18, 40], teammate_wins: 0, teammate_losses: 0, round_positions: [] },
+    ],
+    teams: [],
+  }
+
+  it('maps top-3 movers with deltas and a note', () => {
+    const impact = championshipImpact(hub)
+    expect(impact?.leaders).toHaveLength(2)
+    expect(impact?.leaders[0].delta).toBe(25)
+    expect(impact?.note).toContain('British GP')
+  })
+
+  it('returns undefined for an empty hub', () => {
+    expect(championshipImpact(undefined)).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(championshipImpact({ ...hub, drivers: [] })).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})
+
+describe('briefingItems', () => {
+  it('caps at three items and maps fields', () => {
+    const news: NewsItem[] = Array.from({ length: 5 }, (_, i) => ({
+      source: 'src',
+      title: `Item ${i}`,
+      url: `https://x/${i}`,
+      fetched_at: '2026-07-06T00:00:00Z',
+      category: 'news',
+      og_image_url: 'img',
+    }))
+    const items = briefingItems(news)
+    expect(items).toHaveLength(3)
+    expect(items[0]).toMatchObject({ title: 'Item 0', image_url: 'img' })
+  })
+})
+
+describe('podiumFromResults', () => {
+  it('sorts by position, caps at three, and formats gaps', () => {
+    const results: EnrichedResult[] = [
+      { driver_number: 44, position: 2, name_acronym: 'HAM', full_name: 'Lewis', team_name: 'Ferrari', team_colour: 'e8002d', dnf: false, dns: false, dsq: false, duration: null, gap_to_leader: 5.123 } as EnrichedResult,
+      { driver_number: 1, position: 1, name_acronym: 'VER', full_name: 'Max', team_name: 'RB', team_colour: '3671c6', dnf: false, dns: false, dsq: false, duration: 5400, gap_to_leader: null } as EnrichedResult,
+      { driver_number: 16, position: 3, name_acronym: 'LEC', full_name: 'Charles', team_name: 'Ferrari', team_colour: 'e8002d', dnf: false, dns: false, dsq: false, duration: null, gap_to_leader: '+10.5' } as EnrichedResult,
+      { driver_number: 55, position: 4, name_acronym: 'SAI', full_name: 'Carlos', team_name: 'W', team_colour: 'fff', dnf: false, dns: false, dsq: false, duration: null, gap_to_leader: 20 } as EnrichedResult,
+    ]
+    const podium = podiumFromResults(results)
+    expect(podium.map((p) => p.name_acronym)).toEqual(['VER', 'HAM', 'LEC'])
+    expect(podium[1].gap).toBe('+5.123')
+    expect(podium[2].gap).toBe('+10.5')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/types.ts b/frontend/src/types.ts
index 88c71db..efae0bf 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types.ts
@@ -449,67 +449,73 @@ export interface DriverSummary {
 }
 
 // ── Weekend Context ──
-// Canonical contract for the adaptive Weekend home. Served by
-// /api/v1/weekend-context (sibling backend story #72) and, until that endpoint
-// ships, derived client-side from existing endpoints (see lib/weekendContext.ts).
-export type WeekendState =
-  | 'loading'
-  | 'error'
-  | 'limited_data'
-  | 'between_races'
+// Canonical local-first contract for the adaptive Weekend home, served verbatim
+// by /api/v1/weekend-context (backend story #72, internal/query/context.go).
+// The frontend consumes this shape as the single source of truth; view-model
+// derivation lives in lib/weekendContext.ts.
+
+// TemporalState mirrors query.TemporalState exactly (the JSON `temporal_state`).
+export type TemporalState =
+  | 'no_season'
+  | 'between_weekends'
   | 'pre_session'
-  | 'between_sessions'
   | 'session_live'
   | 'session_settling'
+  | 'between_sessions'
   | 'post_weekend'
   | 'season_complete'
 
-export interface WeekendPodiumEntry {
-  position: number
-  driver_number: number
-  name_acronym: string
-  team_name: string
-  team_colour: string
-  gap: string
+// ContextAvailability mirrors query.ContextAvailability. Every field is present
+// in a canonical payload except the optional `observed_at`.
+export interface ContextAvailability {
+  schedule: string
+  live_transport: string
+  live_session: string
+  archive: string
+  local_analysis: string
+  freshness: string
+  observed_at?: string
+  limitations: string[]
 }
 
