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McLaren is set to announce a sponsorship deal with Petrobras, the state-linked Brazilian oil multinational. According to Grande Premio publication, the deal will be announced on Tuesday but will only actually begin next season -- in 2019.
And "The agreement will not involve the hiring of a national (Brazilian) driver", said the report. Grande Premio said former Williams backer Petrobras will be McLaren's fuel and oil supplier from 2019. Last year, the Woking team switched from Mobil
to BP-Castrol lubricants.
The report said McLaren and Petrobras engineers will "work together throughout 2018 to develop fuels for next season". BP-Castrol also supplies lubricants to Renault, who is McLaren's brand new customer engine supplier for 2018.
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Login to replyajpennypacker
Posts: 2,475
I'm cautiously optimistic that this will be a big sponsorship deal and not the minuscule agreement they had with Castrol
calle.itw
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In terms of money? It could be. Petrobras paid Williams well. On the technical side? Unlikely. Remember, the Renault unit will be designed around fuel composed by Castrol. McLaren will have pretty limited control in that regard.
Kean
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Other sites are reporting it will be from 2018