How Google is using AI to make faster Racing Drivers

Learn more about the AI agent featured: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/formula-e-ai-equation-a-new-driver-agent-for-the-next-generation-of-racers?e=48754805

Can AI really be used to help Racing Drivers go faster?

Google Cloud challenged me to see whether AI can coach a driver to shave precious seconds off a lap time. So I hopped into a Formula E simulator, pushed myself and Google Gemini to the limit, and discovered what AI-powered driver coaching really means for motorsport.

Sponsored by Google Cloud. Opinions and tire screeches are my own.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro – Can AI make me faster?
00:24 Simulator setup & controls
01:12 First three‑lap run
02:28 AI analysis of my driving
03:26 How the data pipeline works
05:17 Real‑time coaching plans
06:01 Second run on the sim
06:43 Lap‑time results (Was I faster?)
07:06 Real‑world applications beyond racing
07:24 Outro & thanks

Видео How Google is using AI to make faster Racing Drivers канала Tom Shaw