-export type WeekendSessionStatus = 'done' | 'live' | 'next' | 'upcoming'
-
-export interface WeekendTimelineSession {
-  session_key: number
-  session_name: string
-  session_type: string
-  date_start: string
-  date_end: string
-  status: WeekendSessionStatus
+// ContextSession mirrors query.ContextSession: a session identity coupled with
+// its meeting and structured availability contract.
+export interface ContextSession {
+  session: Session
+  meeting?: Meeting
+  availability: ContextAvailability
 }
 
-export interface WeekendCompletedEvent {
-  meeting_key: number
-  meeting_name: string
-  country_code: string
-  country_flag: string
-  circuit_short_name: string
-  round?: number
-  analysis_session_key: number
-  analysis_session_name: string
-  label: string
-  podium: WeekendPodiumEntry[]
-  story?: string
+// WeekendContext mirrors query.WeekendContext (the canonical endpoint body).
+export interface WeekendContext {
+  season?: number
+  temporal_state: TemporalState
+  previous_meeting?: Meeting
+  focus_meeting?: Meeting
+  next_meeting?: Meeting
+  previous_completed_session?: ContextSession
+  active_session?: ContextSession
+  next_session?: ContextSession
+  default_analysis_session?: ContextSession
+  championship_round: number
+  total_championship_rounds: number
 }
 
-export interface WeekendUpcomingEvent {
-  meeting_key: number
-  meeting_name: string
-  country_code: string
-  country_flag: string
-  circuit_short_name: string
-  circuit_key?: number
-  round?: number
-  date_start?: string
-  next_session_name?: string
-  next_session_start?: string
-}
+// ── Weekend view model (client-only) ──
+// The rendered Weekend home layers a small set of non-canonical UI states
+// (loading/error) plus supplementary data (championship movers, briefing) on top
+// of the canonical context. None of these are part of the #72 contract.
+export type WeekendViewState =
+  | 'loading'
+  | 'error'
+  | 'no_season'
+  | 'between_weekends'
+  | 'pre_session'
+  | 'session_live'
+  | 'session_settling'
+  | 'between_sessions'
+  | 'post_weekend'
+  | 'season_complete'
 
 export interface WeekendChampionshipMover {
   position: number
@@ -534,32 +540,13 @@ export interface WeekendBriefingItem {
   image_url?: string
 }
 
-export type WeekendRoundStatus = 'completed' | 'next' | 'upcoming'
-
-export interface WeekendSeasonRound {
-  round: number
-  meeting_key: number
-  country_code: string
-  country_flag: string
-  status: WeekendRoundStatus
-  analysis_session_key?: number
-}
-
-export interface WeekendContext {
-  state: WeekendState
-  season: number
-  message?: string
-  live?: boolean
-  active_meeting_name?: string
-  active_circuit_short_name?: string
-  last_event?: WeekendCompletedEvent
-  next_event?: WeekendUpcomingEvent
-  last_session?: WeekendCompletedEvent
-  next_session?: WeekendTimelineSession
-  sessions?: WeekendTimelineSession[]
-  championship_impact?: WeekendChampionshipImpact
-  season_rounds?: WeekendSeasonRound[]
-  briefing?: WeekendBriefingItem[]
+export interface WeekendPodiumEntry {
+  position: number
+  driver_number: number
+  name_acronym: string
+  team_name: string
+  team_colour: string
+  gap: string
 }
 
