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Zak Brown

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Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

We have 300 sensors on the car.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

We pull down one and a half terabytes of data over the course of a weekend.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

We run 50 million simulations over the course of a race week.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

So the technology is absolutely insane, which is why we have so many technology partners is they are very much integrated into the team.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

So you look at the Dell, we're running their servers and their storage and their high-performance computing.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Cisco is responsible for our communications.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Google and Gemini around our AI.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

And so that's why I think so much so many technology partners we just announced Intel gravitate towards the sport is it's a place for them to showcase design and develop their technologies.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

And I think that's why it's such a fertile playground for these great companies.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Have there been any breakthroughs in car design or manufacturing or testing or anything in that space that have been particularly exciting for you in recent years?

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Yeah, I mean, it dates back to the seatbelt in the rearview mirror.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Yeah, those are good ones.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

But that started in motor racing.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

You know, then you get into carbon fiber chassis.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Safety is a big aspect in racing that gets transferred to the road car.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Materials.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Now, you don't take something off a Formula One car and put it on a road car because...

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

Road car wants it to go 200,000 miles.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

We want it to go 200 miles and then be done with it and move on.

Uncanny Valley | WIRED
The Tech Behind McLaren Racing’s F1 Dominance

But materials, carbon fiber chassis was something.