Formula 1 teams have their aerodynamic simulation compute capped in CPU hours, with better-ranked teams from the previous season receiving fewer hours for the next season, deliberately equalizing competition.

52:51to run external aerodynamic simulations, right? And what's even more interesting is that depending on your ranking from the previous year, you don't get the same number of hours for the next season. The idea is that you want to try and make it more equal across teams, right? And you don't want to make it >> Wow. >> a race as to okay, the biggest budget, the biggest compute, so I just win

53:12essentially. So, then they're trying to equalize that in some way. >> So, they handicap essentially. If you win, you get less and you get less compute and you have a harder schedule. >> Basically. >> Yeah. >> And because you can now compute >> The NFL does if you're if you're first place, you have to play a first place schedule. The NBA does if you're like they're now changing it cuz people have

53:28been tanking to try to get better draft picks, but I'd never heard of this level of actually changing not just the talent acquisition process or who the the opponents are going to be, but actually changing the fundamental rules of the game itself in terms of how you are allowed to prepare from one race to the next. That is really interesting. >> Is it technology that can devote to tie

53:51computes stimulations that are being run to performance. Right? Because if you can run more simulations, as an engineer you can explore more designs and can improve your car further. Right? Which is best to be in in Formula 1, right? You want to get the best car out there for the next race. So, that's the way to balance the development between different teams, actually. That's super interesting. >> So, what what are we seeing in terms of

54:15their cultures, their practices that you think will diffuse into broader engineering, ultimately manufacturing culture? >> It's If you think about it, Formula 1 engineers are the state of the art of engineering the most agile teams you can think of. Design of the car is changing between every single race, right? From one week to another, you don't see it because it's it's very fine details, but the car is actually

54:46different, right? They are improving it week over week. So, that means that they have to reach an extreme level automation of design iteration process is industry. Right? We've seen Formula 1 teams who believe what every single OEM is trying to tend towards, right? Trying to aim for the way they work, the way they iterate, the way they take design decisions. Right? It's a good way for us