Tata Consultancy Services’ role in Jaguar and Formula E victories

In the Formula E Not only does the talent of the pilots shine; behind the success of teams like Jaguar TCS Racingcompanies like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)show why they are the technological engine thanks to its ability to convert data into decisions, relying on the cloud and digital twins, in order to achieve true speed.

The circuit of Madrid Jarama-RACE hosted this weekend the Madrid Grand Prix of the Formula E World Championship, with a race in which the team Jaguar TCS Racing was declared the double winnerwith the Portuguese driver Antonio Félix da Costa leading the podium, followed by his teammate the New Zealander Mitch Evans.

The race was broadcast for more than 400 million viewers from 192 countries and, as the sixth round of the championship, it once again highlighted the ability of Formula E to lead the way. cutting-edge technology for competition.

Jaguar TCS Racing’s victory revealed the impeccable skills of both drivers in the team, but also highlighted how the Tata Consultancy services continue to be a differentiating factor, after ten years of this company as main sponsor and official technological partner.

During this Grand Prix weekend, Europa Press has been able to get inside the Jaguar TCS Racing garage and see up close. How data and software technology drive team strategy in such a way that it makes the difference to achieve victory.

VICTORY COMES THROUGH DATA ANALYSIS AND DIGITAL TWINS

Tata Consultancy Services is one of the largest IT services and technology consulting companies globally and, within the framework of its technological collaboration with the Formula E team, provides its services to act as a “technological brain” between the circuit and the operating room.

TCS offers tools that provide capacity for something fundamental in Formula E, such as adapt quickly to fight for “victories and podiums”, as stated in this regard by the vice president and director of the Manufacturing Business Unit in the United Kingdom and Ireland at TCS, Sudeep Mazumdar, in statements to this medium.

This is, in part, thanks to cloud computing environment provided by TCS, a secure and flexible space to host the team’s database. Along with this, it also helps push cars to the limit in the virtual world and, thus, improve their performance in the real world with the help of digital twins.

As Mazumdar explained, since races “are won or lost by fractions of a second,” having a cloud hosting service allows adjust car settings in record timefrom issues related to the car’s drivetrain, to energy management or suspension.

To do this, the strategy initially starts from digital twins. That is, a solution based on a mathematical model called Virtual Vehicle Validation Model (V3M), which instructs the car’s digital twin how to navigate a track, based on various inputs.

That is, during training and races the team collects all types of data, from speed, wheel temperature, track types, battery management, power, performance, driver decisions, to possible track conditions. Once collected, They send a team of eight engineers located in the United Kingdom.

This equipment enters the data into the V3M model and, with it, runs continuous simulations over all possible scenarios and variables through digital twins, without the need for a pilot to be in the simulator testing each race option, as was the case at the beginning of the competition.

Based on the results of the simulations, the team Prepare your personalized strategies for each race, car and driver setup. The closer the simulator comes to reality, the more possibilities the team has to predict the race, think of the best strategy and, finally, win.

This simulation takes until the last minute before jumping onto the asphaltas digital twin technology saves critical time during preparation and engineers can modify the vehicle’s software virtually instantly for performance improvements. The V3M allows them to be continuously adaptive both in the factory and on the track.

In fact, Mazumdar has clarified that engineers “work all night with data from free practice to download the optimal car configuration for qualifying the following morning.”

It must be taken into account that, inspired by a fighter plane, the current car models for Formula E, the GEN3 Evo, share the entire front part, as well as the batteries, but the The differentiation of each team stands out, in addition to the driver, in the design of the rear and at the software level..

Therefore, TCS is a fundamental part of the team when generating the winning strategy for each race. “A good simulator is defined by the quality of the data and how it is processed to offer useful analysis to the team,” stated the manager, so that, combined with the driver’s driving abilities, they are the key to success.

Furthermore, Mazumdar has announced that during the next season surprises await, since the V3M could be integrated with artificial intelligence to offer even more information about the performance of the car’s digital twin.

“The AI is not yet fully integrated because it needs to mature more, but we hope to have agentic AI in the future so that there is no manual intervention,” he detailed.

Another reason why simulators are especially important is because the rules of the Formula E does not allow data to be analyzed in real time during the race. The pilot is the only one who has telemetry on his steering wheel and communicates the radio coded information to engineers while driving at high speeds.

TOP SPEED: 10% BATTERY RECHARGE IN 30 SECONDS

He Jaguar I-TYPE 7 It is the car model driven by Jaguar TCS Racing and can accelerate from 0 to 100 Km/h in 1.86 secondswhich makes these cars the single-seaters of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) with the fastest acceleration in the world.

The power and speed that these cars reach can be observed when they activate the attack mode during the race. That is, an option that provides pilots 50kW extra of power for six minutes.

However, the track is not the only time in which these cars stand out for their speed. During this Grand Prix, it has also been possible to see the advanced fast charging technology that their batteries support with those known as Pit Booststops 30 seconds that are carried out throughout the race to recharge 10 percent of the battery, that is, a 600 kW boost.

Both are strategic elements in racing, with the potential to alter the competition, as detailed by Jaguar TCS Racing team manager, Ian James, who has compared current fast charging with the first races in which each driver had two cars to withstand the number of turns.

In this aspect, TCS is also committed to innovation to lead a sustainable future in connected mobility. Thus, the ‘software’ comes into play once again to ensure battery autonomy management during the race.

“There is a lot of software to try to be more efficient and regenerate energy at the most optimal times,” said pilot Mitch Evans, who also highlighted how much he has This technology has evolved in the last ten years and how it will pave the way for the cars of tomorrow.