Jun.29 Formula 1's new ground-effect regulations have been a success, according to former long-time Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley. The Briton is now data systems director and technical consultant for the Liberty Media-owned Formula One Group, in charge of about 100 people charged with analysing information to improve the sport's ‘show'. 'We have transferred methods of data analysis in the entertainment world to F1,' he told La Gazzetta dello Sport. 'Formula 1 is a very complex sport so the goal is to get the public more involved, especially young people, who can use their smartphones to make pitstop strategies and other elements of the races more understandable.' Many experts,...
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