Over the past two years, Formula 1 officials have been mapping out circuits using a vehicle saddled with a series of downward-facing cameras. The vehicle provides race officials and teams with an up-to-date 3D map of the track to help identify things like imperfections in the surface or other difficulties, like manholes in the case of a street circuit like Monte Carlo. The mobile mapping unit is provided by Irish surveying business Korec, which has been involved with the racing behemoth in some capacity for over two decades. On July 6, Korec’s tech was back in use as the Grand…

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