These functions provide the ability to look-up drivers or teams (and match the two) for given races or seasons.
get_driver_abbreviation() looks up the driver abbreviation (typically 3 letters) as used in the provided season.
get_team_name() looks up the officially recorded team name based on fuzzy matching to the supplied string. This is
fairly inconsistent, for example, "Haas" is recorded as "Haas F1 Team", but not all sponsor names are recorded nor are
all names indicating 'F1 Team' – "RB" is recorded as "RB" and not "Visa Cash App RB F1 Team". If short = TRUE then
a short form for the team is provided ("Haas" instead of "Haas F1 Team").
get_driver_name() looks up a driver's full name based on fuzzy matching to the supplied string. The driver has to
have participated in the session (season, round, session) for this to match properly. For full-time drivers this is
easy, but for rookies who do test FP1 this is a more important note.
get_drivers_by_team() looks up a team's drivers for the provided race session (season, round, session). If looking
for practice rookies, they typically participate in session = FP1.
get_team_by_driver() looks up the team for the specified driver (at the specified race event).
get_session_drivers_and_teams() returns a data frame of all drivers and their team for a provided session.
Usage
get_driver_abbreviation(
driver_name,
season = get_current_season(),
round = 1,
session = "R"
)
get_driver_name(
driver_name,
season = get_current_season(),
round = 1,
session = "R"
)
get_team_name(team_name, season = get_current_season(), short = FALSE)
get_drivers_by_team(
team_name,
season = get_current_season(),
round = 1,
session = "R"
)
get_team_by_driver(
driver_name,
season = get_current_season(),
round = 1,
short = FALSE
)
get_session_drivers_and_teams(season, round, session = "R")Arguments
- driver_name
Driver name (or unique part thereof) to look up.
- season
The season for which the look-up should occur. Should be a number from 2018 to current season. Defaults to current season.
- round
number from 1 to 24 (depending on season selected) and defaults to most recent. Also accepts race name.
- session
the code for the session to load. Options are
'FP1','FP2','FP3','Q','S','SS','SQ', and'R'. Default is'R', which refers to Race.- team_name
The team name (as a string) to use for lookup.
- short
whether to provide a shortened version of the team name. Default False.