F1 Truckies

We have all heard of engineers, mechanics, press officers and even lollypop men in a F1 team (thanks to Button's pitstop at Imola!, but have you heard about F1 Truckies ?

Well, if you think thats oh-so-unattractive, think again. For the chief truckie of a F1 team earns about 30,000 pounds as salary, and the other truckies in late 20,000 pounds.

Why do they get paid so much ? Martin Popple, the chief truckie of the former BAR team answers :

I joined BAR from Arrows and I've been with them since the team started so I've helped to build everything up. I designed the layout of the trucks and supervised the build, and I also helped with organising all the pit and garage equipment and flyaway kit - including our new paletiser system; we are the first team to do that. Now it's all up and running my job is to keep everything operating smoothly; to make sure the equipment is always in good order, ensure everything is on the trucks before we leave for the race and make sure we get to and from the circuit on time. There are 6 truckies who travel to races with BAR and in addition to making sure the trucks are operational and functional all the time, we all have specific jobs during the race weekend. Two guys look after the tyres, two guys look after fuel, one does the air hoses and I'm floating between all of them keeping an eye on things.

Hmmm.. that was an interesting glimpse into the working of an F1 team.

By the way, if this job description sounds interesting to you, go get an HGV1 license and apply to some teams !!