1 For nearly 90 years, BMW Motorsport has fielded teams for various auto racing series around the world. A division of BMW Group, the organization now competes in GT racing around the world—with successful racecars such as the BMW M8 GTE, the BMW M6 GT3, and the BMW M4 GT4—as well as partnering with Andretti Autosport to compete on the Fédération Internationale de l’ Automobile (FIA) Formula E circuit. The unique technology requirements of the Formula E team focus attention on BMW Motorsport’s small IT group. “Formula E is very special,” says Stefan Frost, Head of IT for BMW Motorsport. “Winning races in this series is roughly 50% about the car’s hardware and 50% dependent on on-car software to gain maximum efficiency out of the limited battery power.” Racecar Strategy Driven by

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