As part of its F1 connectivity innovation prize, Tata communications calls tech enthusiasts to come up with a F1 Grand Prix prediction tool for fans. First part of challenge included creation of app which would help F1 drivers make smart decision on the go with data collected from different sensors on board. The first challenge was one by Ravi Sawhney and Svetlana Sawhney with their winning application Databricks.
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| The F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize |
As mentioned above the first part was dedicated to drivers but the second part is focused on F1 fans who make the sport what it is. The challenge requires the participants to come with an application which enables fans to engage with F1 management forecasting how each Grand Prix will unfold and submit their predictions for each team member and team for evaluation. The tool should also enable F1 Management to rank these predictions based upon accuracy so that most accurate prediction can be awarded when the results are out.
John Morrison, Chief Technical Officer of Formula One Management, says,
“Each Grand Prix weekend, fans are glued to their TVs to see how
drivers and teams respond to changing
circumstances such as adverse weather conditions or an unexpected
safety car deployment. With this challenge, we are asking entrants to
create a platform where F1® followers can use practice data and their
knowledge of the sport to predict how the story of each race will play out and who will emerge as the winner.”
Julie Woods-Moss, Chief Marketing Officer and CEO
of NextGen Business at Tata Communications, says, “The way we watch
sports has changed for good – people want to be more engaged, sharing
their own commentary via social media and using
different devices to follow multiple video feeds and build their own
picture of the action. The second challenge of the F1® Connectivity Innovation Prize is about
finding new techniques for fans to experience and engage with
the sport. We had a remarkable response to the first challenge,
and I encourage technical visionaries and creative minds around the
world to take part in the final challenge to shape innovation in F1®.”
Martin Brundle, former Formula 1® race driver and F1® commentator for Sky Sports F1®, says, “In addition to bringing existing die-hard F1®
fans closer to the sport, a predictive analysis tool would also open up
new
possibilities on how the sport could evolve and attract new followers
in the future. This challenge has incredible potential and I’m looking
forward to being a part of the judging panel.”
The first challenge of the F1®
Connectivity Innovation prize, set by the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula
One™ Team, was to design a new approach for displaying critical race car
telemetry and sensor data to enable engineers at
the race track and at the factory in the UK to make more accurate
decisions through real-time data visualisation.
The winning entries came from the UK, Spain and Australia.
Each entry will be evaluated by a panel of judges which will include F1 drivers and technologists including John Morrison himself, Chief Technical Officer of F1. Lewis Hamilton, MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team race driver; Paddy Lowe, Executive Director (Technical) of
the MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One™ Team; David Coulthard, former Formula 1® race driver and F1® commentator; and Martin Brundle, former Formula 1® race driver and F1®
commentator. They are joined by Mehul Kapadia, Managing Director of F1® Business at Tata Communications.
The deadline for entries for the second challenge is
Tuesday September 8th 2015 at 5:00pm BST (GMT +1). A full brief can be downloaded from the
F1® Connectivity Innovation Prize website.
To hear more about the challenge, see this video featuring Martin Brundle.
The Grand Prize of the F1® Connectivity Innovation Prize is a
cheque for $50,000 and a bespoke trophy, to be presented to the winner (or winning team) at the end of the season in November.
Additional prizes will include
VIP trips to the final of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship™, the
2015 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX.
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Tata Communications is the Official Connectivity Provider of Formula 1®, enabling the sport to seamlessly reach out to its tens of millions of fans across the globe.
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