Formula 1 has set out the steps it is taking to reach its sustainability goals by 2030
In its latest Impact Report, Formula 1 (F1) has confirmed it has reduced its carbon footprint by 35%, and says it is on track to achieve its net zero target by 2030.
The 35% figure is measured against a baseline first set in 2018. Since then, F1 has made wholesale emissions reductions across its freight, logistics, broadcast and race operation functions.
These reductions equate to almost 80,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) removed from operations across the last eight years – which F1 says is the same amount of emissions as a single person flying over 500 million kilometres.
Formula 1: Cutting back on air freight logistics
F1 says air travel has been one of its biggest considerations to achieve its net zero targets by 2030.
The sport plans to keep moving freight away from air transport and towards sea routes and regional hubs, a shift it says will reshape how F1 travels around the world.
By 2030, it expects more than half of its broadcast and related freight to come off air transport altogether, with further investment in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) covering what remains.
Travel emissions have already fallen by more than 21,000 tCO2e, a 27% drop against 2018. F1 expects that to improve further as teams scale their SAF spending – the sport estimates SAF cuts emissions by around 80% per flight compared with conventional aviation fuel.
For the first time, it adds, freight operations now run lower-carbon solutions across all three modes – land, air and sea – with plans to scale each to further reduce emissions.
Stefano Domenicali, F1 President and CEO, said the sport prefers to “act and show our achievements through facts, not just words”, adding that calendar rationalisation, sustainable fuels and alternative energy had allowed F1 to cut its footprint “while the sport continues to grow and reach new audiences around the world”.
Renewable energy and sustainable fuel driving reductions
Factories, facilities and offices remain a significant source of emissions given how much energy they use, so F1 worked with the grid’s 11 teams to move these sites onto renewable energy.
This has cut emissions by more than 37,000 tCO2e – a 64% reduction against 2018 and 14% against 2024. Logistics emissions, meanwhile, have come down by almost 20,000 tCO2e, a 21% fall compared with 2024.
Sustainable fuel has done much of the heavy lifting. Across F1, the teams and the FIA, the sport has doubled its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) investment year-on-year since its first outlay in 2024, delivering a roughly 40% cut in air charter emissions, or more than 20,000 tCO2e.
With sea freight now used more often, F1 also made its first investment in sustainable maritime fuel in 2025, establishing a longer-term option for cargo that is shipped rather than flown.
At the track, F1 rolled out alternative energy across every European round in 2025, drawing on lower-carbon sources including HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil), solar and battery systems.
This drove a 17% reduction in event operation emissions on a per-race basis – more than 1,000 tCO2e – achieved even as the calendar grew from 21 races in 2018 to 24 last season.
Ellen Jones, Head of ESG at F1, said sustainability “underpins every decision we make”.
She pointed to the Future Race Operations Programme and the full effect of calendar rationalisation – in force from the 2026 season – as initiatives that would “deliver further significant reductions in the years ahead”.
