CNet have an interesting interview with Dieter Gundel, head of racetrack electronics at Ferrari. Read it here. Here are some interesting bits of information:
- PCs use Microsoft (Windows) XP company wide. Office products are standard Microsoft.
- PCs for the majority of work. Workstations for design and component simulations.
- Control software for the car is C and assembler. Analysis and simulation is mainly done with Matlab. Other projects are written in object-oriented languages (C++, Delphi and Visual Basic, depending on preference).
- Data logged is roughly 1GB for an average race that lasts about one and a half hours
- All design work is done using CAD and CAM tools. The structural and kinematical analysis is entirely computer-based
- Some years ago the car would have been sent out without data logging working if there was a problem. Today the car will not leave the garage if data logging is not OK. There is no point in running the car without the IT-based tools operation operating at an optimum level.
Amazing how much IT has influenced motorsport.
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