Gulf Oil signs on as title sponsor for Team Aguri
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Gulf Oil was a major global oil company from the 1900s to the 1980s. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies. Prior to its merger with Standard Oil of California, Gulf was one of the chief instruments of the legendary Mellon family fortune; both Gulf and Mellon Financial had their headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
About Property:
Team Aguri, formerly Amlin Aguri and officially the Team Aguri Formula E Team, is an international motor racing team founded by former Formula One and 24 Hours of Le Mans driver Aguri Suzuki (Executive Chairman) and Mark Preston (Team Principal) to compete in the FIA Formula E Championship for electric cars. The team is based in Tokyo, Japan and currently in a technical partnership with McLaren.