get_event

fastf1.get_event(year, gp, *, backend=None, force_ergast=False, strict_search=False, exact_match=False)

Create an Event object for a specific season and gp.

To get a testing event, use get_testing_event().

Parameters:

• year (int) – Championship year

• gp (Union[int, str]) – Name as str or round number as int. If gp is a string, a fuzzy match will be performed on all events and the closest match will be selected. Fuzzy matching uses country, location, name and officialName of each event as reference. Note that the round number cannot be used to get a testing event, as all testing event are round 0!

• backend (Optional[Literal['fastf1', 'f1timing', 'ergast']]) –

  select a specific backend as data source, options:

  • 'fastf1': FastF1’s own backend, full support for 2018 to now

  • 'f1timing': uses data from the F1 live timing API, sessions for which no timing data is available are not listed (supports 2018 to now)

  • 'ergast': uses data from Ergast, no local times are available, no information about availability of f1 timing data is available (supports 1950 to now)

  When no backend is specified, 'fastf1' is used as a default and the other backends are used as a fallback in case the default is not available.

  For seasons older than 2018 'ergast' is always used.

• force_ergast (bool) – [Deprecated, use backend='ergast'] Always use data from the ergast database to create the event schedule

• strict_search (bool) – This argument is deprecated and planned for removal, use the equivalent exact_match instead

• exact_match (bool) – Match precisely the query, or default to fuzzy search. If no event is found with exact_match=True, the function will return None

Return type:

Event

Added in version 2.2.