Microsoft Corp. partners with Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team

Microsoft Corp. and the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team announced a multiyear partnership that placed Microsoft technologies at the center of the team’s operations to pursue efficiencies and to amplify the excitement for more than 800 million Formula 1 fans worldwide.

The 2026 Formula 1 regulation changes ushered in an Edge Resource Allocator (ERA) of racing with increased electrification, efficiency and sustainability, and the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team prepared for that transformation by partnering with Microsoft to apply trusted cloud and enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies from the factory to the racetrack.

Each Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team car carried more than 400 sensors and generated over 1.1 million data points per second. Microsoft Azure and its AI capabilities expanded the team’s existing High performance computing (HPC) and data capabilities, providing scalable cloud and AI resources that supported simulation workloads, performance analysis, race strategy modeling and cross-team analytics.

Microsoft 365 and GitHub already underpinned engineering and operational workflows at Brackley, Brixworth and trackside, and the team expanded those deployments to increase agility and operational efficiency. Using real-time sensor data and Azure cloud tools, the organizations piloted intelligent virtual sensors to enable rapid testing without waiting for new on-premises (on-prem) infrastructure, and Azure Kubernetes Service allowed computing capacity to scale up and down while meeting financial and regulatory requirements.

“This partnership puts Microsoft's cloud and enterprise AI technologies at the heart of racing performance, where milliseconds matter and data determines outcomes,” said Judson Althoff, CEO, Microsoft commercial business. “Together with the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, we are harnessing data and turning it into real-time intelligence that powers faster decisions, smarter strategies and sustained competitive advantage — both on and off the track.”

The companies described plans to drive efficiencies and developments intended to help drive performance and to amplify the excitement for more than 800 million Formula 1 fans worldwide.