Mercedes F1 team makes huge carbon footprint savings with biofuels

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team has successfully powered its marketing trucks and generators for the 2024 European Season on HVO100.
Working with its logistics partners, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 set a target to extend the use of biofuels during the nine 2024 European races.
Despite the complexities of the supply chain across Europe, the team achieved 98% biofuel coverage in its race and marketing trucks and generators, resulting in a saving of over 500 tCO2e from our carbon footprint.
Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, said: “Powering our European season on biofuel is a first for our team and sport, and I hope our achievements, with the invaluable support, expertise and supply capability of our Title and Technical Partner PETRONAS, will inspire others to follow. We look forward to now challenging ourselves to expand the use of sustainable fuel in our logistics beyond the European races and continuing to prepare for the introduction of the fully sustainable fuel which will power the 2026 cars on track.”
Alice Ashpitel, Head of Sustainability, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, added: “We’re a team of problem solvers and pursuing sustainable high performance is always front of mind. Optimising our logistics operations and achieving almost total biofuel coverage reflects our team’s significant sustainability efforts and it’s a real inspiration to see the reduction of our impact at the track and on the road. We continue to address the largest sources of our emissions, and how we transport the team’s freight and power our operations across the globe remain key focus areas.”