Monza, 2 September 2017 - The Monza racetrack takes the name of “Monza Eni Circuit” and Eni becomes its exclusive sponsor. Eni also becomes national sponsor of the Monza Formula 1 Grand Prix. It is the result of the partnership signed by ACI - Automobile Club Italia and Eni and which will last three years, for the period 2017-2019.
"Through this partnership, which contributes to safeguarding one of the oldest permanent racetracks in the world, Eni intends to renew its support for the values of sport, which is history, tradition, competition and loyalty, values in which the company recognizes itself and in which it believes. . Formula 1, in particular, represents the maximum sporting synthesis of research and innovation, essential elements of the company's transformation and growth strategy ”, declared Claudio Granata, Chief Services & Stakeholder Relations Officer of Eni.
The world of motors is one of the areas where Eni is most committed to research and development, making sustainable mobility available to its ability to innovate. This, for example, produces different and innovative fuels, such as greendiesel, produced in the biorephinery of Venice with proprietary Ecofining technology, which allows the production of biofuel using vegetable oils from cultivated crops or from exhausted, recycled or scraped products. Eni's research is the present, but above all, is the future, and there are several research projects that the company is committed to, such as the development of processes for obtaining high quality biofuels from urban waste and non-food biomass.
"Formula 1 is competition, passion and excitement, which thanks to technology, research and security transform into the world's largest motorsport event.
Since the first Grand Prix in 1950, Formula 1 has been synonymous with technical development, the pursuit of active and passive safety, starting - for example - with tires, fuels and spare parts, all constantly transferred to the cars we drive and the roads we travel " declared the President of the Automobile Club of Italy, Angelo Sticchi Damiani. “Research, technology, ever cleaner energy - underlined Sticchi Damiani - are objectives that ACI and Eni pursue with the same passion and which they share throughout their history. Hence the meaning and value of a partnership that commits two realities, leaders in their respective sectors, to a series of important initiatives for the development of motorsport and for an increasingly sustainable mobility ".