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Business News/ Industry / Advertising/  Coca-Cola to enter F1 with Burn brand and Lotus
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Coca-Cola to enter F1 with Burn brand and Lotus

Multi-year agreement with more details to be revealed next year when the partnership begins, says Lotus

Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen at the US Grand Prix on 18 November. Photo: Robert Galbraith/Reuters (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Premium
Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen at the US Grand Prix on 18 November. Photo: Robert Galbraith/Reuters
(Robert Galbraith/Reuters)

Sao Paulo:Coca-Cola Co. will enter Formula One (F1) with its Burn energy drink brand after announcing a deal with Kimi Raikkonen’s Lotus team on Thursday.

Lotus said in a statement that the deal was a multi-year agreement with more details to be revealed next year when the partnership begins.

“The creativity of teams and the passion for speed and energy that fuel the sport of Formula One make a partnership with this iconic sporting property a compelling proposition for the Burn brand," said Emmanuel Seuge, Coca-Cola’s group director of worldwide sports and entertainment marketing.

Seuge said the deal would mix art and music “in a way that will break the conventions of traditional Formula One sponsorship marketing".

Formula One has just returned to the US for the first time in five years at a new circuit in Austin and the sport is eager to build up its presence in the Americas.

There are due to be two races in the US in 2014, with a race in New Jersey in addition to Austin, Texas, and Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone spoke at the weekend of the possibility of three by 2015.

Red Bull Racing, the team owned by the Austrian energy drink manufacturer, have won the Formula One constructors’ championship for the past three years.

Their German driver Sebastian Vettel is chasing his third driver’s title in a row in Brazil this weekend.

Finland’s Raikkonen, who won the 2007 world championship with Ferrari, triumphed at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Lotus this month and is one of Formula One’s most popular drivers, with the nickname “Iceman".

Coca-Cola have been linked with various teams in the past, as well as with the sport as a whole.

“We are excited to partner with Burn to build a new and innovative model for sponsorships that will combine experiences, content creation and social media," said Lotus team principal Eric Boullier.

The Frenchman highlighted social media as an area in which the team had been “at the cutting edge in Formula One for the past 18 months, recording the highest growth rate amongst fans this year".

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Published: 22 Nov 2012, 08:10 PM IST
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