Team to Use Electric Trucks Between Factory and Silverstone for British GP

As Formula One celebrates its 75th birthday and we look ahead to next year’s regulations which will change the face of our sport, we continue to look for ways we can engineer change on and off the grid.

The Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 trucks– among the first of their kind from the Three-Pointed Star to hit the road in the UK - are a game changer in sustainability within the HGV sector, and come with a 600kWh Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery that delivers a minimum range of 500km on a single charge.

In addition to its range, the eActros 600 can charge from 20% to 80% in as little as 25 minutes – the definition of sustainable high performance.

Following a successful pilot with HVO100 biofuel in 2022, the team went on to achieve 98% coverage across our race and marketing trucks in the European Season in 2024. But our decarbonisation journey doesn’t stop there.

The nature of F1 means we are also heavily involved in logistics. Given the global footprint of our sport, managing our Scope 3 emissions is crucial to our ambitions.

The roll out of HVO100 has been an important step in helping us decarbonise our logistics and the ability to phase in electric vehicles will further reduce our emissions and improve air quality.

Our long-term ambition is to extend the use of the e-fleet across future European Seasons - demonstrating once again that F1 is the fastest test lab helping to catalyse change beyond our world.

Innovation drives competitive advantage. When we adopt lighter, stronger materials, optimise our energy systems or find ways to run our operations more efficiently, we gain advantage on and off the track creating advantages that matter.