Infiniti Red Bull Racing selects Flir Systems 01 May 2014

Infiniti Red Bull Racing has named thermal cameras specialist Flir one of its innovation partners.

Flir's technology is gathering temperature data from Infiniti Red Bull's 2014 challenger, the RB10, following the move to 1.6 litre V6 turbocharged engines with dual energy recovery systems, which has presented cooling issues.

Christian Horner, team principal of Infiniti Red Bull Racing, says that Flir will develop miniature thermal cameras to provide the team with insights into the thermal characteristics of cars' components and operations.

"This year sees the most fundamental changes to Formula One in well over a decade," asserts Horner.

"The team which is most efficient in gathering the relevant data, learning effectively, and adapting accordingly will be the one which triumphs in this season of transition," he continues.

"The insights Flir technology can give us will be critical to our understanding of the new car and could give us a key edge over our rivals," he adds.

"This partnership comes at an exciting time," comments Andy Teich, president and CEO of FLIR.

"With the launch of our Lepton thermal micro-camera, we see numerous applications for thermal technology in the racing world," he adds.

Brian Tinham

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