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BWT and Alpine F1 Team have signed a strategic, long-term partnership, which will see the Austrian water treatment supplier become the title partner of Alpine F1 Team from 2022. The French team will become known as BWT Alpine F1 Team with immediate effect. The renowned pink colour of BWT will be incorporated into Alpine’s famous blue livery.

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BWT and Alpine will work together to spread the message of sustainability around the world utilising the combined global platforms of Formula 1 and the automotive industry.

BWT and Alpine F1 Team are delighted to announce a strategic, long-term partnership. BWT becomes the title partner of the Alpine F1 Team from the 2022 season onwards, with the team becoming BWT Alpine F1 Team.

Alpine has committed to using BWT’s iconic pink branding to spread the message of sustainability and social responsibility further around the world, utilising the combined global platforms of Formula 1 and the automotive industry. The pink colour symbolises BWT’s mission to ’Change the World – sip by sip‘ and to make it a little bit better every day by implementing the Bottle-Free Zone concept.

The new nine-year deal was announced with the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency platform, with the race to be officially called the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix.

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Also revealed today is The Crypto.com Terrace which sits within the campus and details on the Crypto.com Fan Zone, which will take place on the field in the centre of the Hard Rock Stadium.

South Florida Motorsports (SFM) is delighted to announce Crypto.com as the official title partner of the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix. This prestigious new deal will see Crypto.com become an integral part of the newest Formula 1 event on the calendar, with its brand incorporated into the official event title and logo, in addition to exposure across the Miami International Autodrome.

The long-term deal between the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix and Crypto.com is the first commercial partnership to be announced in the build-up to the inaugural event that will take place on the new 5.41km circuit in Miami Gardens. The Miami International Autodrome will be the 11th different venue in the United States to host a World Championship Formula 1 race and will form round five of this year’s campaign on the weekend of May 6-8, 2022.

The Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team today proudly unveiled its 2022 FIA Formula One® World Championship contender, AMR22, a century on from the ultra-luxury marque’s first entry into Grand Prix racing.

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The stunning AMR22 symbolically revealed on Aston Martin’s sports car assembly line at Gaydon, is the latest addition to its proud racing bloodline, with the British manufacturer celebrating the centenary of its maiden Grand Prix at the 1922 French Grand Prix.

The brand’s return to the pinnacle of motorsport with the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team is a key element of the new era at Aston Martin, as it unleashes its potential as an iconic ultra-luxury performance brand with 109 years of history and a breath-taking line-up of new products.

Shining a spotlight on Aston Martin’s engineering mastery, the AMR22 launch event featured three of the newest members of Aston Martin’s high-performance product portfolio. The world’s most powerful luxury SUV, DBX707, and two models which directly feature technology and expertise from Formula One®, the ultimate no rules hypercar, Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro and the mid-engine plug-in hybrid supercar, Valhalla.

Ferrari is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with Palantir Technologies, a world leader in the development of analytics platforms working with complex and sensitive data. Palantir now becomes a Scuderia Ferrari Team Partner.

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As a result of this new agreement, Scuderia Ferrari will be able to count on the latest generation of the Palantir Foundry platform, which can analyse data from various sources even faster than before.

Mattia Binotto, Team Principal & Managing Director

We are pleased to be extending and expanding our partnership with Palantir, with whom we share common values of relentlessly pursuing technological innovation and the desire to continually improve. Data analysis plays a vital role in Formula 1 and being able to count on an excellent partner such as Palantir can make all the difference. Tasks that just a few years ago would take several minutes of calculation can now be carried out in a few seconds, thanks to solutions that have been in use through this partnership.

Josh Harris, Executive Vice-President Palantir Technologies

Scuderia Ferrari and Palantir are united in their pursuit of excellence. As a team and as a company, Ferrari’s achievements have made it a legend. We are keen to continue working with the most successful team in the history of Formula 1.

Oracle and Red Bull Racing have enhanced their partnership and are introducing a new Team name, Oracle Red Bull Racing, as well as the Team’s new car for the upcoming season, the RB18. Building on the success of last year’s F1 Drivers’ Championship, the Team’s 2022 season will feature expanded use of Oracle Cloud across its most significant areas of operation including analytics-based race strategy, optimized engine development, AI and machine learning-powered driver training and a tailored fan experience.

