- McLaren recorded its first podium finish for the season at the British Grand Prix, with Lando Norris taking second place
- Oscar Piastri also recorded an impressive fourth place finish
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OKX, a leading Web3 technology company and Primary Partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team, hosted its first ever fanzone and watch party for the British Grand Prix between July 7 and 9 as McLaren recorded its first podium finish for the season.
The ‘OKX McLaren Grand Prix Club’ was hosted at Freight Island in Manchester across the full race weekend, with an array of activities for fans to enjoy together.
With the fanzone, OKX and McLaren supercharged the fan experience by uniting the Papaya community in an extraordinary race for McLaren. Fans had the opportunity to go from racing in a simulator to winning coveted prizes such as autographed merchandise and exclusive tours of the McLaren Technology Centre.
In May of last year, OKX and McLaren Racing announced a multi-year partnership that would make OKX a Primary Partner of the McLaren Formula 1 Team and McLaren Shadow esports team. OKX branding is featured on the McLaren cars, the helmets of McLaren F1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, as well as the McLaren F1 and McLaren Shadow team kits.
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About OKX
A global leading technology company driving the future of Web3, OKX provides a comprehensive suite of products to meet the needs of beginners and experts alike, including:
- OKX Wallet: One of the world's most powerful, secure and versatile crypto wallet which gives users access to over 50 blockchains while allowing them to take custody of their own funds. The wallet Includes MPC technology which allows users to easily recover access to their wallet independently, removing the need for traditional, 'written down' seed phrases
- DEX: A cross-chain decentralized exchange which aggregates nearly 200 other DEXs, with 200,000+ coins on more than 10 blockchains available.
- NFT Marketplace: A multi-chain, zero-fee NFT marketplace that gives users access to NFT listings across seven top-tier marketplaces including OpenSea, MagicEden, LooksRare and Blur.
- Web3 Earn: A powerful DeFi platform that supports earning and staking on 80 protocols across nine chains.
OKX partners with a number of the world's top brands and athletes, including: English Premier League champions Manchester City F.C., McLaren Formula 1, The Tribeca Festival, Olympian Scotty James, and F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo.
As a leader building innovative technology products, OKX believes in challenging the status quo. The company recently launched a global brand campaign entitled, The System Needs a Rewrite, which advocates for a new paradigm led by Web3 self managed technology as an alternative to existing centralized systems.
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