According to Murray Walker
Mar. 31st, 2009 03:15 pmA season of F1 and testing consumes less fuel than one 747 flying across the Atlantic. I can't verify that but a search online suggests he's been making this comparison for at least two years. But I have found a comment to an article describing the F1 as the world's dirtiest sport that sorta agrees:
- 50 tons of carbon emissions works out to burning the equivalent of about 20,000 litres of gasoline. That is a lot for 1 car, but probably about the same as any 10 single-passenger vehicle commuters (even in reasonably efficient cars) might burn in a year. And keep in mind that a 747-400ER has a fuel capacity of over 200,000 litres. One 747 flight from Vancouver to Australia will burn about as much fuel as TEN F1 cars running all season!