P.A. People Complete Final F1GP Pitstop

The delivery of the 11th package for iconic motorsport event

26 April 2022

The return of the Formula 1 Heineken Australian Grand Prix 2022 to Melbourne’s Albert Park street circuit has been hailed as both the largest weekend sporting event in Australia and the largest AF1GP event ever. The P.A. People were on hand to assist the team from iEDM (the project managers) and the AGPC (the client) to deliver this iconic event.

Since 2011, The P.A. People have been responsible for the delivery of the track Public Address system across the 6km circuit and have since added provision of all race marshal and site two-way radios, and the patron CCTV system. “It is a massive undertaking. We are typically on site for six weeks” notes Campbell Waller, Senior project Manager for The P.A. People. “It is a great job. The Grand Prix project has continued to evolve, and this year was no different. The return of huge crowds meant that that everyone had to be on their toes” said Campbell.

Each year, The P.A. People provide almost 1000 speakers, 30 UPS systems, 450 two-way radios and 12 redundant repeater channels, and some 60 CCTV cameras across the site. Members of the team are now back in the yard changing the all-terrain tyres on the ATV back to its more normal turf tyres, used for towing Bose speaker ‘carts’ around a football field.

The P.A. People: papeople.com.au