If you Visa, we Mastercard. The other payment giant also wants to join F1, possibly with McLaren – F1sport.cz

Mastercard wants to enter Formula 1. A titular partnership with one of the teams is in play.

Visa has become one of the titular sponsors of the Racing Bulls (RB) team. According to Sportbusiness.com, a second payment giant is now also looking to enter F1.

Several top teams have reportedly expressed interest in working with this company. McLaren, Aston Martin, Mercedes but also Ferrari spoke up. But Maranello announced an agreement on Wednesday with HP becoming the title sponsor. In the case of Aston Martin, we are a little skeptical because Aramco plays an important role there.

McLaren is supposed to be the favorite and the announcement could happen already in Miami. Whether we will see the McLaren Mastercard team, or rather the Mastercard McLaren, remains to be seen. However, it would be a comeback for Mastercard. In 1997, the company was a partner of the Lola team, but it was a very short partnership.

Vincenzo Sospiri lost more than 11 seconds to Jacques Villeneuve in the opening qualifier of the season in Australia. His teammate by a second more. It was the team’s first and last race weekend.