Case Study: Oracle Red Bull Racing cuts wind tunnel recovery time by 97% with 1Password
Key results
The challenge
Oracle Red Bull Racing, a Formula 1 team of more than 1,800 members operating under a $215 million cost cap, needed secure and auditable access management across a highly complex, high-velocity engineering environment. Plaintext passwords in code and time lost coordinating access created security and efficiency risks.
The solution
The team adopted 1Password to centralize credentials into managed vaults across Aerodynamics, Vehicle Performance, and Powertrains, replacing plaintext passwords in code with secure references and giving engineers self-service access within guardrails.
“With 1Password, we eliminated plaintext passwords in code. Developers now use secure references, which has been revolutionary.”
NKNimesh KotechaGroup Head of End User Services, Oracle Red Bull Racing
The results, in context
1Password reduced wind tunnel recovery time by 97%, from about one hour to two minutes. Engineering teams eliminated plaintext passwords in code and gained clearer, more disciplined access management across the organization.