All Formula 1 team needed to get their cars, spare chassis and equipment to be packed and ready to be picked up in the pit lane of the circuit of Sepang hours after the conclusion of the Grand Prix of Malaysia.
From there, everything was carefully picked up and taken to the airport to be shipped to Shanghai, China in jumbo cargo jets.
Moving the Formula Circus from country to country present a tough logistical challenge, which all the teams undertake in conjunction with FOM, (Formula One Management) that is responsible for shipping cars and equipment from one overseas race to the next.
Once packed, all the containers are positioned in the pit lane, from where trucks take everything to the airport.
Not all the material we use goes by air.
In order to save time and money, at the start of the year, in January, the F1 teams send four separate container loads to Bahrain, Australia, Malaysia and China. These contain much of the infrastructure they need to use, but not the technical equipment or car parts. These containers then return by sea to Europe, where they are repacked and then dispatched again to the last races of the season.
Team personnel also split the freight between equipment that is going to China (including the cars and engines) and the kits that are going back to Europe by sea. It has been now over a month since the cars left Europe!
From there, everything was carefully picked up and taken to the airport to be shipped to Shanghai, China in jumbo cargo jets.
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Moving the Formula Circus from country to country present a tough logistical challenge, which all the teams undertake in conjunction with FOM, (Formula One Management) that is responsible for shipping cars and equipment from one overseas race to the next.
Once packed, all the containers are positioned in the pit lane, from where trucks take everything to the airport.
Not all the material we use goes by air.
In order to save time and money, at the start of the year, in January, the F1 teams send four separate container loads to Bahrain, Australia, Malaysia and China. These contain much of the infrastructure they need to use, but not the technical equipment or car parts. These containers then return by sea to Europe, where they are repacked and then dispatched again to the last races of the season.
Team personnel also split the freight between equipment that is going to China (including the cars and engines) and the kits that are going back to Europe by sea. It has been now over a month since the cars left Europe!
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