Since Formula One is a global sport, teams travel a lot during a race season and they spend most of the time away from their families. Team personnel spend most of their time inside their garage during race week. So fans will be curious to know how they build these home away from home every weekend. Aston Martin Formula One team took Qatar GP weekend as an opportunity to explain F1 fans how teams set up their garage in their “IAMSTORIES” series.
Transporting a Formula One team garage set-up around the world is no easy task, with logistical and timing challenges requiring those at the heart of the process to constantly adapt if they are to ensure the team has everything required to execute an efficient weekend on track.
In this week’s episode of INSIDER, Aston Martin bringing fans closer to the team members who assemble, maintain, and pack down the entire garage set-up for each race weekend, creating a platform for the team to fight for results on track before heading straight to the next venue to do it all over again.
Garage Technicians Jamie Scott, Jack Partridge, Fabio Brandelli and Chris Smith, alongside Race Team Coordinator Chris Dodd and Garage Support Joe Micklewright, talk through the detailed process that goes into creating and transporting the garage infrastructure.
Discover how the team moves five garage set-ups around the world via sea freight, and how each individual member of the crew combines a variety of roles across the weekend, including working on the AMR21 cars.
