Last year, Abu Dhabi announced the creation of the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL), the essence of which involves unmanned cars controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) competing on the track.
The debut race was held at the Yas Marina Circuit in April 2024, showing that there is still much to do to make the A2RL a full-fledged competition. Suffice it to say that the cars could simply stop on a straight line or, for no apparent reason, turn off the road towards the threshold. Since then, the organizers have done a lot of work and are now ready for a new race.
This time it won’t just be a competition between AI cars: Daniil Kvyat will be behind the wheel of one of the SF23 Dallara. The races will take place in Japan at the Suzuka circuit in November as part of the final phase of the Super Formula season.
Stefan PaukCEO of A2RL: “We are delighted to host an exciting event at the legendary Japanese racing circuit. The competition between humans and machines will be the ultimate test of AI technology, especially against Daniil Kvyat, a former Formula 1 driver who knows the circuit well. I have no doubt that fans will be in for an exciting show of unmanned racing.”
Source: F1 News
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