{"id":30957,"date":"2026-01-16T09:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/?p=30957"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:01:48","slug":"akzonobel-and-mclaren-racing-extend-partnership-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/index.php\/akzonobel-and-mclaren-racing-extend-partnership-2\/30957","title":{"rendered":"AkzoNobel and McLaren Racing extend partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AkzoNobel and the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team have extended their long-running partnership \u2013 which includes expanding into the world of endurance racing.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In addition to continuing as the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team\u2019s exclusive official partner: coatings solutions, AkzoNobel has also become one of the first partners to join the McLaren United Autosports WEC Hypercar Team ahead of its entry into next year\u2019s FIA World Endurance Championship.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-15.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-15-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-15-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-15-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-15-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly excited to continue and extend our collaboration with such a long-standing and valued partner,\u201d said Patrick Bourguignon, director of AkzoNobel\u2019s automotive and specialty coatings business. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur search for better never stops, so we\u2019ll carry on working together to push boundaries and explore new possibilities in the areas of sustainability, technological innovation and product development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matt Dennington, co-chief commercial officer, McLaren Racing, added: \u201cAkzoNobel has been a trusted partner for McLaren for nearly two decades and we\u2019re excited to take that collaboration to the next level. Partners who share our passion for performance and innovation are key to achieving success and we look forward to working together as we enter the World Endurance Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AkzoNobel and the McLaren Mastercard Formula 1 Team have extended their long-running partnership \u2013 which includes expanding into the world of endurance racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2078,"featured_media":30959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,1],"tags":[666],"class_list":["post-30957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-akzonobel","category-news","tag-akzonobel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AkzoNobel and McLaren Racing extend partnership - Bodyshop.ie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshop.ie\/index.php\/akzonobel-and-mclaren-racing-extend-partnership-2\/30957\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AkzoNobel and McLaren Racing extend partnership - 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