The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) will trail an AI to tackle track limit breaches at the upcoming season finale of Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi.
Formula 1 Welcomes Computer Vision Technology
According to the FIA, the race will be using Computer Vision technology that uses shape analysis that will reveal the number of pixels that will go beyond the track edge.
The AI will help sort out the breaches such as when a driver crosses the white line at the edge of the track. The FIA is also looking forward to reducing the workload of its remote operations and speeding up the response to breaches.
FIA head of remote operations and deputy race director, Tim Malyon, detailed that Computer Vision technology has been an effective tool in scanning data in the medical field.
"I've said repeatedly that the human is winning at the moment in certain areas. That might be the case now but we do feel that ultimately, real-time automated policing systems are the way forward," Malyon added.
FIA Plans to Expand on New Technologies for Future Races
The Austrian Grand Prix holds the most number of potential track limit violations with 1,200 and only had four people processing the data. Meanwhile, the Qatar Grand Prix had eight people who had to deal with 820 corner passes, 141 reports, and 51 deleted laps.
According to FIA, breaches from the recently concluded U.S. Grand Prix remained unpunished. Stewards are also voicing concerns that the track limits violation is getting harder to process and that FIA needs to work on a solution before the next season.
The FIA hopes that the new technology will reduce the number of potential infringements that will be forwarded to the remote operators.
