When plotting a line graph of lap times between two drivers is there a way to have a break between stints instead of the line graph joining the points together the whole time

[Mjb7070]

Here is a graph of NOR vs PIA from Belgium 2025 since it was a dynamic weather race the lap times before and after pitstop are drastically different and I don't want the line to join the lap before the pit with the lap after the pit (i have already filtered out slow laps such as in and out lap) Is there a way i can do this whilst keeping the legend the same?

[Casper-Guo]

Plotting with a break in the axis is a bit of a pain in matplotlib but that's probably the cleanest solution

For something quick and easy, use 'get_laps' or similar to break up the laps. Then make two separate plot calls. You can keep the line style consistent by getting the style from Fastf1. As for making sure you do not have duplicate legends, this guide may be relevant.

I also use the following more general code in my own project:

# Add legend to the current plot after deduplicating labels.

# Useful when labelled elements are added one-by-one, such as when showing SC periods.

handles, labels = ax.get_legend_handles_labels()
if labels:
    deduplicate_labels_handles = dict(zip(labels, handles, strict=True))
    plt.legend(
        handles=deduplicate_labels_handles.values(),
        labels=deduplicate_labels_handles.keys(),
        **kwargs,
    )