# NAME
                                        

WWW::Scraper::F1 - Use f1.com race data seamlessly in perl.

# SYNOPSIS   

    use WWW::Scraper:F1;

    my $top      = get_top_championship( { length => 5 } );
    my $upcoming = get_upcoming_race();

# FUNCTIONS



## get\_top\_championship()

This functions retrieves the current championshiip.  it returns a reference to an array of hashes. By default it
returns the top 5 drivers like this.

    [
        { name Sebastian Vettel , points 55 , team Red Bull Racing }
        { name Fernando Alonso  , points 40 , team Ferrari }
    ]

You can specify options via a hash reference `get_top_chamionship( {length =` 3} )>

## get\_upcoming\_race()

This function returns a reference to hash. The hash elements contains information about the upcoming race.
The hash looks like this:

    {
      'country'    => 'Canada',
      'city'       => 'Montreal',
      'time'       => '10/06/12 20:00:00',
      'countdown'  => '7 days 21 hours'
    }



# INTERNALS

This module caches the results fetch from f1.com for futher use. Since the actual data only changes after a race, it only needs to fetch it again if the cache is older then the previous race. 

# AUTHOR

Freek Kalter
freek@kalteronline.org
http://kalteronline.org

# COPYRIGHT

This module is distributed under the same lincense as perl5 itself.
