.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "examples_gallery/plot_position_changes.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_examples_gallery_plot_position_changes.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_examples_gallery_plot_position_changes.py:


Position changes during a race
==============================

Plot the position of each driver at the end of each lap.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 7-15

.. code-block:: Python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    import fastf1.plotting


    fastf1.plotting.setup_mpl(misc_mpl_mods=False)








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Load the session and create the plot

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 17-22

.. code-block:: Python

    session = fastf1.get_session(2023, 1, 'R')
    session.load(telemetry=False, weather=False)

    fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8.0, 4.9))








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For each driver, get their three letter abbreviation (e.g. 'HAM') by simply
using the value of the first lap, get their color and then plot their
position over the number of laps.

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.. code-block:: Python

    for drv in session.drivers:
        drv_laps = session.laps.pick_driver(drv)

        abb = drv_laps['Driver'].iloc[0]
        color = fastf1.plotting.driver_color(abb)

        ax.plot(drv_laps['LapNumber'], drv_laps['Position'],
                label=abb, color=color)








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Finalize the plot by setting y-limits that invert the y-axis so that position
one is at the top, set custom tick positions and axis labels.

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.. code-block:: Python

    ax.set_ylim([20.5, 0.5])
    ax.set_yticks([1, 5, 10, 15, 20])
    ax.set_xlabel('Lap')
    ax.set_ylabel('Position')





.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 .. code-block:: none


    Text(0, 0.5, 'Position')



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Because this plot is very crowed, add the legend outside the plot area.

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.. code-block:: Python

    ax.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.0, 1.02))
    plt.tight_layout()

    plt.show()



.. image-sg:: /examples_gallery/images/sphx_glr_plot_position_changes_001.png
   :alt: plot position changes
   :srcset: /examples_gallery/images/sphx_glr_plot_position_changes_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img






.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing

   **Total running time of the script:** (0 minutes 3.735 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_examples_gallery_plot_position_changes.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_position_changes.ipynb <plot_position_changes.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: plot_position_changes.py <plot_position_changes.py>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_