Formula 1 motor racing has announced a partnership with UK-headquartered power generation firm Aggreko that will see low-carbon power solutions featured at all European grands prix from the 2025 season.

In 2018, Formula 1 set a target of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2030. While the sport of motor racing suggests that this may not be a feasible ambition, the focus is not on what is emitted from the race cars themselves, which F1 claims is less than 1% of its total emissions, but all other operations, particularly travel and logistics, within the scope of the sport.

As described in the 2023 Formula 1 Impact Report, the carbon footprint of the sport within this scope was 256,551 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tC02e) in 2018.

Since then changes made to its operations led to 223,031 tCO2e in 2022, a 13% reduction compared with the 2018 baseline.

These changes included a new fleet of DHL biofuel-powered trucks, which F1 said reduced logistics-related carbon emissions by an average...