2019 Mclaren F1 Team - Renault

[Ground Effect]

Are we waiting for the announcement that Amazon will sponsor McLaren? They are not yet in the list of partners and sponsors, but the advertisement is on Twitter.

I thought it was a Coca Cola thing, not directly with Amazon.

[Wouter]

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/11 ... 6674957312

[_cerber1]

I thought it was a Coca Cola thing, not directly with Amazon.

Yes, but Amazon insistently appears in the video, and for the second time, the first time he was in the video about the US Grand Prix.

[f1rules]

well... its a lot of advertising for free, but i have no idea, the rumor has been there long so

[diffuser]

The speculation about Amazon is going on for too long.....so where there is smoke there is fire?

I don't get the excitement about a new sponsor....

[kfrantzios]

The speculation about Amazon is going on for too long.....so where there is smoke there is fire?

I don't get the excitement about a new sponsor....

It's because Amazon is a big name. Ergo big sponsorship.

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[bauc]

The speculation about Amazon is going on for too long.....so where there is smoke there is fire?

I don't get the excitement about a new sponsor....

Excitement? Its more a positive feeling about the future of the team ...

[Ground Effect]

The speculation about Amazon is going on for too long.....so where there is smoke there is fire?

I don't get the excitement about a new sponsor....

That’s a weird take, but OK....

[ispano6]

The speculation about Amazon is going on for too long.....so where there is smoke there is fire?

I don't get the excitement about a new sponsor....

That’s a weird take, but OK....

I see a potential conflict of interest complaint from other teams if Amazon is a direct sponsor of McLaren, seeing that F1 uses AWS Kinesis and other services hosted by Amazon. Sure all teams use McLaren ECUs and F1 doesn't seem to have a problem with it but believe me Amazon gets the more than enough exposure it wants being an Amazon Web Services provider for F1 than paying McLaren to be a sponsor. For a car that didn't get much airtime this year, it doesn't make much sense for them to unless they consistently are fighting toward the front.

[Ground Effect]

I don't get the excitement about a new sponsor....

That’s a weird take, but OK....

I see a potential conflict of interest complaint from other teams if Amazon is a direct sponsor of McLaren, seeing that F1 uses AWS Kinesis and other services hosted by Amazon. Sure all teams use McLaren ECUs and F1 doesn't seem to have a problem with it but believe me Amazon gets the more than enough exposure it wants being an Amazon Web Services provider for F1 than paying McLaren to be a sponsor. For a car that didn't get much airtime this year, it doesn't make much sense for them to unless they consistently are fighting toward the front.

Is your point that it would be a conflict of interest or whether it’s worthwhile or makes economic sense for Amazon? because you kind of veered from one point to the other.

[_cerber1]

New partner

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/11 ... 7997440007

[Macklaren]

New partner

https://twitter.com/McLarenF1/status/11 ... 7997440007

replacing LAT56* I presume? As a customer of one of the products of that commercial partnership, I will miss it...

[Mansell89]

That’s the type of sponsor that comes with a lot of baggage

[Mansell89]

All joking aside, what will be the McLaren goal in 2020? Final year of new regs- will they be developing much into the season or will the 2021 focus come in very early indeed?

I guess my point being, would they sacrifice the fight for 4th to try to make the leap in 2021?

Next season is a really odd one I feel.

[zoroastar]

mclaren have enough money to develop against any challenge they are going to see coming from the midfield. remember, that all the teams are going to deal with developing 2021 cars, so unless mclaren start off in a really bad way, you are not going to see them suddenly dropping their 2020 development earlier than any of their main competition. and to us watching from home, its going to seem just like it does every year. they will be trying out new parts until the last race, and MAYBE we will know whether it is for 2020 or 2021.