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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Freshworks joins McLaren Formula 1 team as official partner
Freshworks has entered a multi-year agreement with McLaren Racing , becoming an official partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team. As part of the collaboration, McLaren has deployed Freshworks' IT service management (ITSM) tool, Freshservice , to streamline its global IT operations. The integration of Freshservice is aimed at helping McLaren manage service requests during its race calendar, which involves operations across multiple global locations. According to the team, the AI-based solution is designed to reduce technical issues, enabling McLaren's IT staff to support trackside performance through faster and more reliable service delivery. Freshworks branding will appear on McLaren's Formula 1 cars and team kits starting from the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix and will continue for the remainder of the 2025 season and beyond. Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing, said, 'Boosting our efficiencies off the track is a key factor in improving our performance on it. With industry-leading partners such as Freshworks, we're able to do just that, and I'm delighted to welcome them to the team.' Dennis Woodside, CEO of Freshworks, added, 'We partner with McLaren Racing to optimise their IT operations, enhancing their critical support for winning performance. Our enterprise-grade solutions are designed for ease of implementation, use, and configuration, accelerating McLaren IT's capabilities with AI. We're proud to deliver intuitive software that directly supports their mission to eliminate complexity on and off the track.' McLaren Racing was established in 1963 and has participated in Formula 1 since 1966. The team has won 21 Formula 1 world championships and continues to compete across multiple series, including INDYCAR, Formula E, F1 Academy, and sim racing.
Time of India
3 hours ago
- Automotive
- Time of India
Freshworks joins McLaren F1 as official partner
Freshworks has entered a multi-year agreement with McLaren Racing, becoming an Official Partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team. As part of the partnership, McLaren has deployed Freshworks' IT service management tool, Freshservice , to streamline IT services and improve productivity. The AI-powered platform helps McLaren manage global IT operations more efficiently, particularly during the demanding race calendar . It aims to simplify service requests and enhance operational effectiveness across the team. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category Finance Artificial Intelligence Digital Marketing CXO Management Healthcare Project Management MCA Others Operations Management Degree healthcare MBA Product Management Data Science PGDM Data Analytics Data Science Design Thinking others Cybersecurity Public Policy Leadership Technology Skills you'll gain: Duration: 7 Months S P Jain Institute of Management and Research CERT-SPJIMR Fintech & Blockchain India Starts on undefined Get Details Skills you'll gain: Duration: 9 Months IIM Calcutta SEPO - IIMC CFO India Starts on undefined Get Details Freshservice assists McLaren's IT department in addressing technical issues promptly, allowing the broader team to stay focused on track performance. By improving workflows and reducing delays, the solution is intended to support faster issue resolution. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like War Thunder - Register now for free and play against over 75 Million real Players War Thunder Play Now Undo As part of the deal, Freshworks branding will appear on the McLaren Formula 1 cars and team apparel starting with the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend, and continue through the rest of the 2025 season and beyond. Zak Brown, CEO, McLaren Racing, said, 'Boosting our efficiencies off the track is a key factor in improving our performance on it. With industry-leading partners such as Freshworks, we're able to do just that, and I'm delighted to welcome them to the team.' Live Events Dennis Woodside, CEO, Freshworks, said, "We partner with McLaren Racing to optimize their IT operations, enhancing their critical support for winning performance. Our enterprise-grade solutions are designed for ease of implementation, use, and configuration, accelerating McLaren IT's capabilities with AI. We're proud to deliver intuitive software that directly supports their mission to eliminate complexity on and off the track."
