IBM × Scuderia Ferrari: AI Fan Experience

Ferrari F1 car wrapped in blue and purple airflow trails with red track chevrons on a pale background
Role
Creative Direction
Experience Design
Project
AI Fan Experience
Experiential Design
Data Visualisation
Simulator Experience
Event Installation
Details
Project: AI Fan Experience
Client: IBM and Scuderia Ferrari
Studio: FIELD.io
Year: 2025

For IBM and Scuderia Ferrari, I worked with FIELD.io on a live fan experience that brings Formula 1 into the AI era. We took telemetry from a Ferrari F1 pro simulator and used IBM watsonx to turn it into real-time feedback that fans can see and feel.

Every input is tracked and fed back as clear guidance in the moment. Racing becomes something you learn from while you drive. The experience launched at IBM Think 2025 and continued at SXSW 2026 as the IBM AI Sports Club.

Scuderia Ferrari SF-25 car displayed in front of a large blue IBM logo, visitors moving past

IBM × Ferrari at Think 2025

IBM × Scuderia Ferrari booth at IBM Think 2025, red and blue stands around a central screen

The Experience

Visitors take the wheel of a Ferrari F1 pro simulator. Every lap ends with a watsonx race summary showing where time was won or lost, and what to focus on next.

IBM watsonx tracks every racing input at the speed of the race, interpreting the nuance behind each surge, drift and correction. Over a session it learns how a driver’s decisions stack up, turning raw data into a continuous learning experience. The feedback is precise and actionable: key areas to improve, and real-time guidance to make fast, informed adjustments on track.

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur cheering on a driver in the simulator, surrounded by a crowd
Ferrari F1 simulator seen from behind inside a glowing red booth
Visitors at the IBM × Ferrari booth reacting to a race on screen

Visual Language

The data became the visual: live telemetry rendered as flowing trails around the car, connecting the physical installation to what happens on screen.

Several Ferrari F1 cars racing through a white data space with driver name tags, social crop
Detail of the track interface with a curved racing line and live telemetry readout
Track interface showing a driver's racing line and position markers, square crop
Ferrari F1 car with blue data trails racing across a white surface, social crop
White model of a race circuit seen from above
Top-down view of a Ferrari F1 car wrapped in blue airflow trails, social crop

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