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Microsoft’s top science exec is leaving to fulfill a childhood dream: Joining a Formula 1 team

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Peter Lee, the longtime Microsoft Research leader, plans to join the Mercedes Formula 1 team in a newly created AI advisor role. He'll work on physics problems for the team's car, predictive models and how F1's regulators might govern AI.

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Fortune
Exclusive: Microsoft’s departing science president plans to join Mercedes F1 team as AI advisor (opens Fortune)
Published Oct 12, 2026
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Peter Lee spent 16 years at Microsoft shaping its science and research efforts.
Geek Wire
Microsoft’s top science exec is leaving to fulfill a childhood dream: Joining a Formula 1 team (opens Geek Wire)
Published Oct 13, 2026
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Peter Lee, the longtime Microsoft Research leader, plans to join the Mercedes Formula 1 team in a newly created AI advisor role. He'll work on physics problems for the team's car, predictive models and how F1's regulators might govern AI.