New Delhi: The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, working together with PETRONAS and logistics partners, saved 339 tCO2e and reduced race and hospitality trucks and generator emissions by 67% through HVO100 biofuel use over the course of the 2023 Formula One One European season.
The combined 67% emissions reduction and 339 tCO2e saving, calculated in line with the GHG protocol and latest DEFRA GHG emissions factors, exceeded the team’s initial targets of 60% emissions reduction for its fleet of trucks and generators and 200 tCO2e saved across the season.
As part of its strategy to lessen the impact of road-based freight logistics, our trucks and generators were refuelled where possible using second-generation biofuel HVO100 across the European races from May to September. The trucks transport all the team’s freight required for each race, while the generators power the team’s engineering and hospitality units in the Formula One paddock.
Trucks traveled on HVO100 biofuel for over 386,000km, from a total distance traveled of 460,000 km, and 35% of all generator fuel used was HVO100.2. The team will use the learnings from the 2023 season to continue to drive towards the full use of HVO100 in our trucks in 2024 and increasing the use of HVO100 in our generators, alongside delivering efficiencies in the paddock to reduce our reliance on those generators.
Alice Ashpitel, Head of Sustainability at the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, said, “We are delighted to achieve such a positive set of results and reduce our freight and generator emissions significantly over this season’s European races. The use of biofuels is one of our key pioneering initiatives as part of our overarching sustainability strategy for achieving Net Zero for our Race Team Controlled emissions by 2030.”
Datuk Sazali Hamzah, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS Downstream , said, “As a progressive partner enriching lives for a sustainable future, we will continue to rise to the challenge in meeting the demands of today and the future. As Title and Technical Partner to the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, we are driving the change in support of Formula One’s aspiration of becoming Net Zero from factory to flag by 2030, achieved through on- and off-track initiatives. The accomplishment with the logistics team represents a milestone that will serve as a foundation for further work at Grand Prix events held outside Europe.”
