Using TechnologyEffectively

Caroline Hargrove

World Rowing Coaches Conference22nd January 2011

F1AN INTRODUCTION

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McLaren APPLIED TECHNOLOGIESAN INTRODUCTION

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“To realise breakthroughs in performance through the application of McLaren technology and design”

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TECHNOLOGY AND DATA UNDERPINS EVERYTHING WE DO

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IF YOU CAN MEASURE 500 SIMULTANEOUS DATA FEEDSWHY WOULD YOU SETTLE FOR JUST ONE?

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500 SENSORS PER CAR

Creating over 1100 channels at up to 1000Hz

1,400,000,000 DATA POINTS IN RACE

10GB of time-series data over a race weekend

...IN REAL TIME

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Test /Race

Pre & PostRace

Analysis

Design & Manufacture

Simulate

Real-timeData Capture,

Management &Visualisation

McLARENF1 CYCLE

10DESIGNPROCESS

FEA

CFD

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

81.9

82

82.1

82.2

82.3

82.4

82.5

82.6

82.7

82.8

Total Brake Disc Mass

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Colour: vCarMaxESim

324.2

324.3

324.4

324.5

324.6

324.7

324.8

ANALYSISSimpleOverlay : 05-Jan-2011 17:22:29

Distance m 1190.09362

(ESim) 10-SIM109-Barc40-TUR-26A01-D1R36 (Baseline)

MKERSDriver Nm 0

aSteerWheel deg 26.89

nEngine rpm17250

pBrakeF bar 0.00

rThrPedal % 80.74

vCar km/h235.9

vTailWind km/h(0.00)

(ESim) 10-SIM109-Barc40-TUR-26A01-D1R37 (30kg Front)

0

31.56

17250

0.00

83.20

235.8

0.00

(ESim) 10-SIM109-Barc40-TUR-26A01-D1R38 (30kg Rear)

0

46.20

17250

0.00

75.21

229.2

0.00

(ESim) 10-SIM109-Barc40-TUR-26A01-D1R44 (30kg Front and Rear)

0

32.09

17250

0.00

81.50

234.5

(0.00)rThrottlePedal %

TimeDelta s0.023 0.129 0.056

600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800

0

0.07

0.14

0.21

0.28

0.35

0.42

0.49

0.56

0.63

0.7

Tim

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s)

11WINDTUNNEL

11RACE

12RACE

SIMULATION

13SIMULATION

CAR DEVELOPMENTDRIVER TRAININGRACE ENGINEER

TRAINING

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Driver controls Model validation

15RACE STRATEGYOFFLINE DRIVER TRAINING TOOLS

16HUMAN HIGH PERFORMANCE

17HUMAN HIGH PERFORMANCE

Mental Energy

Health & Fitness

Skill Acquisitio

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Health & Fitness

Mental Energy

Skill Acquisitio

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18HUMAN HIGH PERFORMANCE

Health & Fitness

Mental Energy

Skill Acquisitio

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Collect general health & wellbeing data Nutrition questionnairesHRV monitoring and questionnaires for recovery

19HUMAN HIGH PERFORMANCE

Skill Acquisitio

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Health & Fitness

Mood questionnairesCorrelation with performance

Mental Energy

20HUMAN HIGH PERFORMANCE

Health & Fitness

Simulator Analysis toolsRace performance analysisPit-stop practicesVideo analysis

Skill Acquisitio

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Skill Acquisitio

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Mental Energy

GOING BEYOND F1

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Balance varies with Application & Sport – same principles apply.

100%Human

100%Machine 50:50

OPTIMALEQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE

OPTIMALHUMAN

PERFORMANCE

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24PERFORMANC

EIMPROVEMENTLOOP

Measure

Analyse

Change

Perform

Real-timeData Capture,

Management &Visualisation

25CRITICALSUCCESSFACTORS

MAKING CHANGESIn Game tactical Changes

In TrainingDefining areas for improvementSetting & MeasuringProgress towards goalsPreventing Injuries

VISUALISATIONSimplified & customisableReal-time + post-event

DATA COLLECTIONUn-obtrusiveConvenient

DERIVATION/DISTILLATIONInnovative/CustomisableReal-time + post-event

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Technology and Data underpin everything we do

Optimal Equipment Performance

Optimal Human Performance

SUMMARY

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