Strategy example

[Casper-Guo]

File running correctly also depends on #368. The following plot is generated:

Note that the drivers ideally will appear in descending order by finishing position. This is the behaviour seen in similar functions in the past. Some basic investigation shows that the drivers do not appear in session.laps in sorted finishing order. This may be a bug.

[Casper-Guo]

P.S Doc build check failure is fixed by #368

[theOehrly]

I merged #368, please rebase onto master again.

[MooshuBeef]

I tried running the code and got this. I should have the latest on python, matplotlib, and seaborn

/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/bin/python /Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/plot_driver_laptimes.py 
req         WARNING 	

DEFAULT CACHE ENABLED!
	Cache directory: /Users/alexchan/Library/Caches/fastf1.
	Size: 376.29 MB
core           INFO 	Loading data for Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Race [v3.0.2]
req            INFO 	Using cached data for driver_info
req            INFO 	Using cached data for session_status_data
req            INFO 	Using cached data for lap_count
req            INFO 	Using cached data for track_status_data
req            INFO 	Using cached data for timing_data
req            INFO 	Using cached data for timing_app_data
core           INFO 	Processing timing data...
req            INFO 	Using cached data for car_data
req            INFO 	Using cached data for position_data
req            INFO 	Using cached data for weather_data
req            INFO 	Using cached data for race_control_messages
core           INFO 	Finished loading data for 20 drivers: ['11', '1', '16', '14', '55', '44', '18', '63', '4', '22', '81', '23', '20', '10', '31', '2', '27', '77', '24', '21']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/plot_driver_laptimes.py", line 38, in <module>
    sns.scatterplot(data=driver_laps,
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/seaborn/relational.py", line 761, in scatterplot
    p.plot(ax, kwargs)
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/seaborn/relational.py", line 578, in plot
    points.set_facecolors(self._hue_map(data["hue"]))
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/matplotlib/_api/__init__.py", line 256, in method
    return getattr(self, name)(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/matplotlib/collections.py", line 751, in set_facecolor
    self._set_facecolor(c)
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/matplotlib/collections.py", line 733, in _set_facecolor
    self._facecolors = mcolors.to_rgba_array(c, self._alpha)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py", line 485, in to_rgba_array
    rgba = np.array([to_rgba(cc) for cc in c])
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py", line 485, in <listcomp>
    rgba = np.array([to_rgba(cc) for cc in c])
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py", line 299, in to_rgba
    rgba = _to_rgba_no_colorcycle(c, alpha)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/alexchan/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py", line 374, in _to_rgba_no_colorcycle
    raise ValueError(f"Invalid RGBA argument: {orig_c!r}")
ValueError: Invalid RGBA argument: 'ffd12e'

Process finished with exit code 1

[theOehrly]

I tried running the code and got this. I should have the latest on python, matplotlib, and seaborn
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This is a bug in FastF1 that was fixed by the PR that we talked above already (#368). It'll work after the next release.

[MooshuBeef]

Ahhh I see thank you!

[theOehrly]

Mostly the same comments as on the other PR. I made the comments a bit shorter here, no intention to be rude 😅

[theOehrly]

Looks good as well. Thank you for adding these three very helpful examples!

(And I'll get around to your other open PR and discussions soon now.)

[Casper-Guo]

You are welcome! Being able to contribute to a project that I use a ton really is a joy.

I will try to work on some of the visuals in #325 in the future; there are several that I want to learn to make. In the meantime, I am more than glad to investigate any other good visualizations you find as well.

[Casper-Guo]

For this particular plot, I also make a more complex version to highlight SC and VSC periods and provide additional context. Those code can be used for a track status overview (like the following) if you think that's something people will be interested in:

[theOehrly]

For this particular plot, I also make a more complex version to highlight SC and VSC periods and provide additional context. Those code can be used for a track status overview (like the following) if you think that's something people will be interested in:

I think something like this would be cool as well. There's no example yet, that really utilizes this information. So it's nice to show that this data is available.