Reimplement fuzzy search logic

fastf1/events.py

@@ -932,31 +932,46 @@ def _strict_event_search(self, name: str):
 
     def _fuzzy_event_search(self, name: str) -> "Event":
 
+        def _remove_common_words(event_name):
+            common_words = ["formula 1", str(self.year), "grand prix", "gp"]
+            event_name = event_name.casefold()
+
+            for word in common_words:
+                event_name = event_name.replace(word, "")
+
+            return event_name.replace(" ", "")
+
         def _matcher_strings(ev):
             strings = list()
             if 'Location' in ev:
-                strings.append(ev['Location'])
+                strings.append(ev['Location'].casefold())
             if 'Country' in ev:
-                strings.append(ev['Country'])
+                strings.append(ev['Country'].casefold())
             if 'EventName' in ev:
-                strings.append(ev['EventName'].replace("Grand Prix", ""))
+                strings.append(_remove_common_words(ev["EventName"]))
             if 'OfficialEventName' in ev:
-                strings.append(ev['OfficialEventName']
-                               .replace("FORMULA 1", "")
-                               .replace(str(self.year), "")
-                               .replace("GRAND PRIX", ""))
+                strings.append(_remove_common_words(ev["OfficialEventName"]))
             return strings
 
+        user_input = name
+        name = _remove_common_words(name)
         max_ratio = 0
         index = 0
         for i, event in self.iterrows():
             ratio = max(
-                [fuzz.ratio(val.casefold(), name.casefold())
+                [fuzz.ratio(val, name)
                  for val in _matcher_strings(event)]
             )
             if ratio > max_ratio:
                 max_ratio = ratio
                 index = i
+
+        if max_ratio != 100:
+            _logger.warning((
+                "Correcting user input "
+                f"'{user_input}' to'{self.loc[index].EventName}'"
+            )
+            )
         return self.loc[index]
 
     def get_event_by_name(