add_sorted_driver_legend

fastf1.plotting.add_sorted_driver_legend(ax, session, *args, **kwargs)

Adds a legend to the axis where drivers are grouped by team and within each team they are shown in the same order that is used for selecting plot styles.

This function is a drop-in replacement for calling Matplotlib’s ax.legend() method. It can only be used when driver names or driver abbreviations are used as labels for the legend.

This function supports the same *args and **kwargs as Matplotlib’s ax.legend(), including the handles and labels arguments. Check the Matplotlib documentation for more information.

There is no particular need to use this function except to make the legend more visually pleasing.

Parameters:

• ax (Axes) – An instance of a Matplotlib Axes object

• session (Session) – the session for which the data should be obtained

• *args – Matplotlib legend args

• **kwargs –

  Matplotlib legend kwargs

  Returns:

  matplotlib.legend.Legend

Examples using fastf1.plotting.add_sorted_driver_legend

Driver specific plot styling

Driver specific plot styling