Drivers and team engineers can look at large data sets and run analyses against both historical data and predictive models to make immediate adjustments on the course.
The biggest concern facing most drivers and team personnel will be how to ensure they get enough sleep when they are going to bed not long before dawn.
Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz, who has two teams in F1, told autosport.com Buemi was "very likely" to be one of the drivers for junior team Toro Rosso.
Volunteers from the Bay Search and Rescue Team led drivers to safety from the A595.
"The key objective is to immediately deliver a competitive car to the drivers, " Ferrari team boss Domenicali told reporters.
But Brawn, whose team won the drivers' and constructors' world championships last season in their former guise as Brawn, said he believed his team were still lagging behind their rivals.
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Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn believes the hard work put in by his drivers will prove crucial to the team's success in the year ahead.
Dino Toso is the pit engineer for Jarno Torulli, one of the Jordan team's drivers.
Geoff Little, from Warwickshire County Council's road safety team, warned drivers to take extra care on wet roads.
Innovation and collaboration, both important drivers in the Odyssey Moon team, are the key to humanity's future, believes Richards.
The IMS rookie program has three confirmed drivers: AJ Allmendinger (Team Penske), Tristan Vautier (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) and Carlos Munoz (Andretti Autosport).
De Villota, who was driving the MR01 for the first time before the crash, is one of only two female drivers contracted to an F1 team.
Hendrick, because of its financial muscle, also has Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne in its stable, making it the only Sprint Cup team with four drivers.
But McLaren boss Ron Dennis echoed the views of the rest of the F1 team owners and drivers when he said that the incident could happen at any race and at any time.
The team's reserve drivers will be GP2 drivers Alvaro Parente of Portugal and Luiz Razia of Brazil.
The team's two drivers, Takuma Sato of Japan and Britain's Anthony Davidson, drove a hybrid version of their 2007 car with several technical improvements last month.
That is why the battle for supremacy on the racing circuits these days is being fought as much by aerodynamicists at team headquarters as by drivers on the track.
Last year was Mercedes's first as an entrant of its own team since 1955 after the company bought the Brawn team that won the drivers' and constructors' world titles in 2009.
"As a young team we are looking for drivers who can grow with us, " said Hispania boss Colin Kolles.
Alonso, a two-time world champion with Renault, finished fifth in the drivers' standings, while the French team were fourth in the constructors' championship.
Toyota team doctor Riccardo Ceccarelli said the drivers had to have a very high aerobic fitness level.
The team has won the Formula 1 Drivers' Championship and the Constructors' Championship, for the second successive season.
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It is possible Busch may not find a team in 2012 as several good drivers are already looking for teams to drive for.
There was encouraging feedback from both drivers following Friday practice that either way the team can challenge rivals Red Bull and Ferrari for pole.
They have bought the Brawn team that last year won the drivers' and constructors' championship in their debut season, after former owner Honda quit F1.
He was backed by McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh, whose drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton both had tire troubles on the Bahrain International Circuit.
All of the drivers have been asked about the use of team orders over the past couple of days, provoking a mixed response from the paddock.
Kubica's decision leaves the team with a choice of three drivers to fill its two seats, Vitaly Petrov, Bruno Senna and Romain Grosjean, unless they look outside their current line-up.
Right or wrong, it has been the same since the birth of motor racing -- every team on the grid needs two drivers capable of getting the maximum out of the car.
Our team of nine journalists and four drivers had arrived in Concepcion to join a few others, but we'd all been stymied by the lack of generators or fuel to power them in a place with no electricity.
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