Arrow McLaren SP and Sparco today announced a multi-year expansion of their partnership in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Sparco will continue to support the Arrow McLaren SP crew and drivers, Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist, with race-critical gear including firesuits and footwear.
The expanded partnership will provide the team with the full range of Sparco products to ensure a safe, comfortable and optimized race performance for drivers and crew members as a key part of the team’s commitment to safety and innovation.
2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the partnership between McLaren Racing and Sparco, with the collaboration continuing to develop racewear products at the forefront of the McLaren Racing Formula 1 and INDYCAR campaigns.
Arrow McLaren SP will begin the 2021 season on April 18 at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama. Tune in at 3:00 p.m. ET on NBC and follow along on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube at Arrow McLaren SP.
Taylor Kiel, President, Arrow McLaren SP, said:
“We are thrilled to continue with Sparco in our partner line-up as we embark on a promising 2021 season. This partnership will continue to allow us to use Sparco’s leading racing products as a key piece of our on-track performance. Arrow McLaren SP and Sparco are both forward-thinking brands that leverage technology and competition to produce results, so the fit is only natural. We look forward to much success along the way; let’s get started!”
Zak Brown, CEO, McLaren Racing said:
“For a quarter of a century, the McLaren Racing and Sparco partnership has developed cutting-edge racewear. The collaboration has enabled our team and Sparco to advance safety through technology, priorities which are no different in INDYCAR to Formula 1. We are delighted to extend the Sparco partnership to the Arrow McLaren SP team and look forward to working together for many years to come.”
Claudio Pastoris, CEO, Sparco said:
“We are very glad to continue with Arrow McLaren SP. It is great to confirm our partnership in INDYCAR, especially in 2021, the 25th anniversary of our partnership with McLaren Racing. We continue to support Arrow McLaren SP not only due to the quality of the team and its drivers but also because their strategic and ambitious goals align with ours.”
About Sparco
Sparco SpA has been designing and manufacturing racing equipment since 1977. There are now more than 300 teams in a broad range of world motorsport competitions (F1, Indy, WRC, Nascar, Dakar Rally and many others) that use its products. Since 2000, the Sparco Group has diversified its activities to enter and firmly establish itself in the carbon-fibre car components segment for the leading sports and luxury supercar manufacturers. In the last three years, it has further expanded its business to the sectors of gaming-sim racing and accident prevention (safety footwear and workwear). The company’s headquarters are in Volpiano (TO), Italy. There are currently over 800 employees working in eight production plants (four in Italy, three in Tunisia and one in the USA) and two foreign sales branches (USA and Spain).
About Arrow McLaren SP
Arrow McLaren SP represents three determined entities – Arrow Electronics, McLaren Racing and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports – who joined forces at the end of 2019 in a strategic partnership with a clear aim: to compete for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship and the Indianapolis 500. Arrow McLaren SP fields two cars in the 2021 NTT INDYCAR SERIES: the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet piloted by Pato O’Ward; and the No. 7 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet piloted by Felix Rosenqvist. The team will also field Juan Pablo Montoya in the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500. Follow the team on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube at @ArrowMcLarenSP.
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