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The highly anticipated Singapore Grand Prix took place over the weekend. We sat down with executives from the event’s organising team and its key partner Lenovo to learn more about the tech behind the magic
With 23 races held over nine months in 20 countries across five continents, Formula 1 is one of the biggest and most watched sports globally. And at such a scale, it can only expect the best technological solutions and services to support its operations. That’s where technology company Lenovo comes in.
During the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix last week, the F1 and Lenovo teams were in town to discuss the synergistic multi-year partnership between the two brands that started in 2022.
From executives to track-side engineers, Lenovo is providing F1’s workforce with a full suite of hardware devices, high-performance computing and server solutions to run and manage its global operations smoothly and securely.
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It’s not about the technology, but about the outcome
Agility, reliability and innovation are three features that F1 requires of its technology partner’s solutions, which Sumir Bhatia, Asia-Pacific president of Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group, understands fully. “We want [our innovation and technologies] to be faster than the [F1] cars.”
Some of Lenovo’s products that F1 utilises include high-end workstations that enable the motor racing event organiser to carry out heavy-duty activities such as graphics creation and editing.
With Lenovo storage solutions, F1 is also able to enhance the on-site data collection of its grand prix events, improve data storage and create more engaging content for its viewers. After all, there are millions of data points being generated during each race, which can offer valuable actionable insights on the likes of G-force numbers, steering angles and brake impact.
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