[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Tourer

Freight delays and costs are a genuine concern at the moment - although it is possible that current delays and costs MAY ease through the year, depending on which logistics view you take.

This article in Autosport before the Oz GP has information from DHL on steps taken to ensure that team gear got to Melbourne and also the eye-watering cost increase.

This article in Autosport quotes Gunther Steiner saying similar things to what Horner is saying now.

I think that it's a very real concern, both from a cost perspective and also a time-risk perspective. Horner merely the latest to either be asked about it and respond or to identify the potential issue.

Horner's warning is about freight delays affecting F1 later in the season because of a complicated calendar, with some of the triple-headers, and double-headers coming up late in the year.

As that Motorsport article says: ''the second half of the campaign is especially compact because of the need to finish the championship before the football World Cup begins in Qatar in November.''