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Data-crunching Mercedes-AMG’s F1 racing machines

More than 7 billion data points are collected, stored and analysed during each race weekend across the two Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One cars.

More than seven billion data points are collected, stored and analysed during each race weekend across the two Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One cars.

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Yamini Chinnuswamy

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SINGAPORE – With the

Formula One (F1) Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix

revving up from Friday to Sunday, Straits Times correspondent Yamini Chinnuswamy and executive infographics journalist Lim Kaili explore the computing power that fires up the Mercedes-AMG Petronas cars driven by the likes of British racing champions Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.

It takes a lot to get F1 race cars up and running – from engines to tyres to high-performance computers.

Data-crunching Mercedes-AMG’s F1 racing machines

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