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Renault F1’s got itself the new sponsor: Lada. The Russian automaker’s logo will appear on the R30 racing cars, as seen on top of, as well as a driver and crew uniforms. The proclamation was done during a assembly held this Monday in Moscow, attended by Vladimir Putin, Carlos Ghosn, brandnew Renault F1 commander Vitaly Petrov, as well as a cackle of alternative functionaries.

If you consider a Lada sponsorship has anything to do with Renault F1 bringing a Russian rookie on board as a full-time #2 motorist alongside lead man Robert Kubica, you’re right. It flattering much has everything to do with it, as both Genii Capital A infancy stakeholder in Renault F1) as well as Renault-Nissan (25% stakeholders in AvtoVaz, Lada’s primogenitor actively work to allege their interests in Russia.

Petrov’s hiring is partial of a broader proposition toward Russia (on Monday, Ghosn came right out as well as pronounced that Petrov’s nationality played a role in his selection), as well as a L ada sponsorship is patently a inturn action. And it may not be the final asingle, possibly, as Putin indicated during Monday’s assembly which Russia (i.e. Lada) could enlarge its sponsorship involvement in the future.

Clearly, a many important takeaway from all this, however, is which a thought of the shirtless Vladimir Putin, examination the Monaco GP from a rug of a Typhoon-class underling moored among a superyachts in Monaco Harbor, no longer seems utterly outlandish.

Gallery:2010 Renault R30

[Source: Renault F1, Supervision of the Russian Association via Autoblog UK, Crash.net]