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Shell's Track Lab team is trackside for every race, sampling and testing the fuels and lubricants throughout race weekend. The adrenalin flows trackside as we help power the team to success.

Fast forward to today and you will find our Track Lab team in the thick of the action throughout the race weekend, sampling and testing the race fuels and lubricants to ensure they give Scuderia Ferrari a competitive edge on the track.

Shell’s Innovation Partnership with Ferrari

Shell’s Innovation Partnership with Ferrari

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Shells innovation partnership with Scuderia Ferrari

Duration 02:52 minutes

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Background music commences, sound of Shell, calm music

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Black and white footage of historical racing

Guy waving a chequered flag as a Formula 1 car flies past

The male winner driving back into the pits to congratulations from people around him

Close up of Ferrari Formula 1 car, camera panning up the car from the front. Picture brightens from black and white to full colour.

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Shell & Scuderia Ferrari Partners in Innovation

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Back to black and white footage of winning driver waving in the middle of a crowd of people congratulating him.

Close up of old Ferrari racing car coming round a bend. Picture brightens from black and white to full colour, then car blurs out of focus as it gets closer to camera following into a shot of modern day Ferrari Formula 1 car driving round a bend with Shell Helix branding at side of race track.

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[Ferrari engine revs]

Guy Lovett in interview

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Guy Lovett

Shell Innovation Manager Motorsport

“2017 is a big year for our innovation partnership with Ferrari.

Guy Lovett voice over

It marks 70 years since the first road car, Ferrari GT car, rolled off the production line with Shell fuel and oil in the engine.”

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A varied selection of Ferrari road cars racing on the track driving under a large Shell banner above them.

Wide shot of track with old Formula 1 cars driving around a bend with people watching from the centre section. Camera pans from right to left following the cars as they drive past.

Close up of track, camera pans left to right following a cars whizzing past going under a large Shell banner above them.

Guy Lovett in interview

“It's an amazing achievement and amazing milestone within our partnership.”

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Close up of old Ferrari Formula 1 car driving from left to right along track.

Enzo Ferrari voice over

“My faith in Shell springs from my experience, first as a racing driver…”

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Black and white footage of Enzo Ferrai talking

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Enzo Ferrari

Enzo Ferrari voice over

“…then as a director of the Ferrari racing team and finally as a car manufacturer.

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Black and white footage of road cars going round a track and of an old Shell logo at the side of the track

Guy waving a chequered flag while a Ferrari car whizzes past. Picture brightens from black and white to full colour and merges into modern day footage of Ferrari Formula 1 cars whizzing around a track.

Fast cut segment of Ferrari cars seen from different angles, some close up and some wide shots

Overhead wide shot of one Ferrari car going round a track

Sebastian Vettel interview

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Sebastian Vettel

Scuderia Ferrari Driver

“Getting to know the partnership Ferrari and Shell have was quite unique, to see how much they are involved…”

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Close up of Sebastian Vettel holding a plastic bottle, camera pans up to his face

Guy Lovett and Sebastian Vettel stand talking in a Shell V-Power branded office.

Sebastian Vettel voice over

“…and to see as well how much performance they're bringing to our car…”

Sebastian Vettel Interview

“…and together make the car go even faster.”

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Close up Sebastian and engineer inspecting Ferrari Formula 1 car, camera pans upwards

Guy Lovett in interview

Over our 70 year partnership with Ferrari…”

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slo-mo shot of Ferrari Formula 1 car on track in front of Shell Helix branding

Guy Lovett voice over

“…there's been a number of different examples of where Shell has benefitted hugely.”

Guy Lovett in interview

“One of those in 1998 was the co-development of Shell V-Power with Ferrari that we launched…”

Guy Lovett voice over

And then more recently in 2014 we had Shell Helix Ultra engine oil here in Formula 1 with Pure Plus technology. 10 Constructors and 12 Drivers World Championships in Formula 1, so lots of success. ”

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A number of barrels of Shell V-Power being loaded onto a lorry. Shot goes from wide shot to close up.

