Formula 1 racing teams are million-rand companies in their own right and more like businesses than sport squads. On an annual basis, these groups design, build and deploy the world’s most expensive cars, competing in the planet’s fastest competition.

Just like big organisations, Formula 1 racing teams have CIOs, and for the Lotus Renault GP team, the man at the helm of information technology is Graeme Hackland, a former Durbanite now based in the UK.