This section shows an example of how much CO2 a Formula Ford team, based in Nottingham, will produce over a season.
Over a typical race weekend (Oulton Park 23/24 April 2011) a Formula Ford race car will have one qualifying session followed by three races. This totals 40 laps over the weekend. With each lap being 2.692 miles this gives a total running distance over the weekend of 107.68 miles (tsl-timing.com). With all race weekends running races for the same duration in time over the season then the weekends race car mileage can be seen as a constant. With average CO2 emissions emissions of 184g/km from the Formula Ford 1600cc Duratec Engine (car-emissions.com) then a typical Formula Ford over a typical race weekend will emit 31885g of CO2 or 31.885kg of CO2.
|
Circuit and date |
Distance to track |
CO2 for HGV (grams) |
CO2 for team minibus (grams) |
CO2 for travelling parents (2vehicles) (grams) |
CO2 for race vehicles (grams) |
CO2 for hotel stay (2 nights, 5 rooms) |
|
9/10 April Silverstone |
73miles |
107729 |
27255 |
38183
|
31885 |
295300 |
|
23 & 25 April Oulton Park |
85miles |
124712 |
31522 |
41848
|
31885 |
295300 |
|
14/15 May Snetterton |
130miles |
191845 |
48536 |
64435 |
31885 |
295300 |
|
18/19 June Brands Hatch |
158miles |
233165 |
58990 |
78314 |
31885 |
295300 |
|
12-14 August Zandvoort |
348miles including 125miles ferry |
328286 + 3696000 for ferry |
90216 |
119769 |
31885 |
295300 |
|
3/4 September Brands Hatch |
158miles |
233165 |
58990 |
78314 |
31885 |
295300 |
|
24/25 September Donington |
17miles |
24759 |
6804 |
9032 |
31885 |
295300 |
|
8/9 October Silverstone |
73miles |
107729 |
27255 |
38183 |
31885 |
295300 |
|
TOTAL SEASONS CO₂ 8,482,516g = 8,482.516kg |
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Research from dieselnet.com, carbonindependant.org, caremissions.com, scotland.gov.uk, oxford-witney-hotel.four-pillars.co.uk.
