Freighters - V8 Supercars

[Stefan Perkas]

Afternoon all,

Was just wandering, becuase the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide is the next race after Abu Dhabi, will the V8's be flown straight to Adelaide from Abu Dhabi or do they have back up cars in Australia for the Aussie circuits?

[David Knudsen]

They're racing in Bahrain after Abu Dhabi this year, then onto ADL 11-14 March. I beleive in past years the cars return to home base (so back to BNE and AVV) after the overseas races, and then go onto the next round by road.

[Rhys Xanthis]

Originally Posted by Stefan Perkas

Afternoon all,

Was just wandering, becuase the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide is the next race after Abu Dhabi, will the V8's be flown straight to Adelaide from Abu Dhabi or do they have back up cars in Australia for the Aussie circuits?

They will almost certainly will fly back to BNE/AVV and then go by transporter to Adelaide after they spend some time at home base, wherever that may be.

[Stefan Perkas]

Thanks for the replies. It just that if there is only a short gap between Bahrain and Adelaide. Us spotters were thinking that they may come straight here.

[Rhys Xanthis]

You'd be surprised at how good race teams are at logistics, frankly they are the best.

They'll be all packed up and out of Bahrain track by 4-6am I expect, and back home on the first flight after that.

The freight beats them here, but they have ground teams that handle that (or if not, usually the company assigned with freight will have secure storage available until such time as it can be picked up).

Read up on Formula 1 logistics as stories and interviews present themselves throughout the year, it's quite incredible.

[lloyd fox]

Jetspotter board has a thread that the BNE return flight is to be Emirates sky cargo 747F

[Karl M]

Originally Posted by Rhys Xanthis

You'd be surprised at how good race teams are at logistics, frankly they are the best.

They'll be all packed up and out of Bahrain track by 4-6am I expect, and back home on the first flight after that.

The freight beats them here, but they have ground teams that handle that (or if not, usually the company assigned with freight will have secure storage available until such time as it can be picked up).

Read up on Formula 1 logistics as stories and interviews present themselves throughout the year, it's quite incredible.

Gibson Freight is the company that has the contract for V8 Supercars, F1, MotoGP & World Superbikes.
They load the containers with the equipment at the track & take care of the equipment until the breakdown of the containers at the arriving airport.