BBC News
3 hours ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Life after Horner - what Mekies will bring to Red Bull
Laurent Mekies intends to be a soft-touch boss of Red Bull in Formula 1, at least for the period that he is settling in with his new 48-year-old Frenchman took over as team principal and chief executive officer of Red Bull Racing after Christian Horner was sacked by the shareholders three days after the British Grand Mekies' job is to turn around the performance of a team that has been suffering a competitive decline for the past 18 in terms of getting off to a positive start, this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix could not, on paper, be a better place for Mekies to make his first public appearance in his new role. Spa success would not end Red Bull problems Red Bull's lead driver Max Verstappen has struggled to compete with the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris on a consistent basis this year, but the circuits where he has been able to are fast and flowing - exactly like Belgium's after all, was on pole at high-speed Silverstone three weeks ago, only for his race to come unstuck in the wet as a consequence of the low-downforce set-up Red Bull is famous for its long, demanding, fast corners, just like Suzuka, where Verstappen won from pole. It would be no surprise to see him repeat that feat this that would be a nice fillip for the new Mekies-led Red Bull, it would not be an indication that their problems were behind team's struggles this year were central in the mix of issues that led to Horner's departure. The shareholders - tired, too, of Horner's demands to be in total control of everything while the team appeared to be fracturing around him - felt something needed to be this is still the core of the team that two years ago produced the most dominant season in F1 history, and for which last year Verstappen won seven of the first 10 races to lay the foundations for his fourth world it was no surprise to hear Mekies pledging, in a video distributed by Red Bull, to get the best out of what he describes as "this incredible team".As someone who has been in F1 for more than 20 years, and who has worked at governing body the FIA and Ferrari in addition to two stints at Red Bull's junior team, Mekies already knows well several key people at Red Bull, such as technical director Pierre Wache and head of engineering Paul Monaghan. A new Red Bull emerges - without Newey Mekies has spent the last two weeks getting to know the staff at Red Bull's base in Milton Keynes. In Spa, he has a chance to watch first-hand a race team which still has a claim to be in many aspects - strategy, nimbleness, mixing improvisation with aggression - the best in the business, notwithstanding its recent says he wants to "discover the magic". His first few weeks in charge, he says, will be about "listening to the people to try to understand this beautiful magic machine that his Red Bull F1, and eventually find a way to contribute and support".There was a dichotomy, and a paradox, about Red Bull under Horner. On the one hand, he built it in his own image - and he led a pyramid-like structure from the the same time, he built the design and engineering aspect of the team around design chief Adrian Newey, organising the people around him to get the best out of Newey's result was success - and plenty of it. Eight drivers' titles, six constructors' championships, 124 grand prix wins. Even when Red Bull fell from competitiveness during the early years of hybrid engines, their chassis was still for the most part regarded as one of the best in the field. It was Renault's power-units that fell Bull's competitive decline started as soon as Newey left. How much of that was coincidence - in the context of McLaren's rise to prominence and the weaknesses of Red Bull's current car-design philosophy being exposed - and how much cause remains a point of debate. The truth is probably a bit of both Horner and Newey have gone, and a new Red Bull has to emerge. Mekies has to forge a new team that can return to the top without Newey's influence. Mekies is 'different character' from Horner Horner was the boss who was accused of sexual harassment and coercive, controlling behaviour by a female employee, accusations which were dismissed by two internal investigations last year and always denied by was the guy who lost Newey, the sport's pre-eminent design genius. And Jonathan Wheatley, the sporting director who masterminded the best-drilled team in the pit lane. And Will Courtenay, the head of the strategy at the team that, for the past decade and more, has had the best and most improvisational race operations, and who is bound at some point for is the man whose in-your-face approach led Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff to describe him as a "yapping little terrier". It's an image he was aware of himself - he even asks whether he is being portrayed as the "villain" midway through the latest series of Netflix's successful Drive to Survive series. He built up this image - whether intentionally or just because of who he is - over many years. Not least through the dramatic 2021 season and his key interventions with former race director Michael Masi, which preceded the Australian's mishandling of the rules during the final race in Abu Dhabi, which directly led to Verstappen taking the championship from Lewis Hamilton. Teams are a reflection of their culture, and culture is a reflection of leadership, so it's perhaps no surprise that Red Bull have become the team many people love to Bull's brand image is about edginess, fun and disruption. Under Horner's controlling influence, the shareholders felt something of the spirit of Red Bull had been lost in recent arrival is a chance for a clean slate. He is a very different character from engineer with extensive experience of F1, he can engage with the technical team on an in-depth that way, he is a 'technical team principal', as McLaren Racing chief executive officer Zak Brown refers to Andrea Stella, who has been such a revelation since becoming McLaren team boss at the end of a character, Mekies seems so far to be softer, less prickly and less adversarial than Horner. While still a keen competitor, he might be expected to take a different approach to any disputes that arise controversies surrounding Horner - the allegations; his volatile relationship with Verstappen's father Jos; questions about the driver's future; the drip-drip exodus of major figures - had led to something of a siege mentality at Red arrival is a chance for that to change, and for Red Bull to forge a new relationship, with their rivals, with the sport and with its audience.
