How to Ship an F1 Car Across the Globe in 36 Hours

I wonder if this piece was sponsored by DHL.

The team chef will often buy food locally - sometimes because they have to. Team Sahara Force India spent $3700 on just their first trip to Costco in Austin.<p>&gt; “We couldn’t ship anything here to the U.S., so we had to start from scratch,” said Freeman.<p><a href="http://kxan.com/2014/10/29/f1-team-grocery-shops-for-race-weekend-spends-nearly-16k/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;kxan.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;29&#x2F;f1-team-grocery-shops-for-race-we...</a>

Q. How to ship <i>insert item</i> around the world really fast?<p>A. Have lots of money.

I&#x27;ve heard some people complain that F1 and similar sports are a waste of money, but something to keep in mind about these events is their engineering all trickle down into modern day cars. Through the rules enacted, engineers must develop new ways to create fast, powerful cars. The new techniques and inventions all trickle down into the average consumer vehicles. I think it&#x27;s wonderful that our sports are defining our future.

Oddly enough there was the first f1 news item about transport for a long time, this week. The team who were at the bottom of the leaderboard last year, and therefore had the lowest budget and highest debt, were trying to attend this weekend&#x27;s season finale. They had the cargo at the airport, but not the funding. The funding came a few hours later and the plane had gone. That was how they knew they couldn&#x27;t attend this weekend.

TLDR: take it apart and put it on a plane

May be a sponsored article, but still the massive scale that applies to F1 racing is mind-blowing.<p>I had never thought it &#x27;d require 30-50to material to be shipped across the globe - and it&#x27;s not surprising many teams have financial problems.

Get ready for tommorow&#x27;s amazing race!.