Formula 1 benefits from a contribution from volunteer officials that is worth around $15.5million per year, a new report has revealed.The FIA has just published a landmark research document that, for the first time, delves into the scale and importance of its volunteers that help in the running of F1 weekends.Analysing the involvement of unpaid officials – from flag marshals and observers to extrication teams and medical personnel – the work conducted by the FIA University has shone a light on the scale of structure in place.It has found that it takes an average of 838 volunteers to help organise and run each round of the F1 world championship, which means more 20,000 individuals need to be called upon over the course of a season.The costs for FIA member clubs associated with recruiting, training and delivering this army of assistance is $12.9m.But more interestingly, the research has shown t …
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Author: Jon Noble
