This project is about enabling autonomous drive for race cars in competitive scenarios, delivering the highest performance levels while ensuring safe and reliable execution of autonomous tasks. Hardware and software architectures were designed and validated using real-time test rigs to meet performance and safety standards. The adopted HIL testing environment allowed safe validation of the drive-by-wire systems, considering intended functionalities, failure modes and misuse scenarios; moreover, it allowed verification of the reliability of the integration with the teams-specific algorithms, maintaining top-tier functional safety levels. Launched in 2024, the A2RL competition is now a platform for innovating AD across industries beyond motorsport.

• HIL
• Drive-by-wire
• Autonomous drive
• Motorsport
• Functional safety