 export interface NewsItem {
diff --git a/tests/command-center.spec.ts b/tests/command-center.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ae8e4c8..0000000
--- a/tests/command-center.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test'
-
-const FULL_SESSION = 9472
-
-test.describe('Command Center', () => {
-  test('loads as default route with weekend identity band', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.goto('/')
-
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('command-center')).toBeVisible()
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('cc-focus')).toBeVisible()
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('cc-session-9472')).toBeVisible()
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('hero-last-race-link')).toBeVisible()
-  })
-
-  test('nav link reaches command center from race hub', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.goto(`/race-hub?session_key=${FULL_SESSION}`)
-    await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Command' }).click()
-    await expect(page).toHaveURL('/')
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('command-center')).toBeVisible()
-  })
-
-  test('open analysis action opens race hub for the focus session', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.goto('/')
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('hero-last-race-link')).toBeVisible()
-    await page.getByTestId('hero-last-race-link').click()
-    await expect(page).toHaveURL(new RegExp(`/race-hub\\?session_key=${FULL_SESSION}`))
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-identity')).toBeVisible()
-    await expect(page.getByTestId(`rh-session-${FULL_SESSION}`)).toBeVisible()
-  })
-
-  test('archived live snapshot does not mark command center live', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.route('**/api/v1/live/state', (route) =>
-      route.fulfill({
-        contentType: 'application/json',
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-          is_live: false,
-          data: null,
-          last_snapshot: {
-            Drivers: { '1': { RacingNumber: '1', Position: 1 } },
-            DriverInfo: { '1': { RacingNumber: '1', Tla: 'VER', TeamColour: '3671C6' } },
-            Tyres: {},
-            RCMessages: [],
-            Weather: {},
-            Session: { MeetingName: 'Archived GP', SessionName: 'Race', SessionType: 'Race' },
-            TeamRadio: [],
-            SessionStatus: 'Finished',
-            TrackStatus: '1',
-            CurrentLap: 57,
-            TotalLaps: 57,
-            Clock: '',
-            ClockRefTime: '',
-            ClockExtrapolating: false,
-            Stints: {},
-          },
-          last_snapshot_at: '2026-07-04T14:00:00Z',
-        }),
-      }),
-    )
-
-    await page.goto('/')
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('command-center')).toBeVisible()
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('cc-live-status')).toContainText('No live session')
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('cc-live-status')).not.toContainText('Live session active')
-  })
-
-  test('existing routes continue to work', async ({ page }) => {
-    await page.goto(`/race-hub?session_key=${FULL_SESSION}`)
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('race-hub')).toBeVisible()
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-overview')).toBeVisible()
-
-    await page.goto('/admin')
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('data-library')).toBeVisible()
-
-    await page.goto('/live')
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('live-empty')).toBeVisible()
-  })
-})
diff --git a/tests/production-smoke.spec.ts b/tests/production-smoke.spec.ts
index 2bb14ed..731c2ac 100644
--- a/tests/production-smoke.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/production-smoke.spec.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test'
 const FULL_SESSION = 9472
 
 test.describe('Production serving (Go + built React)', () => {
-  test('serves command center as default route', async ({ page }) => {
+  test('serves the Weekend home as default route', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto('/')
 
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('command-center')).toBeVisible()
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('cc-session-9472')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-page')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-between-races')).toBeVisible()
   })
 
   test('serves race hub workspace from built assets', async ({ page }) => {
@@ -44,16 +44,21 @@ test.describe('Production serving (Go + built React)', () => {
     await expect(page.getByText('No live session active')).toBeVisible()
   })
 
-  test('nav links work from built SPA', async ({ page }) => {
+  test('primary nav links and Admin utility work from built SPA', async ({ page }) => {
     await page.goto('/')
-    await page.locator('.app-nav').getByRole('link', { name: 'Race Hub' }).click()
-    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/race-hub/)
+    const primary = page.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Primary' }).first()
 
-    await page.locator('.app-nav').getByRole('link', { name: 'Admin', exact: true }).click()
+    await primary.getByRole('link', { name: 'Championship', exact: true }).click()
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/championship/)
+
+    await primary.getByRole('link', { name: 'Explore', exact: true }).click()
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/explore/)
+
+    await primary.getByRole('link', { name: 'Weekend', exact: true }).click()
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL('/')
+
+    // Admin is an operator utility outside the Primary landmark.
+    await page.getByRole('toolbar', { name: 'Operator utilities' }).getByRole('link', { name: 'Admin' }).click()
     await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/admin/)
-
-    await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Live', exact: true }).click()
-    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/live/)
-    await expect(page.getByTestId('live-empty')).toBeVisible()
   })
 })
diff --git a/tests/visual/__snapshots__/desktop/command-center.png b/tests/visual/__snapshots__/desktop/command-center.png
deleted file mode 100644
index b06f103..0000000
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diff --git a/tests/visual/__snapshots__/desktop/weekend.png b/tests/visual/__snapshots__/desktop/weekend.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e47175c
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diff --git a/tests/visual/__snapshots__/mobile/command-center.png b/tests/visual/__snapshots__/mobile/command-center.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 02d443c..0000000
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diff --git a/tests/visual/__snapshots__/mobile/weekend.png b/tests/visual/__snapshots__/mobile/weekend.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5934c24
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diff --git a/tests/visual/__snapshots__/tablet/command-center.png b/tests/visual/__snapshots__/tablet/command-center.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 52c6adf..0000000
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diff --git a/tests/visual/__snapshots__/tablet/weekend.png b/tests/visual/__snapshots__/tablet/weekend.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c5e204
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diff --git a/tests/visual/helpers.ts b/tests/visual/helpers.ts
index fe66d1e..a621d71 100644
--- a/tests/visual/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/visual/helpers.ts
@@ -14,16 +14,13 @@ export async function waitForScreenshotReady(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   await page.waitForTimeout(150)
 }
 
