The Technology: Formula 1 to Ventilators [Video recording]

Post date: 17/06/2020 | Time to read article: 8 mins

The information within this article was correct at the time of publishing. Last updated 15/01/2021

Speaker Pat Symonds, Chief Technical Officer at Formula One gives a fascinating insight to innovation during a crisis and what an industry was able to achieve in such a short space of time for the potential benefit of society.

Risky Business programme description: How Formula 1 rose to the challenge posed to the industry by the government to produce ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients. It explains how Project Pitlane required collaboration with clinicians, the military and formula 1 engineers to re-purpose CPAP machine design for use to treat patients within four weeks – a process which would normally take three years.

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