Another big sponsor returning to Formula 1 with McLaren?

According to recent rumors, McLaren is close to closing a multi-year deal with MasterCard around the Miami GP.

Not only Ferrari, but also McLaren wants to find top-level partners in view of the first trip to the United States of the season. After the announcement of the young horse yesterday, which will make Hewlett Packard (HP) the new title sponsor of the Maranello team after several years of absence, the Woking team does not want to be overtaken, and. will be about to close an agreement with another major sponsor, who would return to Formula 1 after more than 20 years.

McLaren is reportedly close to closing a multi-year deal with MasterCard © McLaren via X

Let’s talk about MasterCarduone of the largest payment networks and one of the largest financial services companies in the world together with VISA, which has also decided to embrace the Formula 1 project with Racing Bulls from this year.

The leak comes from SportBusiness, the same source that had reviewed the agreement between Ferrari and HP, which was made official yesterday afternoon. According to the report, Mercedes, Aston Martin and Ferrari themselves would also show interest in collaboration with the international organization of the United States, but The deal with McLaren appears to be nearing completion.

If the contract passes, MasterCard will be the main sponsor of the Woking teamwith the team’s official name changing from “McLaren Formula 1 Team” and “McLaren Mercedes MasterCard”.

For the company this purchase will be a further expansion in the world of sports, after being ready to sign international contracts with ICC (International Cricket Council), il PGA Tour, gli Australian Open, e la MLB (Major League Baseball).

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McLaren would find himself hosting his own Sponsor of 48esimo, after being ready to sign important partnerships with companies of the caliber of OKX, Google, Dell and recent agreement with Monster Energy, snatched from Mercedes.

“We are constantly exploring how new opportunities can complement the value we deliver to our customers, but for now there is nothing new to share“, commented a spokesperson for MasterCard, without being very clear (at least for now) about the issue.

For MasterCard it will be a return to Formula 1after being willing to sponsor Jordan from 1997 to 2001, and after a very short bracket with Lola that lasted only one GP.

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