The FIA has announced a wide-ranging partnership with Amazon Web Services as it aims to upgrade its digital capabilities.
Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Technology
AWS will join as its Official AI and Cloud Computing Partner, as the governing body will use AWS’s suite of AI tools to improve its capability to produce future technical regulations. The FIA also runs its aerodynamic simulations on AWS’s High Performance Computing technology, allowing it to conduct air flow tests in the virtual world without having to build physical parts, speeding up the process and reducing the costs involved.
Digital Licensing and Expansion
This partnership also expands the digital licensing platform the governing body uses to simplify tasks like licence administration, which should make it easier for national sporting authorities to run their events and for officials to sign up. That digital platform, first trialled in Canada and Sri Lanka, will now be rolled out across more countries.
The AWS integration forms part of the FIA’s wider digital transformation, as president Mohammed Ben Sulayem explained, stating that technology is changing every part of the sport and the organization must lead that change, supporting everything from future cars to grassroots clubs. He added that bringing world-class cloud and AI technology into the heart of the FIA makes participation simpler for drivers, officials, and volunteers while helping Member Clubs work more efficiently toward the ambition of doubling global motor sport participation.
AWS is already an existing partner of F1 management, having joined in 2018 as its innovation technology partner to process telemetry data for broadcast use and power live strategy predictions.
