Comma continues Technical Partnerships with FIA Formula Two and MSV

16/04/2010

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Comma is continuing in 2010 to be Technical Partner to the international FIA Formula Two championship and Britain’s leading motor sports promoter, MotorSport Vision (MSV).

The announcement was made jointly by Comma Sales & Marketing Director, Mike Bewsey, and MSV Chief Executive, Jonathan Palmer. Under the terms of the partnerships, Comma will continue to supply engine oils, coolants and maintenance chemicals to all 24 FIA Formula Two race cars, as well as MSV’s several fleets of high performance and competition cars. These include the world famous PalmerSport driving experience and the Formula Palmer Audi race series, both of which are based alongside the FIA Formula Two headquarters at Bedford Autodrome. Comma will also continue as personal sponsor to Jonathan’s 19 year old son Jolyon as he contests his second season of FIA Formula Two competition.     

Motorsport’s world governing body, the FIA, awarded MSV the franchise to operate a revived Formula Two championship in 2009 after a break of 25 years. Jonathan Palmer had been a dominant winner of the 1983 European Formula Two Championship before embarking on an 87 race career in World Championship Formula 1 competition. After the first two rounds of the 2010 series Jolyon Palmer leads the Championship, after finishing first and second.

"Our Technical Partnerships with FIA Formula Two and MSV give us the perfect arena to demonstrate the quality of our products," said Mr Bewsey.  “By demonstrating how they survive and thrive in the extreme demands of top flight motorsport, we show consumers and technicians alike that they can have complete confidence in specifying our products for the vehicles they drive or encounter in their day to day servicing regimes. Subjecting Comma products to the ultimate demands of motor sport is a convincing  powerful demonstration that they can be trusted to fulfil the claims we make for them,” he said.      

Jonathan Palmer, Chief Executive of MSV says: "Comma has worked with MotorSport Vision since 2007. The product quality and technical support offered to the MSV team has been outstanding. Naturally, Comma was our first choice when looking for a Technical Partner for the FIA Formula Two Championship."

In addition to FIA Formula Two, MSV vehicles collectively clock up over 2.3 million track miles a year at the limits of their performance, providing Comma with an unparalleled ‘real world’ proving ground for on-going product development, and for demonstrating outstanding product performance.