FastF1 v2.2 Pre-Release Versions #105
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Is event schedule being taken from https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2022.html or https://api.formula1.com or somewhere else? |
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It's kind of a combination of both + data from ergast + some manual additions by me, pre-merged into one dataset so FastF1 does not need to do multiple API requests. |
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Ok, that is good |
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Trying to get the test data from the morning session So I use get_testing_session: using Python 3.9 on Windows 10. |
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I always refused to read properly... |
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I'm trying to install the pre release version, however I'm having some issues. However when I try Am I missing a step here? Thanks |
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You can use the livetiming to collect the data yourself. However, working with the data will only be possible after the session, information about livetiming can be found here: https://theoehrly.github.io/Fast-F1/livetiming.html |
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Which programm should i use to open the file? |
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Simply use It's only zipped because github is very restrictive about the file types that I can append here. |
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Yeah but on the mac i cant open it resp i need a way to open the file |
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Mac has builtin support for working with zipfiles (according to their support), so just doubleclick the zipfile and move the file inside it to your folder. |
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the data will be available at the end of the day? or is the morning data already available |
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Are there any errors or warnings that give a hint a what you need to change? There should be if it's intentional. Else it's likely a bug. Can you post the output here? |
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That looks very much like you still have the "old" stable version installed. You can check with Apart from that, the Bahrain test is test number two. Barcelona was number one although there's no data for it. |
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oh yes that's the problem. i thought i did install the new version, i'll look back and try again. thanks once again |
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@theOehrly Is there a way to combine and get testing data for all days? I want to combine all data and make telemetry of fastest lap instead of day-wise |
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This returns nan in the Team and Driver columns when calling |
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@professorconst |
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@theOllieS , @mzm-s FastF1 currently requires a hard coded list of drivers to map driver names and teams to the driver number (for testing events only). This list is not up to date in the current release. |
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@theOehrly thank you for the reply. I managed to figure out a way to get around this until the next update as you have said. |
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For everyone, thanks. The problem is actually something bigger than just requesting the data too early. The error with primary backend was indicating some connection issues, and when I tried to run the same script on a different network, everything went all well. |
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@professorconst The connection to what I call the "primary backend" is really just downloading a few files from a separate GitHub repository. I'm a bit surprised that the connection to GitHub fails, but the connection to Ergast is possible. I was hoping that (mis)using GitHub for this is simple and reliable. You're the only person so far to report a problem with this, but I was hoping that there won't be any problems of this sort. |
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I don't want to open a full discussion for this but is there any way to get the Haas laps after the chequered flag fell for the normal session? I tried yesterday with Magnussen but it gave me no results edit: today i have the data. all solved |
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When I try to pick Verstappen I get NaN in the driver column:
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yep, see above: |
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As a workaround, and arguably a safer solution in the long run, you can select the driver by his three-letter FIA abbreviation, in your case |
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Yes that is what I normally do in the stable release but doesn't work in the current alpha since the mapping is not ok |
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Workaround is to use the drivernumber |
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@theOehrly Is the package on track to be released before the first race weekend? |
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I think I'll get everything finished in time. I'm running a bit out of time but I think it'll work out. |
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I get this error when I Try to sort out a list of laps by Time lap value Im a beginner |
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Please post a minimal code example of what you are trying to do. |
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Thank you for your response, I actually figured it out. |
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Can you explain more clearly what you want to do? Also, please open a separate new discussion, as this is not the right place for general questions. |
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Next pre-release version is available. I updated the original post above. Stable will follow later this week, likely only on Thursday. Sorry for being a bit late. Main changes include improved support for loading driver lists and session results. This also fixes the issue with missing driver abbreviations in testing events that was present in the last release. If you already work with the event schedule object directly, here's a short warning: Currently, the dataframe columns are named 'event_name', 'location' and similar. This will be changed to 'EventName', 'Location', ... to match the naming convention that was already used for the Laps object. There will be absolutely no backwards compatibility from stable to alpha! Sorry, this was not well thought through in the first place, but I want to change it now before doing a stable release with this. |
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I'm little bit confused about tyre compounds... I guess the raw live timing data could messy. The |
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I cross-validate the data from live timing and other sources. My guess is that both C4 and C5 are labeled as SOFT in live timing, and C3 is MEDIUM, C4 and C5 are HARD. UNKNOWN is C4 and TEST_UNKNOWN is C2. It's somewhat frustrating that live timing doesn't provide the original C1 to C5 info. |
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The API usually only supports SOFT, MEDIUM, HARD, INTERMEDIATE, WET without taking into account C1 to C5. This is sufficient for normal race weekends. Apparently the compounds available for testing were the following:
C1 to C5 + one prototype + plus intermediate and wet tyre. Therefore, it makes sense that they can not be differentiated properly in the API which is unfortunate but there's not much we can do about it. I haven't tried to figure out which of theses compounds is represented by which name in the API. |
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Yes it's like a shortcoming of the API. But anyway. Thanks for your great package! |
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After updating to alpha1, the "Team" values are blank for the laps in Practice 1: |
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Will be fixed, thanks for the info. |
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Any news on the official release of 2.2? |
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Done! 😉 |
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v2.2.0 stable is now released and can be installed through pip as usual. |
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Grabbing TheOneScript to see if everything is working properly ;) Only some small name changes since the alpha release, nothing so serious it could not be fixed in 30 seconds. |
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I'm fairly new to the world of Python, and I'm still learning so obviously I don't know everything. I'd like to see how this package works but I'm very confused and lost. I've come across many issues but here is the very first obstacle. I'd appreciate help, and an explanation in simple terms.
