2026 Season Start [0.9.0]

2026 Season Release

The wait is FINALLY over! In just a few days we are finally seeing the cars properly back on track, and with a new season there are new drivers, number changes and even new teams! The drs_data should be updated to reflect the changes and be ready for when cars are back on track in Australia.

A special thanks to staglech for helping with updating the drs_data file.

A quick note here: I have not been able to check the data coming in during the pre-season testing, so I am just hoping it follows the same format and structure.

CHANGED

• Updated drs_data to reflect the new 2026 season (thank you to staglech)
• Tests and debugs updated to reflect new driver numbers

Pitwall Release [0.8.0]

Pitwall Release

This update includes a combined starter script that allows for an easy "one script start" for both the f1_livetiming and the DRS service!
Example:

python pitwall.py race --force-lead "Red Bull"

ADDED

• Processing of TrackStatus:
  • in FP1 They changed yellow flags from RaceControl to TrackStatus
• Clearing of yellow flag sectors when returning to green (as a just in case missed)
• A combined starter script (starts both livetiming and DRS) called pitwall.py

CHANGED

• Moved session retention on shutdown to its own function
• Updates to README.md as work on moving more in-depth info into the Github Wiki has started
• improved docstrings to following modules:
  • f1_utils.py

Austin Freedom Update [0.7.0]

It is time for the yee-haw Austin release!

Some changes going forward, I will probably now merge updates (hot fixes excluded) after race weekends, feel free to stay on the develop for the latest, but I will do a race weekend test BEFORE I merge into main

A couple of changes of note:

• config.py is not tracked anymore (or at least shouldn't be). There are now template files to duplicate to make it easier.
• Force lead is now required to provide for races
• Session Caching is now a thing, should allow you to resume if the service goes down or you have to do a restart of the session (see README for more info)

ADDED

• Team Color to drs_data
• Team Color to the MQTT message on leader
• Template files for the configs
• Session Caching (#10)
• Added tests for main.py and session_state.py
• Deleted lap time debug line (not used yet)

CHANGED

• Moving business logic in main.py to dedicated functions (#16)
• --Force-Lead (-fl) is now required to provide for Races (Austin SR T1 is a great example for why the service needs to know how to reset after a Safety Car)

REMOVED

• config.py from being tracked in the git repo