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One lucky office is going to next month’s 2012 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX! All it takes to win is one single email or tweet.
To celebrate next month’s 2012 FORMULA 1 SANTANDER BRITISH GRAND PRIX, DHL, the Official Logistics Partner of Formula 1™ is offering one office of Real Business readers five general admission tickets to the race.
To enter and enjoy a great day of racing with four members of your team, either email us at editors@realbusiness.co.uk (subject line: DHL) or tweet us direct at @real_business with the name of the Official Logistics Partner of Formula 1™ to win. Closing date is Wednesday, the 4th of July, at exactly 00:00.
DHL has 20 years of motor sport experience. Each Formula 1™ race requires complex logistics be put into motion. DHL has specialised offices, located in England and Italy, to coordinate the transport of cars, equipment and fuel to all F1™ tracks around the world by land, sea and air.
From race cars, replacement parts and pit-crew equipment to special fuel and the furnishings of the VIP Formula One Paddock Club™, DHL's dedicated specialist teams move around 300 tons of material for each race weekend. DHL also has a 24-hour service office at each circuit, ready to respond to any urgent need of the Formula 1™ teams.
Facts about Formula 1™
- A Formula 1™ engine is composed of 5,000 individual parts.- About 20,000 individual items are transported by air to each overseas race site.
- It takes seven weeks for equipment to travel by ship from Europe to Melbourne for the opening race.
- Last-minute deliveries to the race locations can be made in less than 24 hours.
- The material and equipment for each overseas race is enough freight to fill 100 trucks.
- The largest component transported is the the unibody or 'monocoque' of an F1™ car, which can be 60 carbon-fiber layers in thickness. Each carbon-fiber layer is approximately six micrometers thick.
- DHL transports over 1 million litres of fuel to Formula 1™ races each year.
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