Aramco
Aston Martin F1 Sponsor
How Much Does Aramco Pay to Sponsor Aston Martin?
Aramco pays Aston Martin $75m a year for the title, the figure RacingNews365 gave in its March 2026 list of F1’s richest team deals. That’s more than double the $30m a year GlobalData had for 2023 and BlackBook Motorsport used for the five-year contract in 2024, and neither company has explained the gap.
Nothing else at Aston Martin comes close, with principal partner Maaden next at around $20m. Only four title partners on the grid pay more, led by Oracle at $110m, and Revolut‘s Audi deal matches it.
The $75m deal equals about an hour of Aramco's $445.65bn revenue.
March 2026 table putting Aramco's Aston Martin title deal at $75m a year, level with Revolut at Audi.
Gives the older $30m a year benchmark for the five-year title contract as it stood in 2024.
September 2023 feature citing GlobalData's figure of $30m a season for Aramco's Aston Martin deal.
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Max Verstappen
Red Bull
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Ferrari
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$34m
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Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
15
$3.4m
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Lando Norris
McLaren
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$30m
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McLaren
10
$13m
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How Aramco's Aston Martin Title Deal Works
Aramco is Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled energy company, run from Dhahran by Amin Nasser. It produces crude oil and gas and turns them into fuels and chemicals, and in 2025 its revenue and other income related to sales came to $445.65bn, with net income of $93.39bn.
As sole title partner it sits in the team’s official name, Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team, and across the car’s livery until the end of 2028. It brings fuel expertise as well as money, and in 2026 that fuel work runs alongside Honda’s power unit and Valvoline’s lubricants.
The team's December 14, 2023 release on the five-year sole title deal starting January 1, 2024.
Aramco's 2025 results, with $445.65bn of revenue and other income related to sales and $93.39bn net income.
Market data page showing Aramco's market cap at about $1.66tn in September 2026.
Why Does Aramco Sponsor Aston Martin?
Fuel is the practical reason. F1’s 2026 rules require fully sustainable fuel, and when Aston Martin announced its Honda works deal in May 2023 it named Aramco as the fuel supplier for the new engines. Three of the five title seasons fall in that Honda era.
There’s a family link as well. Valvoline, the team’s lubricants partner, sells worldwide through a global products business Aramco agreed to buy for $2.65bn in 2022. And naming rights are a habit here, since Aramco’s name was already on the Spanish and United States Grands Prix before it signed with any team.
May 2023 announcement of the Honda works deal, naming Aramco as supplier of the sustainable fuel for 2026.
February 2022 report on the joint title with Cognizant and Aramco's earlier Formula 1 and Grand Prix deals.
Covers Aramco's $2.65bn purchase of Valvoline's global products business agreed in 2022.
September 2, 2022 memorandum with Formula 1, F2 and F3 on sustainable fuels for both series from 2023.
Standings after Austin in October 2026, with Aston Martin 10th of 11 teams on seven points.
Aramco F1 Sponsorship History
Aramco came into F1 through the sport itself, then shared Aston Martin’s name with Cognizant for two seasons before taking the title alone.
Aramco and Aston Martin F1 Questions
Aramco pays Aston Martin $75m a year for its title rights, based on RacingNews365’s March 2026 table. Older reports had the team deal at $30m, and nobody has confirmed either figure. Aramco’s separate partnership with Formula 1 itself isn’t part of that $75m, and its value hasn’t been published.
Aramco’s title contract runs to the end of 2028. The deal announced in December 2023 covers five years from January 1, 2024, which makes 2028 its final season, and there’s been no public word of an extension or a break clause. The 2026 season is the third of the five.
Yes, Aramco has been a global partner of Formula 1 since 2020, two years before its first season with Aston Martin. That contract is with the sport rather than any team, so it sits apart from the title rights and none of its money counts as team income. Its fee has never been published either.
Aramco’s link with F2 is a fuel partnership, not a team sponsorship. It signed a memorandum with Formula 1, F2 and F3 in September 2022 covering sustainable fuels for both junior series from 2023, and no fee was published. Its only F1 team deal is with Aston Martin.