The Gentleman Magazine Issue 15 | June 2019 | Page 30

THE NEW RED BULL F1 ENERGY STATION
The European Formula One season heralds the return of the
F1 paddock in its full glory, with transporters, treehouses and
motorhomes. After 14 seasons of sterling work, our home from
home has been replaced and the new Red Bull F1 Energy
Station looks rather different. We’re nicknaming it the F1
Holzhaus (or Wood House).
The original Red Bull Holzhaus is a MotoGP motorhome that
debuted last year with a one-off F1 appearance at the Austrian
Grand Prix. It proved a big success and so it wasn’t long before
the decision was taken to build a new home suitable for the
Teams’ needs.
This year, Scuderia Toro Rosso and Aston Martin Red Bull
Racing get a Holzhaus to call their own. Unveiled at this week’s
Spanish Grand Prix, it will be bigger than the original – but still
made of sustainably sourced Austrian timber.
The new Energy Station will be something of a behemoth
and, at 1221m2, it offers 27 percent more floor space than its
predecessor. It can be erected in less than two days and taken
down in one by a crew of 25, and uses a natural convection
design intended to do away with the need for air conditioning.
“We are happy to be back in Europe for the first race of the
European season”, commented our Team Principal, Franz Tost,
“and to make it an even more exciting occasion, Scuderia Toro
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Rosso, together with Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, is thrilled
to unveil our brand-new Energy Station to the Formula 1
world. An eye-catching sight in the F1 paddock, our new home
has far more space than the previous Energy Station covering
more than 1200 square metres.
By having such a spacious layout, this provides both teams
with a warm, state of the art working
environment, which will result in an extra incentive to go to
the track in the morning. It’s very important to keep the morale
of our team members high, especially considering how much
time they spend at the circuit, so to have such an amazing
structure ensures we will find them all happy. It’s also crucial
to us that our guests feel comfortable and welcome, which is
why our new Energy Station is constructed of mostly larch
wood from Styria, Austria, which gives it a cosy cabin feel. In
addition, the open floor plan of the Energy Station presents a
pleasant atmosphere.
We can’t wait to set up our offices in what is going to be our
new home in Europe and start what we hope will be an exciting
race weekend in Barcelona.”
While simplicity lies at the heart of our new Energy Station’s
function, it’s certainly a very complex structure. So, just to keep
things interesting, after the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya,
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