MagicMirror² Module: MMM-Formula1

A MagicMirror² Module for displaying Formula 1 standings and race schedule. This version combines standing and schedule in one module. Various options enable you to control the size of the module.

Example

The module displays the current Formula 1 schedule and standings from the selected season with the following information

• The flag for the driver or constructor.
• The drivers name (when the drivers standings are displayed).
• The constructor name.
• The current points total.
• The current number of wins.
• the schedule for the current race weekend, including free practice, sprint, quali and race time
• the track layout for the current race weekend
• the name and time for the race after this weekend
• constructor icon logos and higher resolution flags

In addition you can configure the following options

• Which season to display the standings for season

• Whether to show the drivers DRIVER or constructors CONSTRUCTOR standings, Use showStanding, there are also modes for BOTH and MIX. With BOTH first driver and than constructor standings are shown in a table. With MIX the driver and constructor are shown in the same space, but after each other in time. Use NONE to show no standings.

• How many drivers/constructors to display in the standings table maxRowsDriver or maxRowsConstructor

• If you have a favourite driver/constructor not in "how many" range, you can add a fanDriverCode or fanConstructorCode. This driver and/or constructor is added to the standing.

• Whether to show the race weeking timing table schedule. showSchedule

• Whether to show the schedule without the next race information. showNextRace

Installation

In your terminal, go to your MagicMirror's Module folder:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/ianperrin/MMM-Formula1

Install dependencies:

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Formula1
npm install --production

Configure the module in your config/config.js file.

Updating

If you want to update your MMM-Formula1 module to the latest version, use your terminal to go to your MMM-Formula1 module folder and type the following command:

git pull

(Re)install dependencies.

cd ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-Formula1
npm install --production

If you haven't changed the modules, this should work without any problems. Type git status to see your changes, if there are any, you can reset them with git reset --hard. After that, git pull should be possible.

Using the module

To use this module, add it to the modules array in the config/config.js file:

modules: [
  {
    module: "MMM-Formula1",
    position: "top_right",
    header: "Formula 1",
    config: {
      // Optional configuration options - see https://github.com/73cirdan/MMM-Formula1#configuration-options
    }
  }
];

Configuration options

The following properties can be configured:

Option	Default	Description	Possible Values
season	current	Optional - The season to display.	current = Standings for the current season, or a year (greater than or equal to 1950) = Standings for a specific season.
showStanding	MIX	Optional - The type of standings to display.	DRIVER only show driver standing, CONSTRUCTOR only show constructor standing, BOTH show both driver and constructor standing, MIX alternate between driver and constructor standing (30s each), NONE do not show standing. The race schedule is shown.
maxRowsDriver	5	Optional - The maximum number of drivers to show in the standings table.	a number.
maxRowsConstructor	5	Optional - The maximum number of constructors to show in the standings table.	a number.
showSchedule	true	Optional - Whether the show the upcoming Race Schedule and track layout. If showStanding is NONE, and showSchedule is false, the module will show the schedule anyway.	true or false.
fade	false	Optional - Whether to fade the activities to black (Gradient).	true or false
fadePoint	0.4	Optional - Where to start fade?	0 (top of the list) - 1 (bottom of list)
reloadInterval	1800000 (30 minutes)	Optional - How often does the data needs to be reloaded from the API? (Milliseconds). See the Terms & Conditions for responsible use of the API. It can take some time after the race for the data to be updated at the api endpoint, be patient.	7500 - 86400000
animationSpeed	2500 (2.5 seconds)	Optional - The speed of the update animation. (Milliseconds).	0 - 5000
grayscale	false	Optional - Whether to show the flags, constructor icon and circuit layout in grayscale (true) or colour (false). In colour the circuit layout show the sectors also.	true or false
showNextRace	true	Optional - Whether to show the name and time of the next race after the upcomming weekend.	true or false
fanDriverCode	empty	Optional - Whether to add the name of the driver to the driver standing list if it would fall out of the maxRowsDriver filter.	3 character code used for the driver This is the code you see in your screen when watching F1, like VER for Verstappen.
fanConstructorCode	empty	Optional - Whether to add the name of the constructor to the constructor standing list if it would fall out of the maxRowsConstructor filter.	for 2024 red_bull, ferrari, mercedes, mclaren, aston_martin, sauber, haas, rb, williams, alpine.

Thanks

• ianperrins first version which led to this version. Major changes:
  • removed f1api from the package.json and rewrote node_helper
  • removed dev tools for now, will learn it and apply it in the future ;-)
  • rewrote nunjucks template to support different display options
  • removed ical dependency and possibility to use magicmirror calendar. The default upcomming weekend and next race are shown in what used to be the standing module
  • updated flags css
• track layouts by F1laps for the track vectors
  • found here on github
  • rotated some layout to use spcae more efficient (portrait layout)
  • thickened some lines
  • made a unicolor version for grayscale mode
• ergast api for the data
  • btw ergast announced to deprecate the api end of 2024. There is an alternative free api that will add schedule and standings to their api early in 2024.
  • See more info here

Disclaimer

This an unofficial project and is not associated in any way with the Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.