Male technician wearing blue gloves taking samples out of a yellow machine

Close up of his hand with blue glove inside the machine. He then closes the door

Driver’s view from Formula 1 car driving around track, going under a tunnel with Shell V-Power branding across it. Then drives into Shell branded pit garage, technicians waiting on the right hand side.

Marc Gene in interview

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Marc Gene

Scuderia Ferrari Test Driver

“My experience as a test driver has always been very intense…”

Marc Gene voice over

…especially because I have tried the new lubricants and the new fuels on the track with the Formula 1 car. I can feel more power, I can feel more response and that's what is the difference between winning or not winning.”

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slo-mo shot of Ferrari Formula 1 car on track in front of Shell V Power and Shell Helix branding

Side shot of Formula 1 car driving from right to left

Overhead shot of track with car coming towards the camera under a bridge with Shell branding

Close up of Formula 1 car

View of same bit of track with bridge from the back of the Formula 1 car. You see smoke appear from the exhaust.

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[Ferrari engine revs]

Guy Lovett in interview

“What I think sets apart Shell's Innovation Partnership with Ferrari in Formula 1…”

Guy Lovett voice over

…is the legacy, history, the depth of partnership. I don't think anybody else can get anywhere near that.”

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Old colour footage of driver in car being given a bottle of water to drink while the car is filled up with fuel

Close up of fuel being put into car

Close up of Ferrari road cars from the floor as they pass the camera

Kimi Raikkonen in interview

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Kimi Raikkonen

Scuderia Ferrari Driver

“The smart engineers in Shell, they always push forward to help us…”

Kimi Raikkonen voice over

“…get the best lubrications and fuels in the car.”

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Male technician in Shell lab wearing blue gloves using a pipette to take liquid out of a vial

Close up of fingers of blue gloved hands, transferring liquid between a vial labelled Shell V-Power 5 into a smaller clear vial labelled C5

Kimi Raikkonen in interview

 “Down here and then Maranello…”

Kimi Raikkonen voice over

 there's a lot that goes into road cars. That's where Shell is a big partner and big help for Ferrari in all the areas, not just in the racing but on the road cars as well”.

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Blurred city road view at night with Ferrari logo on the left of the screen in focus

Red Ferrari van seen from behine driving towards Ferrari factory

View from lift as doors open onto one of the factory floors with lots of equipment visible

Another view of factory floor from a different angle

Another view with a male technician holding a clipboard walking left to right across screen

Guy Lovett in interview

“If I think about all the people that have come before me…”

Guy Lovett voice over

“…working for Shell with Ferrari in our Innovation Partnership, you have to step back and realise how special and important it is.”

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Slow-mo side view of Ferrari pulling into pit stop, pit crew gather round

Overhead slow-mo shot of car in pit stop with all the pit crew gathered around

Close-up slow-mo side view of pit crew changing the front tyres

Guy Lovett in interview

“Everytime we put on this red uniform…”

Guy Lovett voice over

“…we have a duty to build on those fantastic achievements that our predecessors have laid down for us.”

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Close up view of Ferrari moving along track heading towards a corner

Historical footage of Ferrari cars on track with spectator stand in the background with a Daily sign

Head on view of moving modern day Ferrari zooming past camera

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[Ferrari engine revs]

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Ferrari logo [top right]

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Innovation Partner Scuderia Ferrari

Shell Pecten

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©Shell International Limited 2017

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Shell outro sting

Meet the Team

Guy Lovett

Guy Lovett

Guy is responsible for the technology projects within Shell’s Innovation Partnership with Scuderia Ferrari, its Technical Partnership with Ducati in MotoGP and Hyundai in WRC. He is based out of the Shell Technology Centre in Hamburg, where he leads the teams delivering performance for our OEM partners in motorsport.

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