F1: The Silver Arrow’s triple race challenge

Understandably, the hectic schedule means time is tight, so while for a standard European race, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport team would normally have a crew of 30 people to set up and dismantle the motorhome, for the triple-header they have doubled that number to 60.

The extra hands are to help lighten the load, so whereas it normally takes three days to set up the motorhome, they now plan to have it built and operational within a single day.

Then, once it is time to head to Silverstone, the trucks will drive through France and on to the tunnel rather than the ferry, as it is quicker. The journey from Spielberg to Silverstone is expected to take each truck 20 hours with the driving split between two drivers so there is no need to stop.

Incredibly, between the 10 teams there is around 1,000 tonnes of equipment, which must be built, dismantled and transported over the three weeks, all within 48 hours to make the deadlines. To put that into context, in a similar flyaway race outside of Europe, that would fill five Boing 747 aircraft and 40 sea freight containers.

Add into the fact that staff will also be making the same journey on a various number of flights and it is a real challenge for the team's logistics department.