The McLaren Racing organization has announced a new partnership with global biopharmaceutical company AbbVie.
Through the deal, the company will serve as an official pharmaceutical partner of the McLaren Formula 1 (F1) team, starting at the upcoming United States Grand Prix.
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AbbVie will use the partnership to promote its ‘Race to Innovate’ campaign.
Starting at the United States Grand Prix, AbbVie will donate $10,000 to global charities for every 10 Constructors' Championship points earned by McLaren, with a particular focus on supporting people with autoimmune diseases.
In terms of recent commercial agreements, McLaren brought in wealth management and financial advisory firm Edward Jones and American product design and technology company SharkNinja as new partners last month.
Other new deals secured by McLaren this year include Puma, Topps, Rubrik, Schneider Electric, Hedera Foundation, and Global. This is in addition to renewed agreements with Cisco, Deloitte, Intel, and AkzoNobel.
Mastercard took over naming rights of the F1 team at the start of the 2026 season, which began with the Australian Grand Prix on March 8.
AbbVie, meanwhile, continues to expand its sports sponsorship portfolio after partnering with golf's PGA Tour and Major League Baseball this year.
Elsewhere in F1, the Mercedes team has agreed a multi-year global partnership with financial services company Stripe.
Serving as Mercedes' official global payments partner and an official team partner, Stripe will collaborate across the team's global commercial operations.
Stripe's branding will debut on the team's cars and across team assets from the first race of the 2027 season. The first of a series of product deployments will launch at key races during the remainder of 2026, beginning with the team's retail experience.
Commercial activity in recent months has seen Mercedes bring in cloud platform Vercel and home furnishing brand RH as new sponsors.
The United States Grand Prix, the 18th race on the 2026 schedule, will take place in Austin on Sunday (October 24).
The F1 season will conclude in Abu Dhabi on December 6.
