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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, studies the data in the garage with his team.
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The new technology with potential to revolutionise F1's spectacle

PAT SYMONDS explains how machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, is already adding insight and enjoyment to F1

Society has been through many revolutions over the years. We tend to think of the industrial revolution which arose in 18th century England as the birth of the technology-based life we enjoy today, but there have been many others. The development of ever more durable materials,
 the discovery of electricity and the move from nature-based motive power to science and engineering-based systems were ultimately enablers for the sport we love today.

The rise of cheap computing power has changed many aspects of our everyday life and has a profound effect on the design and operation of race cars and race teams. The time of the intuitive engineer making relatively simple calculations longhand has been replaced by highly trained individuals with enormously capable systems which can analyse any problem to the nth degree.

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