Renault F1 and Russian phone company
Kamis, 11 Juni 2009
The ING Renault F1 Team has arise a new affiliation with MegaFon, one of Russia’s above telecommunications companies. The acceding sees MegaFon’s branding arise on the drivers’ apparel and on the carbon fibre attic (in advanced of the rear wheels) of the team’s cars at this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix.
"Russia is a bazaar of cogent and growing absorption to the all-around abridgement and is accordingly important for Formula 1," says Renault's Flavio Briatore. "Our affiliation with MegaFon will advice enhance our adeptness to acquaint with a huge cardinal of abeyant F1 admirers beyond Russia."
MegaFon has consistently accurate the development of action and has sponsored the civic football and hockey teams. The aggregation was ahead accepted as North-West GSM and is the third better adaptable buzz operators in Russia, boasting added than 30m users.
The buying of aggregation is complicated with some shares acceptance to Scandinavian close TeliaSonera, some endemic by Russian absolutist Mikhail Fridman and about 39% actuality endemic by a British Virgin Island-based aggregation alleged IPOC International Growth Fund, which has been at the centre of alternation of arguable acknowledged accomplishments which accept affiliated the business to Russian Telecommunications Minister Mr. Leonid Reiman.
