GEC NEWS WIREBT Technology’s tie up with Williams Martini Racing team is all set to change the formula race with data analyses and real time telemetry
The first results of BT’s partnership with WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING are showing how BT technology is helping improve car performance with the team through real time pitstop practice data analysis, accelerated race video analysis, improved applications performance and real time telemetry.
The Williams Martini Racing team now relies on BT to connect the race team from trackside around the world to the race operations centre in Grove, Oxfordshire (UK). With each race producing between 60 and 80 GB of raw data that needs to be sent securely and analysed in real time, high-speed secure connections are of paramount importance. BT’s global network is delivering a 100Mbps connection speed from every test and race venue. Engineers at the track side and at the Grove race operations room can now make the most of the car’s performance by sharing and analysing very large quantities of data in real time, enabling them to collaborate and make changes to improve car performance during practise, in qualifying and in the race itself.
The new network infrastructure has been further optimised through the deployment of acceleration capabilities, removing latency issues when race teams communicate with the control centre back home. Claire Williams, Deputy Team Principal and Commercial Director at Williams Martini Racing, said: “The connectivity that BT is providing us has enabled our engineers to work in a much closer and much faster way.”
Graeme Hackland, CIO Williams Martini Racing, said: “Instant communication has allowed us to take a step forward. BT has provided us with a secure link from every race track in the world back to the factory in Grove”
Gavin Patterson, CEO BT Group, said: “This partnership is about creating possibilities. Since it was announced in March our best specialists have been installing very fast, resilient and highly secure network services for Williams all over the world to very tight timescales.”