-export async function gotoCommandCenterReady(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+export async function gotoWeekendReady(page: Page): Promise<void> {
   await page.goto('/')
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('command-center')).toBeVisible()
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('cc-focus')).toBeVisible()
-  await expect(page.getByTestId('cc-session-9472')).toBeVisible()
-  // The e2e stack runs with an unreachable OpenF1 base URL, so wait for the
-  // season-calendar query to settle on its local fallback before screenshotting.
-  await expect(
-    page.getByText('Using local meetings because the full calendar could not load.'),
-  ).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-page')).toBeVisible()
+  // The seeded hermetic DB (Monaco 2025, completed) resolves to season_complete,
+  // rendered by the between-races surface.
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-between-races')).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-last-event')).toBeVisible()
   await waitForScreenshotReady(page)
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/visual/mvp-screens.spec.ts b/tests/visual/mvp-screens.spec.ts
index b6844c4..9ff4fe9 100644
--- a/tests/visual/mvp-screens.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/visual/mvp-screens.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { test } from '@playwright/test'
 import {
-  gotoCommandCenterReady,
+  gotoWeekendReady,
   gotoDataLibraryReady,
   gotoLiveEmptyReady,
   gotoRaceHubReady,
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import {
 } from './helpers'
 
 test.describe('MVP visual regression', () => {
-  test('command-center', async ({ page }) => {
-    await gotoCommandCenterReady(page)
-    await screenshotPage(page, 'command-center')
+  test('weekend', async ({ page }) => {
+    await gotoWeekendReady(page)
+    await screenshotPage(page, 'weekend')
   })
 
