scripts to scrape and save names and constructors as function of year

utils/scripts/ergast_constructor_names.py

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+import fastf1
+import time
+import json
+from pprint import pprint
+
+from tqdm.std import tqdm
+
+year_team_mapping = {}
+
+for year in tqdm(range(2025, 1950, -1)):
+    constructor_standings = fastf1.ergast.Ergast().get_constructor_standings(year).content[0]
+    year_team_mapping[year] = list(constructor_standings["constructorName"])
+    time.sleep(1)
+
+
+with open("year_driver_mapping.json", "w") as f:
+    json.dump(year_team_mapping, f)

utils/scripts/ergast_driver_names.py

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+import fastf1
+import time
+import json
+
+from tqdm.std import tqdm
+
+year_driver_mapping = {}
+
+for year in tqdm(range(2025, 1950, -1)):
+    ergast = fastf1.ergast.Ergast()
+    driver_standings = ergast.get_driver_standings(year).content[0]
+    year_driver_mapping[year] = [f"{first} {last}" for (first,last) in zip(driver_standings["givenName"], driver_standings["familyName"])]
+    time.sleep(1)
+
+with open("year_driver_mapping.json", "w") as f:
+    json.dump(year_driver_mapping, f)