F1 Explains

Priceless cars, team headquarters, crucial equipment, thousands of spare parts, tyres, fuel... and the Team Principal's favourite coffee. Every item F1 teams need to compete is moved from race to race by an amazing team of logistics experts.
Formula 1's Global Logistics Partner, DHL, moves the sport around the world. It's a year-round, tight deadline task which is being achieved more sustainably than ever before - using bio-fuelled trucks and efficient freighter aircraft.

• Paul Fowler, DHL Vice President of Global Motorsport, tells us how the company gets F1 from track to track.
• Giorgia Tirabassi, DHL Trackside Co-ordinator - reveals the behind-the-scenes work to make sure F1 teams have everything they need in time to race, and how she handles the unexpected challenge of a last-minute delivery

Every Formula 1 team has its own logistics staff. Alfa Romeo's Deputy Head of Race Part Logistics, Josef Pfandl, explains how he moves tens of thousands of parts from race to race. Plus, how F1 team motorhomes are transported, and what it's like to drive a truck packed with invaluable F1 equipment across Europe.
Got a question about how F1 works? Christian, Katie and our team of experts would love to answer it. Record a voice note on your phone or write us an email and send it to [email protected]
Check out our previous episodes:

• How F1 racetracks are designed - with the masterminds of Miami
• How car liveries are created - with Alfa Romeo + McLaren
• The mental pressure of F1 - with David Coulthard
• Steering wheels - how they're designed + what the buttons do
• DRS - how F1's overtaking aid works and why it matters
• Tyres - an engineer, a driver and a designer explains why they matter
• The 2024 F1 calendar - why it helps make F1 more sustainable
• Wind Tunnels - the top secret tools where cars are created
• Race engineers - the voices on F1 Team Radio, with Zhou Guanyu
• Pit stops - two seconds of total teamwork
• Simulators with Aston Martin's Stoffel Vandoorne
• Racing in the rain with Mika Hakkinen + Haas race engineer Mark Slade
• Street circuits with Mika Hakkinen + Bernie Collins
• F1 driver fitness with Alexander Rossi + Sebastian Vettel's former trainer
• F1 in the USA - why the US has 3 races in 2023
• F1 Sprint weekends with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen

For in-depth interviews with F1's biggest names, listen to F1 Beyond The Grid. For race previews and reviews, head over to F1 Nation.

As high-performance athletes, F1 drivers have to eat the right things at the right times. Everything they eat and drink, plus the timing of their meals, is carefully planned by expert nutritionists like Dr Dan Martin from Combine Performance. Dan works with McLaren's Oscar Piastri.
Christian Hewgill and Katie Osborne find out what an F1 driver's diet is and how it helps them perform at their best. We also get the story behind the banana smoothie which interrupted a previous F1 Explains interview with Piastri...
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Learn more about F1 with our previous episodes:

• How F1 helmets are made - with Bell Racing
• Ask a Formula 1 Driver – Liam Lawson answers your questions
• Inside the FIA Safety Car - with driver, Bernd Mayländer
• How F1 video games are so realistic - with EA SPORTS F124
• LIVE in Miami with Guenther Steiner + F1 Explains listeners
• Car setup with Fernando Alonso + Aston Martin
• F1 race suits, boots, gloves + underwear - with PUMA
• F1 brakes - technology + technique - with Brembo + Jack Doohan
• The job of an F1 Team Principal - with Aston Martin's Mike Krack
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