   test('race-hub', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/tests/weekend-states.spec.ts b/tests/weekend-states.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb2dab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/weekend-states.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+import { test, expect, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
+
+// These journeys inject the canonical /api/v1/weekend-context payload directly so
+// each temporal state is exercised deterministically and hermetically, regardless
+// of the seeded database clock. The payloads mirror internal/query.WeekendContext.
+
+const availability = {
+  schedule: 'available',
+  live_transport: 'unknown',
+  live_session: 'inactive',
+  archive: 'unavailable',
+  local_analysis: 'complete',
+  freshness: 'fresh',
+  limitations: [],
+}
+
+function meeting(key: number, name: string, start: string) {
+  return {
+    meeting_key: key,
+    meeting_name: name,
+    meeting_official_name: name,
+    location: name,
+    country_code: 'GBR',
+    country_name: 'United Kingdom',
+    country_flag: '',
+    circuit_key: key,
+    circuit_short_name: name,
+    date_start: start,
+    date_end: start,
+    year: 2026,
+  }
+}
+
+function ctxSession(key: number, name: string, start: string, meetingKey: number) {
+  return {
+    session: {
+      session_key: key,
+      session_name: name,
+      session_type: name,
+      meeting_key: meetingKey,
+      date_start: start,
+      date_end: start,
+      gmt_offset: '',
+    },
+    meeting: meeting(meetingKey, 'British Grand Prix', start),
+    availability,
+  }
+}
+
+async function stubContext(page: Page, body: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
+  await page.route('**/api/v1/weekend-context', (route) =>
+    route.fulfill({ contentType: 'application/json', body: JSON.stringify(body) }),
+  )
+  // Keep supplementary reads hermetic and empty.
+  await page.route('**/api/v1/news**', (route) =>
+    route.fulfill({ contentType: 'application/json', body: '[]' }),
+  )
+}
+
+test.describe('Weekend canonical temporal states (injected)', () => {
+  test('between_weekends pairs the last completed event with the next-event countdown and Prepare CTA', async ({ page }) => {
+    await stubContext(page, {
+      season: 2026,
+      temporal_state: 'between_weekends',
+      previous_meeting: meeting(1, 'British Grand Prix', '2026-07-05T14:00:00Z'),
+      previous_completed_session: ctxSession(11, 'Race', '2026-07-05T14:00:00Z', 1),
+      default_analysis_session: ctxSession(11, 'Race', '2026-07-05T14:00:00Z', 1),
+      next_meeting: meeting(2, 'Hungarian Grand Prix', '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z'),
+      next_session: ctxSession(21, 'Practice 1', '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z', 2),
+      focus_meeting: meeting(2, 'Hungarian Grand Prix', '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z'),
+      championship_round: 12,
+      total_championship_rounds: 24,
+    })
+
+    await page.goto('/')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-between-races')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-last-event')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-next-event')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-prepare')).toHaveAttribute('href', '/preview')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-season-nav')).toContainText('Round 12 of 24')
+  })
+
+  test('between_races Prepare CTA folds into the preparation surface instead of looping', async ({ page }) => {
+    await stubContext(page, {
+      season: 2026,
+      temporal_state: 'between_weekends',
+      next_meeting: meeting(2, 'Hungarian Grand Prix', '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z'),
+      next_session: ctxSession(21, 'Practice 1', '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z', 2),
+      championship_round: 12,
+      total_championship_rounds: 24,
+    })
+
+    await page.goto('/')
+    await page.getByTestId('wk-prepare').click()
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/preview$/)
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-pre-session')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-between-races')).toHaveCount(0)
+  })
+
+  test('pre_session surfaces the preview and the next-session countdown', async ({ page }) => {
+    await stubContext(page, {
+      season: 2026,
+      temporal_state: 'pre_session',
+      next_meeting: meeting(2, 'Hungarian Grand Prix', '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z'),
+      next_session: ctxSession(21, 'Practice 1', '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z', 2),
+      focus_meeting: meeting(2, 'Hungarian Grand Prix', '2026-07-24T09:00:00Z'),
+      championship_round: 12,
+      total_championship_rounds: 24,
+    })
+
+    await page.goto('/')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-pre-session')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-pre-head')).toBeVisible()
+  })
+
+  test('between_sessions shows the last result recap and the next-session countdown together', async ({ page }) => {
+    await stubContext(page, {
+      season: 2026,
+      temporal_state: 'between_sessions',
+      focus_meeting: meeting(1, 'British Grand Prix', '2026-07-04T10:00:00Z'),
+      previous_completed_session: ctxSession(11, 'Sprint', '2026-07-04T10:00:00Z', 1),
+      default_analysis_session: ctxSession(11, 'Sprint', '2026-07-04T10:00:00Z', 1),
+      next_session: ctxSession(12, 'Race', '2026-07-05T14:00:00Z', 1),
+      championship_round: 12,
+      total_championship_rounds: 24,
+    })
+
+    await page.goto('/')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-between-sessions')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-last-session')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-next-session')).toBeVisible()
+  })
+
+  test('session_live hands off to live timing', async ({ page }) => {
+    await stubContext(page, {
+      season: 2026,
+      temporal_state: 'session_live',
+      focus_meeting: meeting(1, 'British Grand Prix', '2026-07-05T14:00:00Z'),
+      active_session: ctxSession(11, 'Race', '2026-07-05T14:00:00Z', 1),