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Oracle Red Bull Racing Team Principal and CEO Christian Horner, said:

Oracle Cloud enabled us to make race-day decisions that helped Max Verstappen win the 2021 Drivers’ Championship. Discovering and reacting to opportunities quickly is crucial to our success on and off the track, and Oracle is integral in that effort. Every element of our performance is driven by data analysis. Having Oracle as our title partner shows the confidence we have in their expertise and their ability to deliver a true competitive advantage.

Taking advantage of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) during last season’s championship run, the Team increased the number of simulations they ran by 1,000x to improve the accuracy of their predictions and sharpen their decision-making. In addition, they accelerated simulation speed by 10x, which gave race strategists more time to make the right call. Equally important, OCI significantly reduced the cost of billions of simulations, allowing the Team to cost-effectively improve performance on the track, which is critical for success under F1’s stringent spending regulations.

This season, OCI will enable the Oracle Red Bull Racing Team to expand the volume and variety of data they analyze and increase the speed at which simulations run in order to better predict tactics that will lead to the podium.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Ferrari N.V. announced today a strategic technology collaboration aimed at helping accelerate the digital transformation of Ferrari. Qualcomm Technologies will serve as Ferrari’s systems solutions provider for its upcoming Ferrari road cars, as well as a Premium Partner for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 Team and Ferrari eSports team.

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Ferrari will work with Qualcomm Technologies to utilize the Snapdragon® Digital Chassis to bring the latest automotive technology advancements to Ferrari road cars. The Snapdragon Digital Chassis is comprised of open and scalable cloud-connected platforms needed for next-generation vehicles, which includes telematics and connectivity, the digital cockpit, as well as ADAS functions and utilizes a unified architecture to deliver enhanced safety and immersive digital experiences that are updateable throughout the lifetime of the vehicles. As a part of the agreement, Qualcomm Technologies and its partners will also work with Ferrari to design, develop and integrate Ferrari’s digital cockpits.

Qualcomm Technologies will begin serving as a Premium Partner of the Scuderia Ferrari Formula 1 team at the start of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship race season where Snapdragon will be featured on the new Scuderia Ferrari’s F1-75 single-seaters. Additionally, the Maranello marque’s eSports activities will also be part of the official partnership.

Benedetto Vigna, Ferrari CEO:

We believe innovation requires market leaders to work together. Thanks to this agreement with Qualcomm Technologies, we expand our knowledge in digital technologies and web 3.0, areas with great potential for automotive and motorsport. We believe valuable partnerships, and a distinctive Ferrari interpretation ultimately enhances product excellence.

Oracle Red Bull Racing has revealed the car with which they will be contesting the 2022 Formula One World Championship – the RB18 – in a collaborative broadcast with many of the team’s online followers. Here is all you need to know:

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Christian Horner, Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez joined forces with the Oracle Red Bull Racing engineering team to reveal the 2022 car to the world in a fan-first experience. Hosted from their Technology Campus in Milton Keynes and streamed by thousands of fans, this was a launch like no other.

Max Verstappen revealed:

I’m feeling recharged and ready to get driving again, I feel good and it’s important that you prepare yourself in the best way possible physically, particularly when things are changing with the shakeup in regulations. In terms of the car, we don’t know what to fully expect so I’m excited to see how the car behaves on the track for the first time. The biggest adaptation this season will be the new regulations, we’ll need some time to get used to the car, it’s not like you just jump in and it’s an upgrade from last year. The rest is pretty straightforward, I don’t feel any extra pressure this season, I will just do what I do all the time because I don’t think there is any reason to be different. Now I just can’t wait for that first moment when I drive out of the pitlane in the RB18.

Sergio Pérez said:

I am so excited to start the new season and I cannot wait to be on track with the new RB18. All of us on the grid are starting from zero this season, so it’s set to be an exciting year. Last year, we gave it our all until the very last lap and we are ready to do the same in 2022. The new regulations are said to improve the competition on the track, so I hope that for us as drivers we can compete more, race more and follow each other more closely. There will be a lot of things we need to learn and adapt to but these new regulations are set to make everything very interesting. One thing I can’t wait for this season is to see more fans back at the track, Formula One is growing so much all over the world so I can’t wait to feel that atmosphere again. I hope that we can give the fans great entertainment and great racing.

