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Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team leverages CG Tech's Vericut software for simulation, verification, and optimization, ensuring safety, efficiency and cutting-edge performance in the fast-paced world of Formula One racing.

Long before a racing season concludes, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team is already thinking about improvements to the following year’s car. This complex process sees the majority of car components redesigned. In production, they rely heavily on Vericut verification, simulation and optimisation software from CG Tech, a core production engineering resource at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team for over two decades.

The process of new car development has evolved over time. Not so long ago, a Formula One car would undergo a complete redesign each year, with the exception of commodity parts like fasteners. With the introduction of the cost cap at the start of the 2021 season, all that changed. Non-performance components or parts already performing at the right level can be carried over to the following season. Today, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team carries over a much larger quantity of machined car components each year, in comparison to pre- cost cap seasons.