Despite the racing season being halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Formula One teams across Britain have not held back in their efforts to combat the disease. In a bid to support the need for medical and respiratory systems across the United Kingdom, seven racing teams including Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, BWT Racing Point F1 Team, Haas F1 Team, McLaren F1 Team, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, Renault DP World F1 Team, and ROKiT Williams Racing have all joined hands to help overcome the technological challenges faced in manufacturing the devices on a large scale.
Titled as “Project Pitlane”, the focus is to meet the rising need to combat the COVID-19 pandemic as it ravages Europe and to ensure there is no dearth of technological help at a crucial juncture like this. In a statement released by F1, it says:” Project Pitlane will pool the resources and capabilities of its member teams to greatest effect, focusing on the core skills of the F1 industry: rapid design, prototype manufacture, test, and skilled assembly. F1’s unique ability to rapidly respond to engineering and technological challenges allows the group to add value to the wider engineering industry’s response.
The focus of Project Pitlane will now be on coordinating and answering the clear challenges that have been set. The seven teams remain ready to support in other areas requiring rapid, innovative technology responses to the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The focus of Project Pitlane will now be on coordinating and answering the clear challenges that have been set. The seven teams remain ready to support in other areas requiring rapid, innovative technology responses to the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Chase your Sport applauds the effort put in by the teams and asks all our readers to follow the guidelines shared by WHO and practice social distancing to ensure we can arrest the growth of the COVID-19 pandemic.
