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Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) congratulates Mercedes-AMG Petronas
Motorsport on winning the 2017 FIA Formula OneTM World
Constructors’ Championship* – secured after the US Grand Prix
on October 22, 2017 - and driver Lewis Hamilton on clinching the 2017
FIA Formula OneTM World Drivers’ Championship* at the Mexican
Grand Prix on October 29, 2017.
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Axalta congratulates Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport on its fourth consecutive Formula One Constructors’ Championship achievement. (Photo: Axalta)
Spies Hecker®, one of Axalta’s three global refinish brands,
is the Official Team Supplier of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport. The
brand has been responsible for the paint on the team’s Silver Arrows
race cars for more than four years. The weight, quality, and durability
of the paintwork are extremely important because the race cars must
endure extremely tough track conditions.
“Congratulations to everyone at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport for
this truly remarkable achievement,” says Charlie Shaver, Axalta Chairman
and CEO. “These two Championships are a perfect illustration of how
teamwork and technology can work together to reap incredible rewards. We
are pleased to have played a role with our innovative, lightweight, and
highly-efficient paint systems, which helped maximize performance and
kept the cars looking great.”
Mercedes-Benz is only the fourth constructor to win four consecutive
titles, and Lewis Hamilton is just the fifth driver in the sport’s
history to become a four-time World Champion. He is also now the most
successful British Formula One driver in history. Each of Hamilton’s
titles have been won with Mercedes-Benz power, and three of them at the
wheel of a Silver Arrow (2014, 2015, 2017).
More information on Axalta and its links to motorsports is available at www.axalta.com.
For more information about Spies Hecker and its relationship with the
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, please visit www.spieshecker.com/F1speed
or follow the brand on www.facebook.com/spieshecker.
To find out more about the Team, follow www.facebook.com/MercedesAMGF1,
www.instagram.com/MercedesAMGF1,
www.twitter.com/MERCEDESAMGF1.
About Axalta Coating Systems
Axalta is a leading global company focused solely on coatings and
providing customers with innovative, colorful, beautiful and sustainable
solutions. From light OEM vehicles, commercial vehicles and refinish
applications to electric motors, buildings and pipelines, our coatings
are designed to prevent corrosion, increase productivity and enable the
materials we coat to last longer. With more than 150 years of experience
in the coatings industry, the 13,300 people of Axalta continue to find
ways to serve our more than 100,000 customers in 130 countries better
every day with the finest coatings, application systems and technology.
For more information visit axalta.com
and follow us @Axalta on Twitter
and on LinkedIn.
* Subject to official confirmation by the FIA of the results
of the 2017 FIA Formula OneTM World Championship
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Source: Axalta Coating Systems