GLP JDC hybrids light up Las Vegas’ F1 Grand Prix

One of the largest deployments ever of GLP’s market leading LED fixtures took place at the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Las Vegasr. Los Angeles‐based creative company DX7 Design procured 270 of the JDC2 IP hybrid strobes from vendor PRG, along with 500 of the super‐ powerful JDC Burst 1, as their role this year extended far beyond simply outfitting the circuit grid and pit lane, reaching every corner of the city.

And the dynamic of GLP’s ultra‐bright, flexible hybrids was key to the many show elements, including driver introductions, podium celebrations and the fan zones.

The 270 pieces of JDC2 IP lined the front of the F1 paddock and were used for colour chasing, strobe effects and displaying the F1 logo, while delivering the power needed for both live and global broadcast audiences. The ability to display the F1 logo had been one of the event highlights, said Sutherland. Thanks to the fixture’s NDI integration, video content could be streamed to the fixture’s RGB pixel plate, while the DX7 team also made use of the fixture’s library of built‐in DigiFX.

DX7 then deployed 500 pieces of JDC Burst 1 across the different fan zones and around the track to create uniquely themed environments for the different sponsors (green for Heineken, magenta for T‐Mobile and so on), and there were different activation moments set every 15 minutes.

A 12‐segment white strobe line formed the heart of this versatile fixture, at either side of which were RGBW LED plates, divided into 48 segments of 5 × 5 pixels each, which provided astonishing power output.

DX7 Design CEO Tom Sutherland was supported by DX7 colleagues, James Coldicott (COO), Harry Forster (President) and Hunter Selby (Senior Associate Designer).

Programmer Chris Fernandez worked from three intercommunicating grandMA3 full‐size consoles stationed in a control centre that was bursting at the seams, running all the GLP pieces in maximum pixel mode for full impact.

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