Last week, at the Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix, we spoke to Dr Lisa Lilley, Shell’s technology manager for Ferrari, about how Shell formulates the fuel and lubricants that it supplies to the Ferrari F1 race team.
How many Shell people work with the Ferrari race team?
Every race weekend three technical Shell staff travel and work with the Ferrari team. There’s myself, one person each for lubricant and oil analysis. Overall, the fuel and lubricants team consists of 50 tech guys and gals spread across Germany and the UK, although quite a few of them are part time. In the course of a race year, some 18,000 hours of research and development are dedicated to… Details
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