AMD and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team Announce Multi-Year Partnership
February 04 2020 - 4:15PM
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team today
announced a new multi-year partnership that combines the two
companies’ passion for extreme performance, starting from the 2020
Formula One™ season.
Key terms of the partnership include:
- The AMD logo will be visible on both sides of the cockpit of
the team’s 2020 Formula One car, on the drivers’ race suits and
team clothing and on trackside infrastructure.
- The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team is piloting the use
of AMD commercial solutions, including AMD EPYC™ server processors
and AMD Ryzen™ PRO laptop processors, to optimize their various
workstreams.
“At AMD, we are at our best when we create disruptive
technologies that push the envelope of what is possible in
high-performance computing,” said John Taylor, chief marketing
officer at AMD. “We are thrilled to join forces with the
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a team operating at the
cutting edge of technology and with whom we are a shared spirit in
delivering incredible innovation and performance from the factory
to the racetrack.”
“Innovation is at the heart of Formula One, we always try and
push the technological boundaries in our hunt for performance,”
said Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO of the Mercedes-AMG
Petronas Formula One Team. “We are delighted to have AMD join our
team as a partner and we look forward to the journey ahead of us as
we explore sophisticated solutions to unlock untapped performance
potential.”
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team will run its 2020 F1
car, including AMD branding, for the first time on Friday, February
14, 2020. Visit their website for more information.
About AMDFor 50 years AMD has driven innovation
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About Mercedes-AMG Formula One TeamThe
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team is the works Formula One
Team of Mercedes-Benz, competing in the FIA Formula One™ World
Championship – the pinnacle of world motorsport and the largest
annual sporting series in the world.
Based at two world-class technology campuses in the UK, the team
designs, develops, manufactures and races the race cars and Hybrid
Power Units driven by six-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton and
race-winning team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Formula One is a uniquely demanding technical and human
challenge, requiring the right alchemy of cutting-edge
technologies, high-performance management and elite teamwork to
deliver results at 22 Grands Prix around the globe in a race season
running from March to December.
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team set new benchmarks
for F1™ success on its way to winning the Constructors’ and
Drivers’ World Championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and
2019. During those six Championship-winning seasons, the team
scored 89 wins, 179 podiums, 94 pole positions, 62 fastest laps and
48 one-two finishes from 121 race starts.
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, EPYC, Ryzen and combinations
thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
FORMULA ONE, F1, and related marks are trademarks of
Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 Company. Other names are for
informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
Contact:Sarah
YoungbauerAMD Communications+1 512
602-3028Sarah.youngbauer@amd.com
Bradley LordMercedes-Benz
Motorsport Communications Director+44 (0) 7785 682
893blord@mercedesamgf1.com
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