Industry Shorts: F1, Aws, The Women’s Tour
Formula 1 and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have launched a new DeepRacer Pro-Am Special Event in a bid to give fans the chance to race against models built for, and fine tuned by, F1 drivers and crews.
AWS DeepRacer is an autonomous 1/18th scale race car designed to test RL models by racing on a physical track, and the programme is a tool to help developers learn about reinforcement learning, an advanced machine learning technique.
In tandem with its partner F1, AWS is hosting the Special Event during the month of May to allow developers to compete for the opportunity to race against F1 models, with the likes of Rob Smedley, Director of Data Systems for F1 and AWS Technical Ambassador; Daniel Ricciardo, Driver, Renault F1, and Tatiana Calderon, Test Driver, Alfa Romeo F1 team and 2019 F2 driver.
Each pro will be partnered with a member of the AWS Pit Crew who will be tasked with teaching them new skills.
The Women’s Tour, which was scheduled to take place between 8th and 13th June, has been cancelled.
Organiser SweetSpot, which also runs the men’s race the Tour of Britain, has decided not to find an alternative date in 2020 but instead has asked the applied to the UCI for dates from Monday 7th to Saturday 12th June 2021.
SweetSpot CEO Hugh Roberts confirmed that the early decision was taken to postpone a year due to the ongoing challenges the coronavirus pandemic will present for the upcoming UCI calendar and will instead work on ‘making next year’s Women’s Tour even bigger and better than before and a fantastic celebration of cycling and Britain.’
Double World Triathlon champion and GB Olympian Helen Jenkins has partnered with bike manufacturer Vitus to ride the brand’s Auro TEAM eTap TT Bike and Vitus Vitesse Evo CRX eTap AXS Road Bike in future World Championships and Ironman 70.3 distance races.
Jenkins returned to racing in February 2020 at the Ironman 70.3 Dubai following a 4-year break that involved having two children and two spinal surgeries.
While the lockdown continues, Jenkins has been using the time trial and road bikes on Zwift as she trains in preparation for the return of the outdoor racing season.
Kieran Trippier, and his management team Pitch International Representation, have called in Adrian Bevington to help with the Atletico Madrid and England defender’s PR.
A former FA Communications Director and Managing Director, Club England, Bevington will help to advise Kieran Trippier on PR throughout an ongoing FA disciplinary case.
MMA promotion Bellator has announced that some of its historic events will be showcased on Sky Sports in a new series called Bellator MMA Recharged.
The series will run on Saturdays at 10pm on Sky Sports Action and will be hosted by veteran MMA referee and Bellator analyst “Big John” McCarthy.
