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Key Impact Points:
- 500 tonnes of CO2e saved: Mercedes powered their European races with 98% biofuel coverage, achieving a significant carbon reduction.
- 98% HVO100 biofuel use: Up from 74% in 2023, the team used biofuels in trucks and generators during the 2024 European races.
- Net Zero by 2030: The effort aligns with Mercedes’s goal of achieving Race Team Control Net Zero by 2030.
Mercedes F1 has successfully powered their 2024 European race season using HVO100 biofuel, achieving 98% coverage across race and marketing trucks, as well as generators. This initiative has resulted in a CO2e saving of more than 500 tonnes, marking a significant leap from the 74% biofuel coverage achieved during the 2023 European leg.
In collaboration with their Title and Technical Partner PETRONAS and various logistics partners, Mercedes aimed to extend biofuel usage across the nine European races, even as the supply chain remains complex across the continent.
Team Principal and CEO, Toto Wolff, highlighted the importance of this achievement:
“Powering our European season on biofuels is a first for our team and sport, and I hope what we have achieved, with the invaluable support, expertise, and supply capability of our Title and Technical Partner PETRONAS, will inspire others to follow.”
The biofuel initiative brings Mercedes closer to their long-term sustainability goal, which aims to achieve Race Team Control Net Zero by 2030. As Formula 1 scales up sustainable power solutions for European races in 2025, Mercedes plans to further expand biofuel usage to their global “flyaway” races next season.
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Alice Ashpitel, Head of Sustainability at Mercedes F1, emphasized the broader impact:
“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.”
This move forms a critical part of Mercedes’s broader sustainable fuels strategy, as the team continues to target the largest sources of their emissions in pursuit of sustainable high performance on and off the track.
Looking ahead, Mercedes remains committed to expanding the use of sustainable fuel across their logistics, as the team also prepares for the introduction of fully sustainable fuels powering the 2026 F1 cars.