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no... Be careful with your cache folder. You have whitespaces in your path. I am not sure how python handles that on Windows. Maybe just create an empty "cache" folder in your current folder where you also have your python file |
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When you use Windows you should also use double backslashes for your path |
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forward slashes will work as well (at least, they do for me :) ) |
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If you mean by having an empty folder in the same folder as the Fastf1 folder, then it is already there. I also changed the path to the one you mentioned and tried forward slashes too. I keep getting this error.
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some progress but...is there an issue still? |
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I think I got it! |
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yes this is the expected outcome for ur code |
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if you want to test plotting you can create something simple
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Does python show telemetry? I've seen some people say they can gather data from python and make telemetry, so I was wondering if thats a feature python can has, or if the data is collected from python and taken elsewhere to create a telemetry chart. |
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I've spent a few hours today testing some, and I've been getting good result. Of course, I'm a beginner and this is too advanced for me but I've always been good at learning by doing more practical work. I love data analysis and telemetry, so I'd really like to get into Python professionally and play around with F1 data. I'll still go back to learning so I can truly master Python without asking such noob questions - which are normal for a beginner but still. I appreciate the help and guidance from you both, and I'll definitely ask again if I need help. Side question: I'm learning Python from a youtube video at the moment. Would you say its good enough to get started? |
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youtube video's can be a good source to learn from, but do not underestimate the power of a good book and on-the-job training. I even ventured into creating a discord bot that generates telemetry plots per request. And so far it seems to be doing the trick, but I still have much to learn as well (which I do by making mistakes). |
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I'd say stick with youtube. That is more than good enough. Just make sure u actually code. Some people just read and watch a lot about what they wanna do and forget to actually do it |
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I read in the documentation that we can record live data during a session. I was planning on waking up early for FP1 and while watching, I could record the live data. I wanted to be sure as to what I have to do; should I simply open cmd and type 'python -m fastf1.livetiming save saved_data.txt'? I tried it and nothing got a invalid syntax error. Is that exactly what needs to be typed or do we have to add a path? I haven't been able to continue my Python lessons since I had a busy week, so I'm still a little lost. Hoping to get back on track this week. |
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Yes, that is the command that you have to use. Either you don't have FastF1 installed or you don't have python installed. Or your shell/cmd can't find your python installation. |
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Version 2.2.0 has now been released.
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FastF1 v2.2 is currently under development and intended to be released before the first race weekend of the 2022 season.
Notable changes and new features so far are:
A first pre-release version is now available for download below. More pre-release versions will be made available. These versions are still very much under development and should be considered as alpha releases. Further changes and improvements will be made.
Some current functionality has been deprecated in v2.2 to facilitate the implementation of new features and improvements. Deprecated functionality will be removed in v2.3.
A few very limited changes required the immediate removal of previous features without a deprecation grace period.
New features, bug fixes, deprecations and breaking changes are listed in the changelog section of the documentation.
The documentation for the most current pre-release version is available here:
Docs: https://theoehrly.github.io/Fast-F1-Pre-Release-Documentation/index.html
Changelog: https://theoehrly.github.io/Fast-F1-Pre-Release-Documentation/changelog.html
Please leave feedback about these changes below. If you find any bugs in these pre-release versions, please also comment below. The issue section should be reserved for bugs related to stable releases.
To install the pre-release version, download the zip file below, extract it and install the wheel using
pip install <filename.whl>.v2.2.0_alpha0.zip
v2.2.0_alpha1.zip
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