+      championship_round: 12,
+      total_championship_rounds: 24,
+    })
+
+    await page.goto('/')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-live')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-watch-live')).toHaveAttribute('href', '/live')
+  })
+
+  test('an error from the canonical endpoint shows an explicit error surface', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.route('**/api/v1/weekend-context', (route) =>
+      route.fulfill({ status: 500, contentType: 'application/json', body: '{"error":"boom"}' }),
+    )
+    await page.goto('/')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-error')).toBeVisible()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/weekend.spec.ts b/tests/weekend.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..565d015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/weekend.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import { test, expect, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
+
+const FULL_SESSION = 9472
+
+async function documentOverflow(page: Page): Promise<number> {
+  return page.evaluate(() => {
+    const doc = document.documentElement
+    return doc.scrollWidth - doc.clientWidth
+  })
+}
+
+test.describe('Weekend home (seeded canonical context)', () => {
+  test('renders the Weekend home from the canonical endpoint, not the limited fallback', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/')
+
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-page')).toBeVisible()
+    // The seeded DB (Monaco 2025, completed) resolves to season_complete, driven
+    // by the canonical /api/v1/weekend-context endpoint.
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-page')).toHaveAttribute('data-temporal-state', 'season_complete')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-between-races')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-limited')).toHaveCount(0)
+    // No ingest/dataset terminology on the Weekend surface.
+    await expect(page.getByText(/ingest/i)).toHaveCount(0)
+  })
+
+  test('the completed-event CTA opens the canonical analysis session in Race Hub', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('wk-last-event')).toBeVisible()
+    await page.getByTestId('wk-explore-race-story').click()
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/race-hub\?session_key=\d+/)
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('race-hub')).toBeVisible()
+  })
+
+  test('/preview alias resolves without looping back to the same screen', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/preview')
+    // In the seeded season-complete state there is no next event, so /preview
+    // resolves to the Weekend home rather than a redirect loop.
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-page')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/preview$/)
+  })
+
+  test('existing deep-link routes remain valid', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(`/race-hub?session_key=${FULL_SESSION}`)
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('race-hub')).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('rh-overview')).toBeVisible()
+
+    await page.goto('/admin')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('data-library')).toBeVisible()
+
+    await page.goto('/live')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('live-empty')).toBeVisible()
+
+    await page.goto('/explore')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('explore-page')).toBeVisible()
+  })
+})
+
+test.describe('Weekend navigation hierarchy', () => {
+  test('all four destinations are reachable from primary navigation', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/')
+    const primary = page.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Primary' }).first()
+    for (const [label, url] of [
+      ['Championship', /\/championship/],
+      ['Briefing', /\/briefing/],
+      ['Explore', /\/explore/],
+      ['Weekend', /\/$/],
+    ] as const) {
+      await primary.getByRole('link', { name: label, exact: true }).click()
+      await expect(page).toHaveURL(url)
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('Admin is an operator utility outside the Primary landmark', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/')
+    const primaries = page.getByRole('navigation', { name: 'Primary' })
+    await expect(primaries.first()).toBeVisible()
+    // Admin must not appear inside any Primary landmark.
+    await expect(primaries.getByRole('link', { name: /Admin/i })).toHaveCount(0)
+    await expect(
+      page.getByRole('toolbar', { name: 'Operator utilities' }).getByRole('link', { name: 'Admin' }),
+    ).toBeVisible()
+  })
+})
+
+test.describe('Weekend responsive — no global horizontal overflow', () => {
+  for (const { name, width, height } of [
+    { name: 'mobile 390', width: 390, height: 844 },
+    { name: 'tablet 768', width: 768, height: 1024 },
+    { name: 'desktop 1440', width: 1440, height: 900 },
+  ]) {
+    test(`no document overflow at ${name}`, async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.setViewportSize({ width, height })
+      await page.goto('/')
+      await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-between-races')).toBeVisible()
+      expect(await documentOverflow(page)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1)
+    })
+  }
+
+  test('mobile shows exactly one visible primary navigation (bottom bar)', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 })
+    await page.goto('/')
+    await expect(page.getByTestId('weekend-page')).toBeVisible()
+
+    // The bottom bar is the single visible primary nav; the top bar's links are
+    // hidden by CSS at this breakpoint.
+    const bottom = page.locator('.app-bottom-nav')
+    await expect(bottom).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(bottom.getByRole('link')).toHaveCount(4)
+
+    const topLinks = page.locator('.app-nav .nav-links')
+    await expect(topLinks).toBeHidden()
+
+    // All four destinations remain reachable via the bottom bar.
+    for (const label of ['Weekend', 'Championship', 'Briefing', 'Explore']) {
+      await expect(bottom.getByRole('link', { name: new RegExp(label) })).toBeVisible()
+    }
+  })
+})