[BUG] KeyError: "None of ['Date'] are in the columns" when fetching any driver's telemetry for season 2018 round 1 session 2

[borolepratik]

Describe the issue:

Seeing KeyError: "None of ['Date'] are in the columns" error when fetching any driver's telemetry for season 2018 round 1 session 2

Reproduce the code example:

import fastf1

# Parameters
year = 2018
grand_prix = 1
session = 2

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

session.laps.pick_drivers("10").get_telemetry() # Gasly

Logs:

core           INFO 	Loading data for Australian Grand Prix - Practice 2 [v3.4.4]
req            INFO 	No cached data found for session_info. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching session info data...
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
req            INFO 	No cached data found for driver_info. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching driver list...
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
req            INFO 	No cached data found for session_status_data. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching session status data...
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
req            INFO 	No cached data found for track_status_data. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching track status data...
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
req            INFO 	No cached data found for _extended_timing_data. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching timing data...
_api           INFO 	Parsing timing data...
_api        WARNING 	Driver  5: Encountered 1 timing integrity error(s) near lap(s): [24].
This might be a bug and should be reported.
_api        WARNING 	Driver  7: Encountered 1 timing integrity error(s) near lap(s): [27].
This might be a bug and should be reported.
_api        WARNING 	Driver  9: Encountered 1 timing integrity error(s) near lap(s): [4].
This might be a bug and should be reported.
_api        WARNING 	Driver 55: Encountered 1 timing integrity error(s) near lap(s): [9].
This might be a bug and should be reported.
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
req            INFO 	No cached data found for timing_app_data. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching timing app data...
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
core           INFO 	Processing timing data...
core        WARNING 	Driver 11: Lap timing integrity check failed for 1 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver 14: Lap timing integrity check failed for 2 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver 18: Lap timing integrity check failed for 1 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver  2: Lap timing integrity check failed for 1 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver 27: Lap timing integrity check failed for 3 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver 28: Lap timing integrity check failed for 1 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver 31: Lap timing integrity check failed for 1 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver 33: Lap timing integrity check failed for 2 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver 35: Lap timing integrity check failed for 1 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver 55: Lap timing integrity check failed for 1 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver  7: Lap timing integrity check failed for 1 lap(s)
core        WARNING 	Driver 77: Lap timing integrity check failed for 1 lap(s)
req            INFO 	No cached data found for car_data. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching car data...
_api           INFO 	Parsing car data...
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
req            INFO 	No cached data found for position_data. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching position data...
_api           INFO 	Parsing position data...
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
req            INFO 	No cached data found for weather_data. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching weather data...
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
req            INFO 	No cached data found for race_control_messages. Loading data...
_api           INFO 	Fetching race control messages...
req            INFO 	Data has been written to cache!
core           INFO 	Finished loading data for 20 drivers: ['10', '11', '14', '16', '18', '2', '20', '27', '28', '3', '31', '33', '35', '44', '5', '55', '7', '77', '8', '9']

Error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  at cell 6, line 1
  at /opt/python/envs/customPyEnv311/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fastf1/core.py, line 2813, in get_telemetry(self, frequency)
  at /opt/python/envs/customPyEnv311/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fastf1/core.py, line 438, in merge_channels(self, other, frequency)
  at /opt/python/envs/customPyEnv311/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas/core/frame.py, line 6122, in set_index(self, keys, drop, append, inplace, verify_integrity)
  at KeyError: "None of ['Date'] are, line 0, in the columns"
KeyError: "None of ['Date'] are in the columns"