{"id":169953,"date":"2025-09-26T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/169953\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:19:07","slug":"mclaren-racing-announces-groq-as-an-official-partner-of-the-mclaren-formula-1-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/169953\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren Racing announces Groq as an Official Partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and WOKING, United Kingdom, Sept. 26, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; McLaren Racing has announced leading inference provider Groq as an Official Partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team.<\/p>\n<p>Groq will support the McLaren F1 Team in continuing its long history of turning innovation into advantage, with the integration of Groq&#8217;s custom LPU chip \u2013 the technology used for AI inference \u2013 that has been purpose-built to deliver fast, cost-efficient intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>    &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"#\" class=\"tabfocus\" role=\"button\"><img title=\"It\u2019s official: McLaren F1 x Groq. Bringing inference speed at a winning cost to the grid and beyond.\" data-getimg=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2782629\/McLaren_Racing_Groq_Branding_2_16_9_Darker.jpg?w=500\" id=\"imageid_2\" alt=\"It\u2019s official: McLaren F1 x Groq. Bringing inference speed at a winning cost to the grid and beyond.\" class=\"gallery-thumb img-responsive\" rel=\"newsImage\" itemprop=\"contentUrl\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<br \/>\n        It\u2019s official: McLaren F1 x Groq. Bringing inference speed at a winning cost to the grid and beyond.&#13;<br \/>\n      &#13;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the partnership, Groq technology will fuel decision-making, supporting the McLaren F1 Team with analysis, development and real-time insight, as well as supercharging the processing power McLaren needs to perform efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Martin, Co-Chief Commercial Officer,\u00a0McLaren Racing, said:<br class=\"dnr\"\/>&#8220;Formula 1 is about performance under pressure, so we&#8217;re excited to begin working with Groq to help deliver inference at the speed we need to support us in our efforts to stay at the front of the grid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chelsey Susin Kantor, Chief Marketing Officer, Groq, said:<br class=\"dnr\"\/>&#8220;McLaren and Groq share the same foundations: speed, precision, and the efficiency needed to win. We&#8217;re proud to deliver the high-performance, low-cost compute that fuels McLaren on the track and beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Groq logo will feature on the McLaren Formula 1 Team race cars from the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please contact:<\/p>\n<p> Saskia Wirth, Director, Corporate Communications, McLaren Racing<br class=\"dnr\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#7a091b0911131b540d13080e123a1719161b081f1454191517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0\/ +44 (0) 7442 934 149<br \/>\n Jack\u00a0McLean, Communications Manager, McLaren Racing<br class=\"dnr\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#5a303b3931743739363f3b341a3739363b283f3474393537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0\/ +44 (0) 7392 392 034<br \/>\n Fran Campbell, Senior Communications Executive, McLaren Racing<br class=\"dnr\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#751307141b5b1614180517101919351816191407101b5b161a18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0\/ +44 (0) 7442 692 253 <\/p>\n<p>About McLaren Racing\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McLaren Racing was founded by racing driver Bruce McLaren in 1963. The team entered its first Formula 1 race in 1966. McLaren has since won 21 Formula 1 world championships,\u00a0over 200 Formula 1 Grands Prix, the Indianapolis 500 three times, and the Le Mans 24 Hours at its first attempt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McLaren Racing competes across four racing series. The team competes in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with McLaren F1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES with Arrow McLaren drivers Pato O&#8217;Ward, Nolan Siegel and Christian Lundgaard, and F1 Academy with Driver Development Programme member Ella Lloyd. The team also competes in the F1 Sim Racing Championship as McLaren Shadow.<\/p>\n<p>McLaren is a champion for sustainability in the sport and a signatory to the UN Sports for Climate Action Commitment. It is <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4519444-1&amp;h=1335486328&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mclaren.com%2Fracing%2Fsustainability%2F&amp;a=committed+to+achieving+net+zero+by+2040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">committed to achieving net zero by 2040<\/a>\u00a0and fostering a diverse and inclusive culture in the motorsport industry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4519444-1&amp;h=873197582&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mclaren.com%2Fracing%2F&amp;a=McLaren+Racing+%E2%80%93+Official+Website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">McLaren Racing \u2013 Official Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About Groq<\/p>\n<p>Groq is the inference infrastructure powering AI with the speed and cost efficiency it demands. Founded in 2016, Groq created the LPU and GroqCloud, a vertically integrated platform built to deliver unmatched price-performance. Today, Groq is a cornerstone of the American AI Stack, trusted by more than two million developers and leading enterprises worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#39494b14545c5d5058795e4b5648175a5654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE Groq<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=SF84012&amp;Transmission_Id=202509260300PR_NEWS_USPR_____SF84012&amp;DateId=20250926\" style=\"border:0px; width:1px; height:1px;\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and WOKING, United Kingdom, Sept. 26, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; McLaren Racing has announced leading inference&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,111100,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-169953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-groq","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}