INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (PTA) — Klipsch Audio and McLaren Racing announce new multi-year partnership. Klipsch becomes the official headphone and portable audio partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Racing Team.
For a those who don’t follow Formula 1 motor-sports, McLaren Racing was founded by New Zealand racing driver Bruce McLaren in 1963. The McLaren team entered its first Formula 1 race in 1966, since then the McLaren team has won a total of twenty Formula 1 world championships, more than one-hundred-and-eighty Formula 1 Grand Prix races, the coveted Le Mans 24 Hours trophy at its first attempt, and the historic Indianapolis 500 a total of three times.
McLaren Racing currently competes in the 2019 FIA Formula 1 World Championship with Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris, and the IndyCar Series in the US with Oliver Askew and Pato O’Ward.
Klipsch Audio and McLaren Racing announce new multi-year partnership.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. (December 5, 2019) — Klipsch® and McLaren Racing have formed a strategic multi-year partnership for the upcoming 2020 Formula 1 season, celebrating Klipsch as the Official Headphone and Portable Audio Partner of the Formula 1 team.
McLaren, a prominent technology innovator through racing, consistently creates and evolves in the fearless pursuit of better. Similarly, Klipsch strives to deliver the power, detail and emotion of the live experience.
The two brands have come together to design sleek, smart, and premium audio products. A collection of the innovative McLaren Racing and Klipsch collaboration of headphones and portable audio products will be debuted in the Klipsch Audio booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on January 7, 2020.
Additionally, Klipsch branding will be featured on McLaren Racing’s team headsets at all 22 Formula 1 races around the world beginning in 2020, showcasing the legendary audio brand at its best in one of the loudest environments in the world.
Zak Brown, Chief Executive Officer, McLaren Racing said:
“McLaren and Klipsch were created by two founders with innovation in mind and both brands live in the world of speed and sound. We are looking forward to starting the partnership in the 2020 season and collaborating to develop exciting products that leverage our shared knowledge.”
Paul Jacobs, President and CEO, Klipsch Audio added:
“Like Klipsch, McLaren Racing is authentic, uncompromising on quality, and remains true to their core values. With McLaren’s influence of state-of-the-art technology, lightweight yet robust materials and aerodynamic design, and Klipsch’s legendary sound and innovation, this strategic alliance will result in the smallest, smartest, most revolutionary headphones and portable speakers on the planet.”
To learn more about these companies and their products, visit McLaren.com and Klipsch.com.
