Pinnacle.com, a leading online bookmaker, has entered into a commercial agreement with motorsport team Algarve Pro Racing Team in terms of which it will sponsor the team at the European Le Mans Endurance Series 2018.
The deal signed sees Pinnacle making a positive move into sports sponsorship with the new sponsorship covering races in Italy, the UK, Portugal, France, Austria and Belgium between May and October of next year.
The bookmaker’s logo will grace the sides of Algarve Pro Racing’s Ligier JS P217 spec car and on the race day overalls of their drivers – Matt McMurry of the USA, France’s Andrea Pizzitola and Italian Andrea Roda.
The European Le Mans Endurance Series commences with an official two day test at The Circuit Paul Ricard at Le Castellet, near Marseille, followed by the official race weekend at the same circuit.
The Team are now preparing for the upcoming season by competing in the Asian Le Mans Endurance Series which commenced at the end of last month a comprehensive testing program in the JS P217.
Paris Smith, Chief Executive Officer at Pinnacle, commented that his intent is for Pinnacle to represent high performance in everything that they do – from their people to the odds they deliver, so the synergy with Algarve Pro Racing Team is ideal. He also said that they are very happy to support them and wish the team every success on the track.
Stewart Cox, Algarve Pro Racing Team principal they are delighted to have Pinnacle on board as one of its main financial partners for 2018. He added that they are sure that they can drive to the same success on the track that Pinnacle delivers in the Sports Betting world.
