10 tips to overtake the competition, from the head of F1’s newest team
How do you build a team that can beat the world’s best? Just ask Jonathan Wheatley, the man bringing Audi to Formula 1. From the upcoming innovation issue out on February 27.
Formula 1 is a business, a multibillion-dollar one that is booming like never before.
Formula 1 racing car is where engineering finesse, advanced aerodynamics, leading software and supreme performance meet. The teams that run these cars are equally impressive. Their drivers can withstand fighter plane G-forces while making millimetre-perfect steering inputs.
Their pit crews can change all four wheels and tyres in under two seconds. And the technicians and tacticians can remotely monitor almost every single thing happening in a car travelling at speeds of up to 370km/h, while finding ever more ingenious ways to shave another 100th second off a lap time.
