Load Lapwise Data — load_session

Loads lapwise data for a race session.

Includes each driver's each lap's laptime, pit in/out time, tyre information, track status, and (optionally) weather information. The resulting data frame contains a column for the session type. Note that quali sessions are labelled Q1, Q2 & Q3.

Cache directory can be set by setting option(f1dataR.cache = [cache dir]), default is the current working directory.

If you have trouble with errors mentioning 'fastf1' or 'get_fastf1_version()' read the 'Setup FastF1 Connection vignette (run vignette('setup_fastf1', 'f1dataR')).

Usage

load_session_laps(
  season = get_current_season(),
  round = 1,
  session = "R",
  log_level = "WARNING",
  add_weather = FALSE,
  race = lifecycle::deprecated()
)

Arguments

season: 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.
log_level: Detail of logging from fastf1 to be displayed. Choice of: 'DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR' and 'CRITICAL.' See fastf1 documentation.
add_weather: Whether to add weather information to the laps. See fastf1 documentation for info on weather.
race: race is no longer supported, use round

Value

A tibble. Note time information is in seconds, see fastf1 documentation for more information on timing.