RENAULT F1 WILL FIGHT FOR VICTORY ALONG WITH BP AND CASTROL

26 January 2017

Rомпания Renault Sport Formula One Team has concluded a partnership agreement on the 2017 oil and gas giant BP

Today, 26 January 2016, Renault Sport Formula One Team has concluded a partnership agreement for 2017 with oil and gas giant BP, who returned to cooperate with Renault in Formula 1 after a 20 year hiatus. Recall that the previous Alliance between BP (Castrol brand) and brought Renault F1 team Williams Renault victory in the Cup of designers and individual championship (Jacques Villeneuve) in 1997. 

 

Champion car Williams Renault FW19 Jacques Villeneuve twenty years ago, in 1997, brought the team championship titles in the Cup of designers and individual championship

Under the agreement, Castrol will provide lubricants (Castrol Edge brand) and fuel (BP Ultimate brand) for the team Renault F1 for the season of 2017. 

According to Jerome Stoll, head of Renault Sport Formula One Team, the return of the BP and Castrol brands with an impressive history of victories in the world of Motorsport – great news, the opening for the Renault F1 new perspectives. Formula 1 remains the pinnacle of Motorsport and continues to attract global international company and we are proud that we have sponsors and partners of this caliber, said jérôme Stoll. 

Change regulations on aerodynamics in 2017, the value of the power and stability of the power plant will only increase, and the role of lubricants will continue to play a key role, said managing Director of Renault Sport F1 Cyril of Abutbul. 

Chief operating officer of BP Lubricants Mandir Singh stressed that the championship ambitions of Renault F1 could not be more match and goals BP and Castrol, and both brands are encouraged to begin work on new innovative technologies and become part of the success of Renault in Formula 1.