The kick-off of the 2007 Formula One World Championship is drawing ever closer and closer with each passing day and as they prepare for their second season in the sport, the BMW SauberF1 team, who have been making heads turn at recent testing, has assembled a collection of their most exciting facts and figures.

- The 2007 Formula One calendar has 17 Grands Prix lined up. The last time the same number of races were staged was in 2002. The record is held by the 2005 season with 19 GPs.

- For the first time since 1975, there is no country hosting two GPs.

- On a Grand Prix weekend the entire crew, including the logistics, marketing, press and catering staff, is around 80-strong.

- When the takeover was announced in summer 2005, the workforce in Hinwil numbered 275. By the end of 2006 this had risen to 400 and is scheduled to reach 430 at the end of 2007. Staff numbers in Munich remain unchanged at just under 300. 

- For flyaway Grands Prix, the team transports around 32 tonnes of air freight. This includes four chassis (three plus one spare), six engines, three to five sets of spare parts, wheel rims, tools, computers, radio sets, headphones and pit garage equipment. Everything is packed onto three ten-foot pallets and four vast packing containers known as "igloos".

- The transport fleet for the European Grands Prix comprises five trucks from Hinwil and one engine truck from Munich.

- Seven trucks transport the team's hospitality facilities, four of them constituting an integral part of the smart construction.

- Average food consumption per GP weekend in 2006 amounted to 120 kilos of meat, 70 kilos of fish, 60 kilos of pasta and 1,600 bread rolls - among other items.

- On a GP weekend, a team consumes up to 1,200 litres of fuel, 60 to 80 litres of engine oil and up to 30 litres of transmission oil.

- On average, a Formula One driver sheds two kilograms in weight per Grand Prix.

- The cockpit temperature averages 50°C.