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On the occasion of the "Campioni in Pista" event organized by Ducati in Madonna di Campiglio, Lenovo unveiled the range of technological solutions with which it will help the MotoGP team in the hunt for a new title.
“The competition will be tough, but we are excited to continue working with the team and making our innovative services available to raise the level of performance. The goal is not only to strive for maximum results, but also to make accessible to all the technological advances developed on the track, as for road bikes", were the words of Luca Rossi, president of the Intelligent Devices Group.
Linked to the Emilian brand since 2018, its task is to develop programs to transform data into information, run complex simulations and make strategic decisions in a few seconds. During each race weekend, the team collects a total of 100 GB of data from the eight Desmosedicis in action, thanks to approximately 50 sensors present on each.
To make analysis even more precise, rapid and detailed, this year a hyperconverged infrastructure, the (HCI) Lenovo ThinkAgile, will be introduced, while promoting mobility and reliability, even in difficult environments, thanks to the Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 edge servers. This infrastructure, optimized for artificial intelligence, will power the team's deep learning and machine learning tools with the aim of implementing the data comparison with the riders’ sensations.
The data is not only analysed on the circuit, but also in the Remote Garage, this allows the technicians present in the factory to work on the information in real time, perform complex analyses and collaborate with the group present on the track to optimize the configuration of the bikes before they return to action. With this in mind, the quantity of Lenovo hardware has been increased, including monitors, workstations and accessories.
The departments active at Ducati headquarters are also responsible for the aerodynamic and fluid dynamic simulations, processed with High Performance Computing (HPC) technology based on the ThinkSystem SD530, SR630 and SR650 servers. Furthermore, to meet the needs of a fast-paced sport, a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) agreement was signed which makes power and additional services available on demand through a public cloud service to quickly adapt to work peaks. ThinkPad P1 mobile workstations will then follow the electronics engineers to the starting grid to finalize the motorcycle setup.
Also among the new features is the ThinkStation P360 Ultra platform. A self-driving robot equipped with a wide range of inertial and optical sensors, will travel around the circuit at the start of the GP weekend, allowing the team to obtain a digital copy of it as faithful as possible to reality. Through it, a total of 200 GB of information will be collected and processed, for a total of 2.6 million data points per second (255 MB/s), through LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) sensors.