Irish Independent
4 hours ago
- Automotive
- Irish Independent
PJ Gallagher and Jim McCabe licensed to thrill in Cannonball 2025
The action-packed supercar spectacle is set to roll off from Johnstown Estate, Enfield, on September 12. It will take in Ballymaloe, Tralee, Killarney, Clare, Sligo and Cavan before finishing in Naas on September 14. Cannonball is the largest organised road trip in Europe, featuring the finest cars in the world. Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Porsche, Aston Martin and Maserati are all taking part. Over 200,000 spectators are expected, with free festivals organised from coast to coast. Gallagher and McCabe were joined by Jude (4) and Cillian Mangan (7), mum Sandra and dad Ruairi for the launch. The Dubliners are just one of the 440 families across Ireland currently under the care of the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation.
Courier-Mail
6 hours ago
- Automotive
- Courier-Mail
Australia's only McLaren F1 listed with $37.6m price tag
Don't miss out on the headlines from On the Road. Followed categories will be added to My News. There is only one McLaren F1 in Australia, and it is up for sale with a staggering price tag. This ultra-rare McLaren F1 was once the fastest production car in the world, and it remains one of the most coveted supercars ever built. Australia's original McLaren has a remarkable backstory. Originally owned by former Coca-Cola Amatil chief executive Dean Wills, the car was regularly exercised in secret at a private circuit north of Sydney once known as 'The Farm', now operating as '70 North'. The car is rumoured to have been crashed heavily during a test drive by a mechanic that caused more than $1 million in damage, according to a report in Wheels magazine. Now owned by Melbourne businessman Barry Fitzgerald, the model has been listed for sale. Just 106 McLaren F1s were built between 1992 and 1998, and only 64 of those are road-legal, making this of the most exclusive vehicles in the world today. This revolutionary machine, famous for rewriting the rule book on performance and design, is currently listed for sale on the JamesEdition website with an eye-watering price tag of $37,664,120. 1992 McLaren F1. Picture: ELITA 1992 McLaren F1. Picture: ELITA MORE: Tesla's 'retro-futuristic' move blows minds The McLaren F1 is capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds. Created by the legendary Formula 1 engineer Gordon Murray, the F1 was designed with the singular goal of becoming the greatest driver's car ever made. Leveraging McLaren's Formula One expertise, the team reimagined every aspect of supercar design by prioritising lightweight materials, driver-focused engineering, and eliminating compromises. The carbon fibre chassis alone took over 3000 hours to build. The throttle pedal was hand-assembled from six precision-finished titanium components. Even the instrument needles were hand-machined and painted. 1992 McLaren F1. Picture: ELITA MORE: Huge change coming to Aussie roads Every detail in this car was carefully crafted, right down to the cabin, which was individually tailored for each owner. Under the bonnet sits a 6.1-litre naturally aspirated V12 engine developed by BMW, producing 461kW and pushing the car to a record-breaking top speed of 386km/h – making it the fastest naturally aspirated production car ever built. To protect the engine from extreme heat, the bay was lined with genuine gold foil, selected for its excellent heat-reflective properties. 1992 McLaren F1. Picture: ELITA 1992 McLaren F1. Picture: ELITA MORE: 'Jet on wheels': Luxury van's insane cost It's almost impossible to damage an F1 to the point of it being a complete write-off, as McLaren is always willing to conduct repairs. This is because the stratospheric prices of F1s make any repairs justifiable, no matter how extensive. The sale is being handled by ELITA, a global expert in discreet, high-end car sales. They are known for connecting collectors with rare vehicles that are seldom made publicly available. Its listing reads: 'Owning an F1 is not about acquiring a vehicle; it's about becoming part of a legacy defined by Formula 1 DNA, Le Mans dominance, and automotive immortality.' 'Only 106 McLaren F1s were ever built; and just 64 road cars. Today, fewer still remain in the kind of condition worthy of the original vision. Most reside in private collections or museums, making availability of any example a global event. 'This isn't just the apex of the analog supercar; it's a time capsule from the golden age of performance. No turbos, no traction control: only raw, mechanical brilliance tuned to perfection.' Originally published as Australia's only 1992 McLaren F1 is up for sale
