By 2050 an estimated 152 million people worldwide will be living with dementia.
Race Against Dementia exists to change that and to find preventions and cures – faster.
We back early-career scientists with the potential to go further – and give them the backing to do it properly.
Since 2016, we’ve invested over £20 million in dementia research, supporting teams across the UK, US, Europe, South Africa and Australia.
That provides:
Dementia research is often constrained by short-term funding and slow decisions.
Good ideas stall or stop.
We work differently.
Learning from Formula 1, we bring pace, precision and rapid iteration to medical research.
Teams test, learn and refine in real time, so decisions are made earlier, with better information.
Our researchers combine bioscience, engineering, data science and clinical expertise from the outset, working with leaders from motorsport and other high-performance industries.
Like Dr Cara Croft, who worked with McLaren’s data science team to cut analysis time and process four times as many images, speeding up her research.
Race Against Dementia was founded by three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, after his wife Helen was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
He saw how quickly dementia progresses – and how slowly research responds.
“This is the most important race of my life.
I’m not doing it for trophies, but for my wife and for the millions of families affected by dementia.
We need to tackle this challenge with the same speed, precision and determination that defined my Formula 1 career.”
Sir Jackie Stewart OBE
