Great Britain
F1 welcomed 16 engineering students from the UK and Italy to Silverstone for a day filled with unique experiences including paddock and garage tours and a networking event with F1-supported charity Mission 44.
Also supported by charities Make-A-Wish, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Race Against Dementia, Formula 1 raised more than £60,000 for each of the charities, and invited seriously ill children and their families on a behind-the-scenes tour of the racetrack.
Read more: Gasly on the importance of Make-A-Wish International’s work as F1’s charity, raising over £500,000 in the first half of 2024
Silverstone continues its commitment to powering the event with a range of renewable energy sources and aims to achieve a 50% waste recycling rate across the event. There was also a special fan zone focused on sustainability called the Zero Zone to educate and engage fans on the topic.
Hungary
Students and local organisation the Institute for the Blind were given a tour of the paddock and team garages, as well as the chance to meet F1 heroes and take part in special fan zone activities featuring Braille-based art.
Numerous activities in the Fan Zone promote and educate fans about sustainability, including ‘voting’ station recycling and information on the circuit’s sustainable development goals, as well as the F1 low-carbon energy generation system. Used in Austria in 2023 and 2024 – Powering the pit and paddock areas while reducing carbon emissions by more than 90% – debuting at the Hungaroring.
