F1

[Niigata Jack]

The Azerbaijan GP is on here its run on a street circuit and I was just wondering on how much it costs to run the event on street type roads and also where do they store all the kit needed to set the course up.
There's a fair few roads circuits in the F1 season, must take an immense amount of work to put it all together.

Could never do it on our roads though with all these fecking potholes to deal with,

 

[cmajack]

The Azerbaijan GP is on here its run on a street circuit and I was just wondering on how much it costs to run the event on street type roads and also where do they store all the kit needed to set the course up.
There's a fair few roads circuits in the F1 season, must take an immense amount of work to put it all together.

Could never do it on our roads though with all these fecking potholes to deal with,

Wouldn't be allowed to do more than 20mph on some streets lol.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Wouldn't be allowed to do more than 20mph on some streets lol.

Don't start NJ off ffs mun

 

[Niigata Jack]

Hell of a crash just before the end, Sainz just seemed to turn in, in front of Perez pushing them both into the wall leaving both cars mangled, drivers both ok though.

 

[Cooperman]

The Azerbaijan GP is on here its run on a street circuit and I was just wondering on how much it costs to run the event on street type roads and also where do they store all the kit needed to set the course up.
There's a fair few roads circuits in the F1 season, must take an immense amount of work to put it all together.

Could never do it on our roads though with all these fecking potholes to deal with,

I did a bit of work with DHL a few years back and got an insight into the logistical effort required to haul F1 around the globe. There is a fleet of planes which is on hand to transport kit, cars and infrastructure from country to country. The congested calendar these days means that nothing stands still for long.

However the sheer scale means that some kit has to be stored locally and DHL were providing the local warehousing. At a point in time before the race it’s basically a case of starting to build a massive Scalextric set, all driven by a host of volunteers and contractors.

 

[Niigata Jack]

I did a bit of work with DHL a few years back and got an insight into the logistical effort required to haul F1 around the globe. There is a fleet of planes which is on hand to transport kit, cars and infrastructure from country to country. The congested calendar these days means that nothing stands still for long.

However the sheer scale means that some kit has to be stored locally and DHL were providing the local warehousing. At a point in time before the race it’s basically a case of starting to build a massive Scalextric set, all driven by a host of volunteers and contractors.

So you;re a White Van man, can you drop my parcel on after 4 tomorrow so Mrs Niigata doesn't see it

 

[Cooperman]

So you;re a White Van man, can you drop my parcel on after 4 tomorrow so Mrs Niigata doesn't see it

Ahh, it’s your gimp suit. No worries mate, discretion assured with me

 

[Niigata Jack]

Ahh, it’s your gimp suit. No worries mate, discretion assured with me

Nah I've got a few of them already.