Photos: How Team Lotus uses IT to drive its Formula One racing

Track-side laptops are refreshed every two years

Team Lotus refreshes its client-side laptops for track-side and factory-based staff every two years.

Having installed the hardware in 2009, Peters says keeping its IT up-to-date is essential to remaining competitive.

Elements of the infrastructure will have to be refreshed at the end of the racing season. Although the only way to test kit will be track-side, when running cars.