Using Data Analytics to Formulate a Successful Formula E Race Strategy

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Who we are

Highlights

Jaguar TCS Racing Formula E team leverages data to predict race outcomes and optimize performance.
A TCS-built cloud environment, running on AWS, speeds up the flow of data from the racetrack to the team base and vice versa.
Cloud, digital twin technology, and rapid access to data allow Jaguar TCS Racing to push the boundaries of the race car in the virtual world to improve its performance in the real world.

Challenges

At the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, top performance depends on time-critical data analytics. Whether at the racetrack or at the team base, Jaguar TCS Racing engineers need timely access to this data to make informed decisions about car set-up and race strategy.

Undoubtedly, this is where championships are won or lost.

Formula E rules bind every team to use the same car chassis and battery, so Jaguar TCS Racing must develop the optimal set-up to win races.
The speed of access to data from the track directly impacts the team’s ability to test and optimize the car’s set-up, which includes the powertrain, suspension package, energy usage strategy, and software.
Each car can produce thousands of data points per second, generating half a billion data points during a single race.

Jaguar TCS Racing driver Mitch Evans in a Jaguar TCS race car.

Formula E races are often won or lost by fractions of a second. Data-driven decisions are extremely important for achieving peak performance from the Jaguar I-TYPE 6, so having rapid access to data is crucial for victory.

ANUPAM SINGHAL
President – Manufacturing, TCS

Solution

Jaguar turned to its title partner, TCS, the world’s second largest IT and technology consulting company, to help speed up the flow of data from the racetrack to the factory and vice versa.

TCS and Jaguar TCS Racing leveraged the power and speed of cloud to give engineers timely access to data.
Hosting data on the cloud gives Jaguar TCS Racing engineers and strategists valuable time to fine-tune the set-up of their Jaguar I-TYPE 6.
Time-critical data analytics at the track and the factory inform race strategy by powering data-driven decision-making and allows the team to predict outcomes at the track.

A Jaguar I-TYPE 6 race car during pre-season testing in Valencia, Spain.

Cloud computing enables our team to drive operational efficiency when developing tools for deployment across racing activity.

James Barclay
Team Principal, Jaguar TCS Racing

From the racetrack to the cloud to the team base and back

This infographic depicts how data moves from the racetrack, where Jaguar TCS race divers Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy are located, to the cloud, to the Jaguar TCS team base or factory. This real-time data movement helps the on-ground engineering and strategy teams to make timely interventions and finetune the set-up of their Jaguar I-TYPE 6. Time-critical data analytics at the track and the factory informs overall race strategy by powering data-driven decision-making and allows the team to predict outcomes at the track.

Formula E is a real world testbed for TCS technology. The lessons we learn on the racetrack are refined and deployed into our communities.

Bill Bosak
TCS Futurist

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Harnessing the power of cloud with Jaguar TCS Racing

Racing, powered by the cloud

Who we are

Highlights

Challenges

Solution

For performance and greater futures

Learn about the Jaguar TCS Racing partnership

TCS is here to make a difference through technology.

We deliver excellence and create value for customers and communities.

Extraordinary expertise leads to remarkable results.

Want to be a global change-maker? Join our team.

Find the latest news about TCS in our Newsroom

Recent Press releases

Recent News

Recent recognitions

Upcoming events

TCS works hand in hand with world-leading investors.

Global knowledge. Local support

Racing, powered by the cloud

Who we are

Highlights

Challenges

Solution

For performance and greater futures

Learn about the Jaguar TCS Racing partnership

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