Case Study: Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team achieves 90% management time savings and near-zero recovery times with Rubrik

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Gains Competitive Edge with Rubrik Through Automation and Self-Service Data Management

Mercedes‑AMG Petronas Motorsport, a leading Formula One team that generates massive race data (about 500 GB per car per weekend), was hindered by a tape‑centric, labor‑intensive data management system. The legacy solution required a full‑time backup admin, missed roughly 50% of protection goals, and produced slow, unreliable restores—creating unacceptable operational risk where time is the critical currency.

Implementing Rubrik’s API‑first platform with a single SLA policy engine, Live Mount and role‑based self‑service automated backups and simplified restores, letting engineering teams perform on‑demand operations without IT tickets. The deployment delivered ~90% management time savings, near‑zero RTOs (recoveries in seconds), significantly higher backup performance, easier cloud archival and the scalability needed for future growth.

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team

Matt Harris

Head of IT