F1MATHS - Key numbers behind Formula One's Net Zero targets
Formula One has confirmed that it remains firmly on course to meet its Net Zero 2030 commitment, reporting a 35% reduction in its carbon footprint compared to the 2018 baseline.
This progress reflects deep structural changes across the sport’s operations, from freight and logistics to travel, energy use and event organisation, and comes despite the continued global expansion of the championship.
Since 2018, Formula One has eliminated almost 80,000 tCO₂e from its activities — a reduction comparable to one person flying more than 500 million kilometres or completing over 100,000 one‑way transatlantic flights. The sport also achieved a 12% emissions reduction compared to 2024, underscoring the accelerating pace of its sustainability transition.
A central pillar of this progress is the transformation of freight and logistics. Formula One has begun shifting significant volumes of equipment away from air transport and towards sea freight and strategically located regional hubs, a long‑term restructuring that will remove more than half of broadcast and related freight from air transport by 2030.
Logistics - In 2025, for the first time, lower‑carbon solutions were deployed across all three freight modes — land, air and sea — including the sport’s first investment in sustainable maritime fuel, which establishes a scalable pathway for cleaner sea transport. Logistics emissions have already fallen by nearly 20,000 tCO₂e, a 29% reduction since 2018 and 21% lower than in 2024.
Factories - Energy use at factories and facilities has also undergone a profound shift. Teams and Formula One have increasingly transitioned to renewable energy sources to power their sites, delivering a reduction of more than 37,000 tCO₂e, equivalent to a 64% cut compared to 2018 and 14% lower than in 2024.
27 per cent - Travel emissions have dropped by over 21,000 tCO₂e, a 27% reduction since 2018, driven by the expansion of remote broadcast operations and a doubling of investment in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) across the sport. This alone has delivered more than 20,000 tCO₂e in savings and reduced air‑charter emissions by approximately 40%.
17 per cent- Event operations have also become more efficient, achieving a reduction of more than 1,000 tCO₂e, or 6% compared to 2018, and a 17% decrease per race. This has been accomplished despite the calendar growing from 21 races in 2018 to 24 in 2025.
Alternative energy solutions - All European races in 2025 were powered by alternative energy solutions — including HVO, solar and battery systems — covering paddocks, pit lanes and technical centres. Promoters have increasingly adopted renewable energy sources at their venues, contributing significantly to the downward trend in emissions.
Formula One leadership emphasises that these results reflect a sport‑wide commitment to measurable, long‑term change. President and CEO Stefano Domenicali highlighted that Formula One “acts and shows achievements through facts, not just words,” noting that the sport has managed to reduce its environmental footprint while continuing to grow and reach new audiences.
Ellen Jones, Head of ESG at Formula One, underlined that sustainability now informs every operational decision, from race production to global logistics. She pointed to the doubling of SAF investment, the introduction of sustainable maritime fuel and the close collaboration with promoters and partners as evidence of Formula One’s determination to lead through innovation.
Looking ahead, the sport expects further significant reductions as the Future Race Operations Programme expands and calendar rationalisation — grouping races more efficiently by region — takes full effect from 2026.
Combined with continued investment in sustainable fuels and alternative energy systems, these measures will play a decisive role in achieving the Net Zero 2030 target. Formula One’s latest results demonstrate that global operations of this scale can be made more sustainable without compromising the performance, ambition or spectacle that define the sport.
