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Typically when an automaker gets involved with a Formula One team, it picks one of its divisions to promote through the partnership. You won’t see Smart b*****ng on a Mercedes AMG F1 car, for example, or Proton on a Lotus. Scuderia Ferrari does put the Fiat logo on its F1 cars, but when it comes to Red Bull Racing - the team that has dominated grand prix racing the past couple of years - the entire Renault-Nissan Alliance has been getting on board.
The cars Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber drive are, of course, powered by Renault engines. And recently the Infiniti brand started sponsoring both the team and its star driver, slapping its cleft oval badge on the race cars and putting the champ’s name on a hot-rod crossover. Now Nissan is getting in on the action by providing the team with a whole fleet of vans to get itself around from race to race.
The deal was announced during the Canadian Grand Prix, but was apparently photographed at the Catalunya circuit in Spain. All told, Nissan has furnished Red Bull with over 30 vehicles, including the NV200 and NV400 vans pictured at the margins above. Considering that the Mercedes team probably has all the Sprinter vans it could ever need and Ferrari all the Fiat Ducatos, it seems only fair. Scroll down for the press release.Continue reading Nissan gets on board the Red Bull F1 bandwagon
Nissan gets on board the Red Bull F1 bandwagon originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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