How F1 formed its coronavirus response
Formula 1's ability to fast-track technological developments from sketch to reality has been exploited in a very new way during the pandemic. GP Racing technical consultant PAT SYMONDS goes inside F1's fight against the coronavirus
One of the great pleasures of working in the Formula 1 environment is that it's so agile and dynamic. Throw a new set of regulations at an F1 team and its people will see opportunities that no normal group could imagine. Even more impressive is the way they will execute those opportunities. The competitive instinct of the F1 engineer marries innovation, ambition and pragmatism in a unique way.
When the world was first turned upside down by COVID-19, one department linked to government realised it was an ideal opportunity to use this exceptional F1 ability in a humanitarian manner. When the Cabinet Office put out a call for industry to turn its attention to the manufacture of ventilators for patients in critical care, this department reached out to F1 for help.
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