AI tech drives transformation of F1 racing

This post was written by Will Owen, BD Associate, at Valkyrie. Until the 1980s, cars were all mechanical. Computers were too large and slow to be useful on race cars, so the driver was the only source of "data" for the racing engineer. As amazing as drivers are at "feeling" the car, it's tough for any driver to recall objective measurements about how the car performed in a session when they are busy focusing on driving. Once electronics became small enough, they started becoming critical to operating car systems, such as fuel management and engine timing.