Scuderia AlphaTauri is excited to announce a multi-year deal with Ravenol as an Official Lubricant Partner.

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German-based Ravensberger Schmierstoffvertrieb GmbH is well-known for developing high-performance products for the automotive sector and is an established name in the motorsport industry. Through their large portfolio including lubricants, hydraulic oils, greases and other industrial supplies they will be able to support the team in various areas from the factory to flag. The Ravenol logo will be displayed on the nose of the new AT03, as well as on the driver’s overalls and team kit.

Franz Tost commented:

It is a pleasure to welcome Ravenol to our team. It is often overlooked that we, as a Formula 1 team, are not only racing our cars on the track but also producing the individual components of these high-tech machines. We operate our own machine shop here in Italy and use a variety of industrial products, this means we rely on the know-how of a strong partner and Ravenol is able to supply us with a wide range of products to help us extract the maximum performance.

Martin Huning, Motorsport Director of Ravensberger Schmierstoffvertrieb GmbH, said:

We are looking forward to working together with Scuderia AlphaTauri and supplying them with products for the upcoming season. For us, motorsport is the perfect platform to develop our products and show their benefits in the most demanding conditions. Furthermore, it underlines our global presence, with operations in over 100 markets.”

With 2022 finally seeing a new set of regulations dramatically changing the way Formula 1 cars look, and race, coming into play – Uralkali Haas F1 Team today unveiled the design and livery of its brand-new VF-22 challenger. Revealed across the team’s social media channels, the series of digital renders released on Friday showcase the car that Uralkali Haas F1 Team drivers Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher will compete with across the record-breaking 23-race 2022 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.

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The VF-22 is the first entry to emerge from the American-owned team’s all-new design office in Maranello, Italy – led by Technical Director Simone Resta. Bringing together a new personnel group and weaving it into the existing fabric of the team, now entering its seventh season in Formula 1, was just one of many challenges tackled through 2021 culminating in the design of the VF-22 – a car that has its genesis in a completely new set of regulations.

With the 2022 regulations designed to promote closer racing, and therefore more overtaking and excitement, the aerodynamics of the VF-22 are strikingly different to anything is seen previously. New items have been incorporated to achieve the goal of the regulations such as a ground-effect floor, simplified front-wing, and a dramatically shaped rear-wing. Another striking new addition is the introduction of Pirelli’s 18-inch wheel rims and low-profile tires – designed to reduce overheating and allow drivers to push more on each stint. The VF-22 will be powered by the Ferrari 066/7 turbocharged 1.6-litre V6 power-unit running on fuel containing a 10% biocomponent ratio achieved through a move to ‘E10’ fuel.

While the design of the VF-22 is dramatically different, the livery of the new entry is an evolution of last year’s predominantly white design which coincided with the arrival of title partner Uralkali – one of the world’s largest potash fertilizer producers and exporters. Haas Automation maintains its branding presence on the VF-22, the global CNC machine tool company founded by team owner Gene Haas. A burgeoning partner portfolio is further incorporated into the livery with on-car branding supported by 1&1, IONOS, Tricorp, Under Armour and CYRUS Genève, while Taittinger and Maui Jim continue to feature on a variety of key team assets.

McLaren Racing today announced a multi-year extension to its long-standing partnership with paint and coatings partner AkzoNobel. In addition, the partnership will now expand to see AkzoNobel become a Sustainability Partner of McLaren Racing.

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AkzoNobel will continue to create and develop paint technology for the McLaren Formula 1 team, using products and technologies to support McLaren’s performance while driving innovation in other industries.

As a Sustainability Partner, AkzoNobel will now expand its collaboration with McLaren to explore new possibilities in the areas of sustainability, technical innovation and product development.

Matt Dennington, Director of Partnerships, McLaren Racing, said:

It’s fantastic to extend and expand our partnership with AkzoNobel. We’re looking forward to taking this innovative and long-running relationship into a new chapter, taking a more integrated approach to development that will see AkzoNobel support us on our mission to become a more sustainable team.

Aramco and Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team today announced a long-term strategic partnership. The partnership will drive the development of highly efficient internal combustion engines, high-performance sustainable fuels, advanced lubricants and the deployment of non-metallic materials in vehicles.

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In addition to joint research and development, the collaboration includes team sponsorship rights, a licensing agreement, as well as exclusive branding and endorsement rights for Aramco fuels and lubricants.

