Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team's Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian Grand Prix with the support of SAP® Business All-in-One for Automotive solution.

During the 18 race season, the technology maintained information on the V8 engines of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2008 cars, enabling the team to be fully alert to the performance of the cars' engines.

Computer technology is playing a crucial role in the world of car racing, as the slightest change can result in dramatic performance effects. SAP Business All-in-One for Automotive retrieves exact information in real time, anywhere in the world, for more than 3,000 engine components of each of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes cars to help ensure the team's optimum performance on race day.

In addition, the solution provided a single access source for data on all engine components and their individual status, which allows the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team to constantly review and develop components of the engine; reduced the need for time-consuming diagnostic checks, thereby lowering costs for the team as it focused internal resources on technical improvements; and improved communication and collaboration between user groups.

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes also uses SAP solutions to improve collaboration among its project groups and integrate all engine design, development and production data, as well as the complete logistic supply chain and documentation, in a single, enterprise-wide system.