Brawn GP is pleased to confirm its first new commercial partnership of the 2009 Formula One season with the
announcement of an agreement with British clothing manufacturer Henri Lloyd as Official Supplier of Clothing and
Footwear Technology.
Henri Lloyd is widely regarded as one of the market leaders in technical sailing and lifestyle apparel, and has
pioneered the development of fabrics, garment design and product development for over 45 years. The company’s
extensive knowledge and experience of innovative fabric technology has been applied to Brawn GP’s team clothing
for the 2009 season to create a uniform able to adapt to the various climatic environments which the team will
encounter at the seventeen races on the Grand Prix calendar.
Founded and based in Manchester, England, Henri Lloyd is extremely proud of its British heritage and delighted to
be supporting the Brackley based British team, using the shared values of innovation and performance to continue
its product development ambitions in the unique environment of Formula One.
In addition to providing Brawn GP’s team and travel clothing plus the team’s official merchandise range, the Henri
Lloyd brand will appear on the BGP 001 car throughout the 2009 Formula One season.
Ross Brawn, Team Principal of Brawn GP commented: “We are delighted to welcome Henri Lloyd to Formula One
and to the Brawn GP team. We are particularly proud to begin our association with a company which prides itself on
innovation and design and we will be working hard with Henri Lloyd to produce clothing which provides the highest
levels of fabric technology for our demanding working environment. The Brawn GP team has faced a race against
time to complete our preparations for the first race of the season in Melbourne and we would like to thank Henri
Lloyd for sharing our vision for the future of the team and their commitment in ensuring that the team’s identity will be
so well reflected in our team clothing and merchandise this year.”
Paul Strzelecki, Joint Chief Executive of Henri Lloyd said; “We are thrilled to announce our official partnership with
Brawn GP, a team that reflects our proud British heritage and development of product innovation and technology.
We are very excited about our future together and wish the team every success for the 2009 season.”
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