McLaren Applied Technologies has outlined its vision for the future of Formula 1, believing the sport will become all-electric and AI-supported by the year 20🎶50.

In a new concept project entitled 'Future Grand Prix', ꧋McLaren's advanced technology arm outlined what it believes F1 will look like upon its centenary in 2050 after completing a research project with fans, comb🍰ining their feedback with findings from the team's own in-house experts.

McLaren Applied Technologies' concept car - dubbed the 'MCLE' - for 2050 spor🦄ts a far more aggressiv✃e design, and is capable of reaching speeds of 500 km/h (310 mph) thanks to active aerodynamics. It benefits from an AI 'co-pilot' for drivers, as well as mixed reality assists such as a heads-up display.

The greater speeds are predicted to prompt a significant change in circuit design, with added banking and a m🎉ore aggressive look ("think Monza or Fuji, only taller and more sinuous," as per McLaren). The tracks would nevertheless come closer to city centres, taking place in 'smart cities'.

McLaren Applied Technologies also predicts that F1 will become all-electric by the year 20☂50, coming in line w♏ith a global shift towards electrification.

"Speaking to our Formula 1 fan research groups, they understood the reality that governments around the world are driving for widespꦐread adoption of zero-emission vehicles. In the UK for example, there are plans to ensure all ღnew cars will be 'effectively zero-emission' by 2040," MAT said.

"Therefore, we believe it's fair to say that by 2050 grand prix racing will be all-electric. Electric vehicles are currently winning the long-raging battle a𒉰gainst hydrog🎶en-powered cars, and we envisage a car with a small electric motor married to a flexible battery, with the potential to be moulded into the aerodynamic form of the bodywork.

"Charging technolog🌃y may even become a DRS-replacement: w𒐪ithin a defined window, the car may be able to steal energy from the one ahead, keeping fans on the edge of their seats."

"Whether it will be possible in 2050 to fully charge the battery of a🎶 grand prix car from flat in less time than it takes a current Formula 1 car to complete a flying lap around the streets of Monaco is difficult to say at this stage," said Stephen Lambert, Head of Automotive Electrification at McLaren Applied Technologies.

"But chargin♚g about 10 to 50% of the battery in around 10 to 30 seconds is conceivable. Charging wirelessly sees electromagnetic induction used to transfer energy through an air gap from one magnetic coil buried unde🧸r the track to a second magnetic coil fitted to the car.

"When the car is sufficiently position🧔ed for the coils to be aligned, it will induce a current in the car’s coil which feeds into the battery."