And so when the freight leaves Lotus Renault HQ in rural Oxfordshire (usually for East Midlands Airport), what happens to it then? Well, the team’s control-sealed trucks take the equipment to the airport and it is left in the hands of the security staff there before it begins it voyage to the next stop on the F1 calendar. Once the freight arrives at the track, it is Lotus Renault's security team which takes over duties.
For the support team, however, responsibility of the freight is far from their only role. They have numerous other jobs to do on top of this so the team puts in the extra hours to ensure everything runs on time, allowing them to concentrate on the other jobs at hand.
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Of course, each race offers its own challenges. The team garage in Montreal is particularly small, so the viewing gallery (which is on show at so many of the other races throughout the season) gets left behind for this particular trip, saving 150 kilos in weight! That is just one of many examples throughout the year. Given its layout, Monaco undoubtedly presents a number of logistical challenges, too.
There may be various nuances here and there when preparing for the different races, but for the the ever-ready logistics team it is very much "business as usual".