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Mobil 1 in Grand Prix Racing

Grand Prix Racing

Grand Prix racing is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel formula auto racing. It is a worldwide sport, involving an annual FIA Formula One™ World Driver's Championship and an FIA Formula One™ World Constructor's Championship, and is the most expensive sport in the world as annual team budgets average in the hundreds of millions of US dollars. It is based around a series of races (17 in 2009), known as Grand Prix, on custom-constructed courses or closed-off street circuits. The sport has traditionally been centred in Europe, Asia, and Australia. New races in Valencia and Singapore, and others discussed for Mexico, India, Russia and South Africa have reinforced the sport's "worldwide" image. The sport is regulated by the FIA, Federation Internationale de I'Automobile ™.


  • Global sport
  • 121 million F1 viewers per race
  • 2.3 billion per year in total
  • Broadcast in over 140 countries
  • 17 races per season
  • Average race weekend attendance 250,000

Technical Partnerships

ExxonMobil's 31-year involvement in Grand Prix racing has seen it partner with 3 multi-race and championship-winning teams. The company has worked with McLaren Mercedes since 1995 and the 2009 season sees the continuation of its Technology Partnership with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes through the development of lubricants and fuel for the race car.

Mobil 1 Race Performance

Mobil 1 lubricates the racing engines at all Grand Prix events, the equivalent to 2,000km per engine. Mobil 1 separates and cools over 300 moving parts in the V8 engine. Mobil 1 lubricants must withstand engine forces 8,500 times greater than the force of gravity. It performs effectively from -50°C to more than 300°C, a temperature which can melt tin and close to the melting point of lead. Mobil 1 absorbs the stresses generated from a race engine which has an output of over 760 BHP

Mobil 1 Race Statistics

During its 31 years in Grand Prix racing ExxonMobil has been a partner to 6 World Drivers' Championships, 5 World Constructors' Championships, 499 Championship races and 92 race wins.

Mobil 1 - Vodafone McLaren Mercedes

58 Grand Prix victories (from 238 races)
177 Podium Finishes
18 1st and 2nd Finishes
World Constructors' Championship (1998)
World Drivers' Championships (1998, 1999, 2008)
N.B. Statistics compiled 01/01/09

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