I can't believe these things can actually move. http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090507163733.shtml Obviously they are modular but still not your average Winnebago.
I wonder which companies produce such transportable palaces. The market can't be too big, but I'd bet that is huge fun to engineer something like that.
Nothing exceeds like excess These and other sponsor related items are specifically excluded from the proposed spending caps. We must keep our priorities straight after all.
Very nice but maybe Ferrari should have spent more time/money developing this year's car instead of upgrading the motor home.
I remember watching a video on how they assemble and dissemble the motorhomes every week especially when they have back to back race weekends. WOW!!! It is one of the most efficient things you will ever see, now only if I could find the video.
+1 [You could break out all your MIL-spec connector catalogs Florian! ] When I was involved, many years back, there were three, somewhat overlapping types of supplier: - Custom coaches / motor homes - The 'hospitality" units - Custom transporters [Surtees' was built by the Belgian "Van Hool" company IIRC] - The "awning" guys I guess some of these guys morphed into the builders of these palaces and do very well at it - High end suppliers with a "niche" tend to be pretty immune to the economy. Another area I always thought would be fun is exhibition booth design - And those guys don't need to worry about the weather...... [Does bring to mind an F3000 outfit I worked for though - We had to replace one of the rear wheels with a really narrow one to get 'em to fit thru' the door - Oops!] Cheers, Ian
Those are not motorhomes or any 'moving" conveyance. These are hospitality chalets that are custom "breakdown" structures put up before every race. Most are leased by the teams and often times you can find the "Audi LeMans Chalet" or the "Torro Rosso Chalet" being some other chalet at next weeks non-racing event. Not sure if Ferrari owns or leases these-but they are not motorhomes in any sense of the word.
Really? That does surprise me. [I'm not saying you're wrong btw! - I'm just surprised] I would think there's barely enough time to pack 'em up, move 'em to the next circuit and setup again once the season gets rolling. I don't believe they take 'em to Monaco (?) but after that I would think they'd need constant maintenance and fettling between rounds. IIRC, wasn't it Mclaren that proudly announced the obscene amount of $ they paid for their edifice a year or two back? - Pretty sure they own that, but I certainly don't claim to know about any others. But again, I'd be surprised if this palace wasn't Ferrari owned....... Cheers, Ian
Correct me if I'm wrong but the basis of these chalets are (two, maybe more?) artics that raise and fold out. I've seen earlier versions at Fiorano (see pic) and Monaco. It's quite impressive to see them pack up again as soon as the race is over. A logistic nightmare with all those boxes. Image Unavailable, Please Login
2 different beasts. As I said-not sure which F1 team owns which chalet versus leasing them. But the big "buildings" are not the motorhomes. Both exist but are different to each other. The chalets are more for PR and marketing whereas the motorhomes are more for the team.
Some team have used buses as a portion of the chalet but the architecture of the motorhome doesn't lend itself to chalet's very well.
In the one picture of the Mercedes chalet a motorcoach is "integral" to the chalet, but the chalet is not part of the motorhome--it is a separate structure attached to it. But more importantly you can see the Ferrai chalet--And You can make out the motorhome being in front of, but not part of their chalet. In the second picture is a typical Ferrari F1 motorhome set up--but even here the awning and glass partitions are seperate bits not integral to the motorhome. The are packed and shipped separately. Hope this helps. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
