F1 teams to accelerate dementiabreakthrough
DEMENTIA research scientists are to receive help from Formula One racing teams in an attempt to accelerate breakthroughs in the prevention and treatment of the disease.
Sir Jackie Stewart, the three-time F1 world champion, has set up a £2million project to see how the motor racing industry can help academics process data, promote rapid innovation and use artificial intelligence to boost research.
Sir Jackie’s Race Against Dementia will join forces with Alzheimer’s Research UK to create academic fellowships to promote the work of young scientists ea- ger to help the 850,000 people in the UK living with the condition.
F1 teams from McLaren and Red Bull Racing will act as mentors to the scientists and show how their research techniques can be applied to the laboratory.
The move follows Sir Jackie and his family’s experiences of seeing his wife, Lady Helen Stewart, suffer from the condition, turning their world “upside down”.
He said: “The Race Against Dementia is the greatest challenge of my life, but with the right people and the right approach we can encourage and accelerate a new way of thinking and cross the finish line with success.”