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Driving
performance
Two of Britain’s most innovative organisations
have formed a strategic partnership to deliver
even stronger performance in the worlds
of Formula One and advanced engineering.
Williams’ story
Williams is one of the most successful and well known
Formula One teams in the world. Recognised as one of the
most enduring and successful organisations in sport, Williams
has been synonymous with top-level motor racing since the
1960s. It employs 700 people at its technology campus in
Grove, Oxfordshire.
As part of a multi-year strategic technology partnership,
the Williams Martini Racing Formula One team uses BT’s
high performance network services globally, providing
secure, high-speed communication and collaboration,
wherever the team is operating in the world. This means
teams in Oxfordshire can get instant access to real-time
data to help improve car performance.
BT also works with Williams’ Advanced Engineering division,
harnessing Formula One-derived technology to create highly
innovative products and services for sectors like automotive,
energy, civil aerospace and defence.
2.5TB
of data (more than 4,300 HD TV programmes) transferred annually
See Williams’ story in full at
www.btplc.com/williamsF1
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sensors transmitting real-time information
Gavin Stuart manages our relationship with Williams.
For Gavin, customer relationships are about
understanding what’s most important to them. Then
helping them understand and exploit BT’s capabilities
to make that and more happen.
“Working closely with Williams, we’re helping solve
the same sorts of operational challenges as with most
customers. But there’s one question we’ve got to help
answer that’s dierent: will it help make the car
go faster? If the answer is no then we don’t do it.
Gavin Stuart
Regional Business
Unit Manager
What’s exciting is that we’re providing a complete, end-
to-end solution, but having to do it all over the world in
the window of each race weekend.
It’s fantastic to work with such a dynamic, innovative
organisation such as Williams Martini Racing –
it’s a chance to show what we can really do, where
performance is everything.
Every single person at Williams has incredible passion,
energy and enthusiasm. That’s something that inspires
us at BT to go even further.”
BT Group plc
Annual Report 2016
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