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Formula 1 simulator

World Wise Web by BBC

Mar 6, 202010:04Technology

In the late 1990s, engineer Dr Caroline Hargrove was working with the McLaren motor racing team when she developed the first Formula 1 simulator – a machine that helps racing teams design faster cars and improve performa...

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Formula 1 simulator is an episode from World Wise Web by BBC. In the late 1990s, engineer Dr Caroline Hargrove was working with the McLaren motor racing team when she developed the first Formula 1 simulator – a machine that helps racing tea...

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What is Formula 1 simulator about?

In the late 1990s, engineer Dr Caroline Hargrove was working with the McLaren motor racing team when she developed the first Formula 1 simulator – a machine that helps racing teams design faster cars and improve performance. Sixteen-year-old motor racing fan, Marielle from Hong Kong, quizzes Caroline on her work in motor sport, how the simulator works and how drivers came to love it – eventually! Made by BBC World Service and BBC Rewind Produced by Tamsin Barber

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