As a result, the team will be known as Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team. The alliance complements Aramco’s status as a global strategic sponsor of Formula One – the world’s premier motor racing event with over 1.9 billion fans worldwide.

The joint R&D efforts will underpin efforts made by the team to meet Formula One’s target to be powered entirely by sustainable fuels by 2025.

F1 World Champion takes F1 car for a spin on a track built out of ice in the Austrian Alps. FIA Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen enjoyed his first track action of 2022 in an alpine day out with Austrian ice speedway star Franky Zorn.

In a spectacular prelude to Verstappen’s 2022 season, he took to the track with former European Ice Racing Champion Zorn, 51, in the driving exhibition hosted by the GP Ice Race circuit at Zell am See Airport.  Under Austria’s winter sunshine, the Dutch hero savoured being back in a race car for his first laps since winning the F1 Drivers’ Championship at Abu Dhabi in December, while Zorn popped wheelies and slung his motorcycle to extreme angles around the curves.

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Although he’d never driven an F1 car on ice before, the Red Bull Racing driver sped through a circuit built out of ice on specially designed Pirelli spiked tyres, with his helmet and race car carrying the number ‘1’ for the very first time. He went on to say: “This was my first time on the ice with a Formula One car and I’ve been really looking forward to it. It was very interesting and it’s quite slippery, so you have to be careful. Everything is very cold, including the brakes, and racing cars are obviously not designed to drive on the ice, which makes it even more difficult, but it was a lot of fun.”

At just 24 years of age, Verstappen took the F1 world by storm in 2021 as he claimed 10 wins and a further eight podiums from 22 races. In doing so, he became Red Bull Racing’s first champion driver since Sebastien Vettel captured his fourth successive title in 2013. Verstappen had driven car #33 since 2015, so seeing #1 on his livery for the first time was a special moment.

It’s become more common for couples to live together without getting married, but many still don’t take the precautions necessary to protect their assets.

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Many cohabiting couples don’t realise that if they fail to plan financially, their assets could be divided equally between them should they break up.

A lawyer who specialises in family law can help protect unmarried couples. These documents outline the couple’s assets and financial responsibilities while together and upon dissolution of the relationship.

What Is A Civil Partnership?

Civil partnerships in the UK give same-sex couples, who could previously only enter into a marriage, almost exactly the same rights and responsibilities as married couples. According to Pearce Legal who is based in Solihull UK, “Roughly 46,000 civil partnerships (13% of all existing ones) have been converted to marriages since December 2005 when they became legal for heterosexual and homosexual couples.” 

Tricorp Workwear is joining forces with Uralkali Haas F1 Team, by announcing a major partnership for the coming seasons. The company becomes an Official Partner and will equip the drivers off-track, as well as the technical and operational teams, with modern and sustainable workwear.

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For this new partnership, Tricorp Workwear will use their sustainable collections for the team kit: team wear, fanwear and hospitality. The Dutch brand will rely on its own distribution network, as well as the distribution network of the Uralkali Haas F1 Team to distribute these collections to fans all over the world.

Fans will be able to show their support for Uralkali Haas F1 Team – whether at races or cheering from home – with the collaboration spanning across fanwear on-site at events and online. Uralkali Haas F1 Esports will also be showcasing new apparel across competitions.

No stranger to motorsport, Tricorp Workwear has clothed teams across various series as well as in soccer and ice hockey. Now, the Uralkali Haas F1 Team has brought the Dutch market leader into Formula 1 for the first time, with a focus on highlighting sustainability, quality and comfort.

Hilton and McLaren Racing announced yesterday a multi-year extension to their long-standing partnership, which has been in place since 2005.

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The relationship enables Hilton to provide unique experiences for its Honors members and offers the McLaren F1 team home away from home in its hotels at race locations around the world.

By once again committing to a multi-year extension, McLaren Racing and Hilton are also able to continue developing and innovating their joint activation programme of unique content. Most recently this included the popular “Ride to School with Lando” feature, which became one of McLaren’s top five most viewed Instagram grid videos with two million views. The film featured a boy being chauffeured into school by McLaren F1 driver, Lando Norris after his dad won the trip via his Hilton Honors membership.

Hilton branding will continue to be carried across the McLaren F1 race cars from 2022 onwards.