its simple. the next generation of tanks , semi-autonomous in nature , will use this technology.
next generation tanks will be faster, stronger, longer range, and have much much greater electronics packages with anti-electronic warfare packages like jamming as well , possibly even armed with small mini drones that can be deployed form the tank like a mother ship.

Nice observation, well written!

It's humans who program the electronic control limits, and till further notice it will be humans breaking records, that the original programmers thought would never be attainable.
A.I. is not here yet, and as long as humans thrive on adrenalin, it will be humans in control.

Could have used a photo or two :)

That makes two of us ...

Nice, but electric motors are yawning at this..

For the first time in years they LOOK like race cars again instead of some beaky awkward bird.
Unfortunately these are least racy cars since the computer controlled cars. They sound flatulent and the drivers driver for efficiency rather than speed due to fuel limitation.
Last year the most common radio call to many drivers was "You have to slow down as you are past your fuel map!!" Are you KIDDING ME?!?
This is not racy this is a high speed econo run. I have have roadraced myself and the idea of a F1 driver doing anything other than driving flat out is so silly I do not even know what to say. The crowds HATED the sound of the cars last year. I said the cars sound flatulent and that was the most common description last year.
Last year the cars were so ugly the FIA mandated the dropped noses this year just to make them look more like the cars of 10 years ago and that is the only good things about the new cars.
This is not racing. This is high speed tree hugging. Suddenly many of the fast guys are slow because of using too much fuel and some of the slow guys are fast because they were not using all the car to begin with and that style now fits these cars.
Very sad time for F1

@vblancer - you are fooling yourself if you think that racing hasn't always been limited by other than just going full blast every lap. Racing has always been about balancing downright speed vs. longevity of the tires, the mechanical bits and the fuel consumption (and especially in endurance also the drivers). That is why qualifying laps are faster than race laps (with the exception of weather changing the conditions and the like). What it new is really that now the efficiency of the cars is now monitored more closely and that is why there are more calls on the radios about the subject. Apart from Mercedes being the only team to really fight for the championship and some inconsistent rulings regarding penalties the last year was a great one with regards to the racing. Chances are this year could be even better - the tests performed so far certainly shows potential.

I am not so sure that F1 can really claim to be "the most technologically driven sport in the world". For instance it's not like there isn't some very advanced things going on in sailing, just look at the America's Cup, and then there is sports car endurance racing where there certainly is a lot going on (that's Le Mans and all the other races which share the same rules).
F1 is very advanced no doubt about that, but there are also some very strict rules that limits the use of technology in many ways. If one looks at Le Mans and the LMP1 class then what Audi, Toyota, Porsche, Nissan, Mazda and others are doing it is certainly worth looking into. Not only are they all running hybrids they do it in very different ways just as they also bring some very different aerodynamic solutions.
I like F1, but sports car racing is just so much more exciting with regards to both racing and technology.

I would be surprised if much of this technology has not already been embedded in the railroad industry. They have always been quietly ahead of the auto industry. For example hybrid power and wheel slide protection (aka antilock brakes) has been around the rail industry for 60 years.