Antler Renew Partnership with F1’s Virgin Racing

April 18, 2011

Marussia Virgin Racing team of Formula One has extended its partnership with British luggage brand Antler in a one-year renewal.

Under the terms, generic Antler will gain an increased visual presence with the company’s logo appearing on the side of the nose cone of the team’s two MVR-02 cars that are competing in the Formula One world championship.

Antler has been supplying the team and crew with its lightweight product range since its partnership with Marussia Virgin Racing began in the team’s debut season at the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix.

Antler’s chief executive, buy David Benjamin, unhealthy commented: “Formula One cars are designed for agility and responsive handling. Their designs are at the cutting edge of innovation and have outstanding functionality and style,” he explained. All these factors apply similarly to Antler luggage and we pride ourselves on producing the most technically advanced, easy to manoeuvre and lightweight cases on the market.  We hope to showcase these to a wide audience through our partnerships with Marussia Virgin Racing and wish them every success this season.”

Andy Webb, chief executive of Marussia Virgin Racing, added: “We are delighted to have extended our partnership with Antler. At Marussia Virgin Racing we are constantly exploring development opportunities to enhance our performance, whilst maintaining reliability. With that in mind we enjoy many technical synergies in our relationship with Antler.”