Speaker: Christian Horner, Team Principal, Red Bull Racing

Win a Red Bull signed racing suit in our charity raffle!

Win a signed Red Bull Racing driver’s suit, as worn by either David Coulthard or Mark Webber! Our charity raffle, in aid of Wings for Life and BEN, will be drawn at the Lord Austin Lecture on 10 April.

Tickets cost just £5 and can be purchased online until midnight on 8 April, or at the lecture on 10 April.

Lecture and Dinner sold out

Due to overwhelming demand, the Lord Austin Lecture and Dinner is now completely sold out.

You are welcome to turn up on the night to go on a standby list in the case of non-attendance; however, we would not be able to guarantee you a seat until the start of the lecture.

About this event

Preceding the network's annual dinner, Christian Horner will be presenting his lecture:

F1 technology - performing beyond the circuit

Formula One technology is widely recognised as being cutting edge. In a lot of respects, this is true. However, there are many aspects of the business that are very basic, albeit carefully executed in a controlled way. Formula One teams, like most successful technology companies, are frugal with the deployment of their resources.

The effort is very carefully focussed towards business objects, the most important of which is, by far, success on the track. A team will not embark upon a technology project unless it is likely to offer benefits in car performance, business economy, or reduced time scales. For that reason, and contrary to most popular beliefs, any technology benefits that transfer from a Formula One team to mainstream manufacturing are incidental to the primary aim of making the car more competitive. Or are they? And are they quite so obvious as you might first expect?