Red Bull says its new title sponsor Oracle will help them improve their race strategies and power unit development over the coming seasons.
The technology infrastructure provider joined Red Bull ahead of last season and has agreed an expanded tie-up under which it has become the team’s title sponsor. Its logo also appears on the sidepod of the new RB18.
Red Bull began using Oracle’s cloud services last year to improve the race simulations which inform its strategic decisions during races. According to the team, the number of simulations it ran increased a thousand-fold in 2021, and the simulations were conducted 10 times faster. That “enabled us to make race-day decisions that helped Max Verstappen win the 2021 drivers’ championship”, said team principal Christian Horner.
It ran billions of such simulations over the course of 2021 at considerably reduced costs. This provided a particular benefit as last year was the first season teams had to operate within a budget cap.
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