[Formula 1] Ergast API are going to be depracted and shutdown after 2024 season about extensions HOT 5 CLOSED

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🔔 @csigritz @sxn @qeude you might want to have a look.

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Oh. Bad news.

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at least it looks like you can download the database images, so we could update the extension to use those instead of the API.

In addition, it looks like Fast-F1 is planning on building an open-source alternative:

Just a very short update here. I've talked to Chris, who runs Ergast. He's totally Ok with it, if we try to build an open source successor to Ergast and use his database.

I currently tend towards rewriting the API server completely. The current Ergast runtime is available on Github, but the code itself is fairly old. I'm positive that a more modern implementation can scale better. One possible option would be Cloudflare's D1 database with Cloudflare Pages functions. When creating this as an open source project, it's possible to apply for project support to get a premium tier for free. This has the advantage that hosting would be free, with virtually unlimited load capacity. Of course, some more thought should be given to all of this before starting anything.
I still have some exams to deal with, but I'd like to start pushing forwards with this somewhere in October.

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