Data Driven Avanade Issue 5 | Page 3

FOREWORD
THE RACING MAY HAVE STOPPED, THE CIRCUITS FROZEN AND
LIFELESS, AND THE 2013 CARS AND THEIR V8 ENGINES CONSIGNED
TO THE HISTORY BOOKS FOREVER BUT, AT LOTUS F1 TEAM’S
FACTORY, IT’S ALL GO-GO-GO!
For the design and production departments
this is the ultimate race: the race against time.
An all-new car, complying with revolutionary
regulations, needs to be ready for its launch
and first test just a month from now. Two
years have gone into preparing for this next
challenge and, over the last 12 months,
Avanade has been key to the team maximizing
its speed, efficiency, and accuracy.
In this issue we look at the milestones of
the past year and how, in addition to one
grand prix victory and 14 podiums between
race drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Romain
Grosjean, Lotus F1 Team has increased its
IT and organizational performance thanks

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to a constant stream of improvements and
upgrades from Avanade’s embedded software
engineers, which in turn has aided the team in
its pursuit of trophies.

And we welcome a new face to the team for
2014;:Venezuela’s Pastor Maldonado.

Romain and Trackside Operations Director
Alan Permane look back at the highlights of
the past season, and ahead to what we’ve got
to look forward to next year.

Here’s to a happy and successful data-driven
New Year.