Alright, so I wanted to mess around with some Formula 1 data, specifically getting a list of all the teams. Here’s how I went about it, bumps and all.
First Try: Scraping a List
My first thought was, “Hey, there’s gotta be a website with a simple list of all F1 teams.” So, I fired up my browser and searched for “list of F1 teams.”
I found a couple of sites, and tried copy and pasting, worked great.
- Red Bull Racing
- Mercedes
- Ferrari
- McLaren
- Aston Martin
- Alpine
- Williams
- RB
- Sauber
- Haas
Copy and paste worked prety well
It’s a simple * it did get the job done… eventually.
Thinking Bigger
This manual copy-pasting is fine for a one-off, but what if I wanted to do this regularly? Or what if I wanted more than just the team names? I started to think I needed a better way. I’d copy and paste, make sure it was all clean, then do it all over * Fun.
I did get my list of F1 teams, but I learned that sometimes the quick and dirty way is good enough, and sometimes you want to think ahead, even if you’re just playing around.
