[BUG] Request for jolpica url failed

[borolepratik]

Describe the issue:

Ran into a jolpica error when loading 2021 Race 2 Practice 1 data. Created an issue here to gracefully handle this error.

Reproduce the code example:

import fastf1

# Parameters
year = 2021
grand_prix = 2
session = 1

# Load session data
session = fastf1.get_session(year, grand_prix, session)
session.load()

Error message:

Request for URL https://api.jolpi.ca/ergast/f1/2021/2/results.json failed; using cached response
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 787, in urlopen
    response = self._make_request(
        conn,
    ...<10 lines>...
        **response_kw,
    )
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 534, in _make_request
    response = conn.getresponse()
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py”, line 516, in getresponse
    httplib_response = super().getresponse()
  File “/Users/pratikborole/.asdf/installs/python/3.13.2/lib/python3.13/http/client.py”, line 1430, in getresponse
    response.begin()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File “/Users/pratikborole/.asdf/installs/python/3.13.2/lib/python3.13/http/client.py”, line 331, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File “/Users/pratikborole/.asdf/installs/python/3.13.2/lib/python3.13/http/client.py”, line 300, in _read_status
    raise RemoteDisconnected(“Remote end closed connection without”
                             ” response”)
http.client.RemoteDisconnected: Remote end closed connection without response
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 667, in send
    resp = conn.urlopen(
        method=request.method,
    ...<9 lines>...
        chunked=chunked,
    )
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 841, in urlopen
    retries = retries.increment(
        method, url, error=new_e, _pool=self, _stacktrace=sys.exc_info()[2]
    )
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/util/retry.py”, line 474, in increment
    raise reraise(type(error), error, _stacktrace)
          ~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/util/util.py”, line 38, in reraise
    raise value.with_traceback(tb)
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 787, in urlopen
    response = self._make_request(
        conn,
    ...<10 lines>...
        **response_kw,
    )
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py”, line 534, in _make_request
    response = conn.getresponse()
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py”, line 516, in getresponse
    httplib_response = super().getresponse()
  File “/Users/pratikborole/.asdf/installs/python/3.13.2/lib/python3.13/http/client.py”, line 1430, in getresponse
    response.begin()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File “/Users/pratikborole/.asdf/installs/python/3.13.2/lib/python3.13/http/client.py”, line 331, in begin
    version, status, reason = self._read_status()
                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File “/Users/pratikborole/.asdf/installs/python/3.13.2/lib/python3.13/http/client.py”, line 300, in _read_status
    raise RemoteDisconnected(“Remote end closed connection without”
                             ” response”)
urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: (‘Connection aborted.’, RemoteDisconnected(‘Remote end closed connection without response’))
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/requests_cache/session.py”, line 286, in _resend
    response = self._send_and_cache(request, actions, cached_response, **kwargs)
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/requests_cache/session.py”, line 254, in _send_and_cache
    response = super().send(request, **kwargs)
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/fastf1/req.py”, line 136, in send
    return super().send(request, **kwargs)
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/requests/sessions.py”, line 703, in send
    r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
  File “/Users/pratikborole/code/slick-telemetry/pu-es/.venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/requests/adapters.py”, line 682, in send
    raise ConnectionError(err, request=request)
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: (‘Connection aborted.’, RemoteDisconnected(‘Remote end closed connection without response’))

[borolepratik]

also observed this behavior for 2021 Race 17 Practice 1