March RACE TECH

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AI: A NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AI will change the world, so what role will motorsport play? Chris Pickering talks to the experts behind PhysicsX, a company exploring the replacement of simulation by deep learning

THE CAT ROARS Anthony Peacock reports on the leaping cat’s single-seater breakthrough – and its implications for a new generation of road cars

RALLY REVOLT! Cometh the hour, cometh the car? Toyota’s Rally2 machine was unleashed in Monte Carlo just as momentum grew behind calls for Rally2 to become the World Rally Championship’s top category. By Hal Ridge

COMMENT: Sergio Rinland says we can squabble over the F1 business model all we like, but some things will never change

SPORTSCAR RACING A tale of money and muscle Gary Watkins reports from the Rolex24 at Daytona, where new cars from Corvette and Mustang joined the boisterous GT3 party

HOW AUDI MADE DAKAR HISTORY Audi’s electrically-driven RS Q e-tron took on – and beat – traditional technology in the most extreme environment in the world. Chris Pickering finds out how they did it

100 YEARS OF LE MANS INNOVATION A glimpse of 100 years of technical innovation and curiosities at Le Mans in an extract from ‘100 Years Of Legends’, the official book to celebrate the centenary of the world’s greatest sports car race