Motorsport

Williams Racing is looking to secure a new title sponsor in time for the start of the 2025 Formula 1 season, SportBusiness can reveal. 

DAZN, the global sports streaming service and media company, has made a significant addition to its sports rights portfolio in Portugal, a three-year exclusive deal for Formula 1 motor racing.

Digital consultant and software development firm Globant has agreed an Official-Partner-level deal with Formula 1 that will see it overhaul the motorsport’s mobile fan application and the pit wall system used by teams.

A group of US Congress members has written to Formula 1 owner Liberty Media demanding to know why Andretti-GM’s application to join the motor racing series was blocked and raising concerns over “apparent ant…

Formula 1 has bolstered its commercial team with the hiring of Joel Seymour-Hyde, who joins as head of partnership management, having departed his role as managing director, UK at Octagon in December last year. 

McLaren Racing will be sporting a new brand on its car at the upcoming Miami Grand Prix after signing up e-commerce platform eBay as its latest sponsor

Viaplay Group has cemented its future in the Netherlands until at least 2029, after today (Tuesday) signing off a multi-year Formula 1 rights renewal that also covers its home Nordic markets

The sponsorship inventory secured by American Express for the all-female racing series F1 Academy builds upon the financial services company's wider sponsorship of Formula 1 as the official payments partner in the Americas.

Mediaset España has again secured free-to-air rights to Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix in a deal negotiated with media group and subscription broadcaster DAZN.

The Formula 1 Channel becomes the latest addition to F1’s portfolio of programming currently available for fans in the USA, supporting the core live offerings from ESPN and F1 TV.

MasterCard is preparing for a sponsorship showdown at the Miami F1 Grand Prix, with four top teams in the hunt for a huge cash injection from the payment services giant.  

Formula 1 has been presented with a new option for a grand prix in the Southeast Asian market after Thai Prime Minister Strettha Thavisin pitched a proposal for a street race in Bangkok.

Formula 1’s Scuderia Ferrari is set to announce Hewlett-Packard (HP) as its new title sponsor, securing a huge financial boost for the team ahead of an expensive 2025 season.

Nascar has announced beverage company Liquid Death as an official partner of the motorsport series, making the drinks brand its first 'official iced tea sponsor'

Viaplay is closing in on the renewal of its key Formula 1 rights in the Netherlands in a deal that would help to alleviate doubts over its future in the Dutch market following a wider international retreat.

New sponsorship deals have been the main driver of revenue growth for the Mercedes Formula 1 team after it announced record turnover of £546.5m (€640m/$681m) for 2023.

The final eight races of Nascar's Xfinity Series will exclusively air on The CW Network this season, accelerating the network's seven-year deal that was set to begin in 2025

MotoGP will continue to be run as a separate business to Formula 1 and there is unlikely to be any bundling of the media or sponsorship rights to the two properties following Liberty Media’s acquisition of the motorcycling series.