Indra Group Brings Sovereign Artificial Intelligence to Formula One Through Alpine Partnership

Indra Group Brings Sovereign Artificial Intelligence to Formula One Through Alpine Partnership

(IN BRIEF) Indra Group has formed a strategic partnership with BWT Alpine Formula One Team to deploy its sovereign artificial intelligence platform, IndraMind, within the team’s Formula One operations. The collaboration will support real-time data analysis and strategic decision-making in one of the most technologically complex sporting environments, particularly as the sport enters a new regulatory era in 2026. The partnership highlights Indra Group’s ambition to demonstrate the real-world impact of its AI technologies while strengthening its international presence in advanced intelligence and high-performance systems.

(PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 23-Jan-2026 — /EuropaWire/ — Indra Group has entered into a strategic partnership with BWT Alpine Formula One Team to integrate advanced artificial intelligence into one of the most demanding technological environments in global sport. The collaboration will see IndraMind, Indra Group’s sovereign artificial intelligence platform, incorporated into the Formula One team’s operational ecosystem, reinforcing both organisations’ shared commitment to innovation, advanced intelligence, and operational excellence within the FIA Formula One World Championship.

The agreement foresees the deployment and validation of IndraMind in Formula One ahead of the new regulatory era starting in the 2026 season. Through this integration, the platform will support the real-time analysis and correlation of the vast volumes of data generated during race weekends, enabling faster and more informed strategic decision-making. In a sport where performance is measured in milliseconds, the ability to anticipate scenarios and optimise operations is critical.

Designed with a modular and interoperable architecture, IndraMind can operate across cloud and edge environments, delivering predictive analytics, enhanced operational efficiency, and advanced cognitive capabilities. Its application in Formula One will demonstrate how sovereign AI technologies can perform in extreme, high-pressure settings, validating their robustness and scalability.

Indra Group’s leadership highlighted the strategic importance of the partnership, pointing to Formula One as a global benchmark for competitiveness and technological precision. The collaboration provides an opportunity to demonstrate Indra Group’s capabilities in a real-world, high-demand environment while extending the company’s international reach and reinforcing its innovation-driven strategy.

From the perspective of BWT Alpine Formula One Team, the partnership brings advanced intelligence directly into the team’s engineering and performance systems. The integration of IndraMind is expected to support race operations, improve data-driven decision-making, and contribute to the development of new technological advances as Formula One enters a new phase of technical evolution.

Beyond motorsport, the alliance positions Indra Group to showcase technology developed in Spain on a global stage, underlining its applicability to complex, mission-critical operations. The partnership further strengthens Indra Group’s international profile in advanced intelligence, strategic technologies, and solutions designed to operate in some of the world’s most sophisticated and demanding environments.

About BWT Alpine Formula One Team
BWT Alpine Formula One Team competes in the FIA Formula One World Championship with Grand Prix winner Pierre Gasly and rising star Franco Colapinto. The two drivers, under the leadership of Executive Advisor Flavio Briatore and Managing Director Steve Nielsen, are driving forward the team’s charge in a new era of Formula One as the sport embraces the revolutionary regulations introduced from 2026 season. The team operates out of its Enstone factory in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, where it has been based since 1992, in its previous guises as Benetton Formula, Renault F1 Team and Lotus F1 Team. Enstone has a winning legacy with seven Formula One World Championships including the Drivers’ World Championship [1994, 1995, 2005 and 2006] with Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, and the Constructors’ World Championship [1995, 2005 and 2006]. The team’s 2026 car, the A526, is designed and built on-site with the 1000-strong workforce working hard towards the new opportunities presented in the 24-race season. For more information, please head to www.alpinef1.com.

About IndraMind
IndraMind is Indra Group’s technological initiative that develops sovereign artificial intelligence within a cyber-resilient environment to provide comprehensive protection for citizens, territories, and critical infrastructures across both physical and digital domains. Designed as the group’s “digital brain,” it delivers cognitive superiority through advanced artificial intelligence capabilities that enable combat hybrid warfare. threat anticipation and optimize decision-making with a comprehensive perspective on security and defense.

About Indra Group
Indra Group (https://www.indragroup.com/) is the foremost Spanish multinational and one of the leading European companies that focus on defence and advanced digitalization. It stands at the forefront of the defence, space, air traffic management, mobility, and transformative technologies through Minsait, and it integrates its sovereign AI, cybersecurity and cyberdefence capabilities into IndraMind. Indra Group is paving the way to a more secure and better-connected future through innovative solutions, trusted relationships and the very best talent. Sustainability is an integral part of its strategy and culture in order to overcome current and future social and environmental challenges. At the close of the 2024 financial year, Indra Group posted revenues of €4.843 billion and had a local presence in 46 countries and business operations in over 140 countries.

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