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Oliver Buchannon
Nirupam Singh

Brand Building

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Mercedes AMG F1: 10 sponsors in 5 years

Aug 11, 2026

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13 min read

Mercedes AMG F1: 10 sponsors in 5 years

Ten partners, five years, before Drive to Survive existed.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Fan & Audience Growth

+3

McLaren's $55 fan experiment

Aug 5, 2026

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3 min read

McLaren's $55 fan experiment

What's in the $55 tier, and how does it compare to what other teams and leagues are trying?

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Building

+3

Revolut only needs 1%

Jul 28, 2026

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10 min read

Revolut only needs 1%

A conversation with Gareth Abel on why the best marketers start with the outcome and not activity.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Building

+3

120 to 390 rooms at Silverstone

Jul 21, 2026

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8 min read

120 to 390 rooms at Silverstone

Why one needs Google ads and the other doesn't

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Building

+3

McLaren dropped papaya at home.

Jul 14, 2026

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8 min read

McLaren dropped papaya at home.

What a livery change really does for the team and the brand

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Activations

+2

Aston's three-room playbook

Jul 8, 2026

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10 min read

Aston's three-room playbook

A drink at the station, a house, a lawn for partners.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Building

+2

$18k flights, no guaranteed deal

Jun 30, 2026

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6 min read

$18k flights, no guaranteed deal

Tom Potter on what a week at Cannes actually buys a boutique agency.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

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A £200 offer closed an F1 team webinar

Jun 23, 2026

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10 min read

A £200 offer closed an F1 team webinar

I registered for both F1 webinars to see how two B2B sponsors actually sell, and only one of them followed up.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

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F1's free channel almost nobody runs

Jun 17, 2026

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6 min read

F1's free channel almost nobody runs

Even Lewis Hamilton writes on LinkedIn. Here's why that's your channel.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Sponsorship

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JCB's F1 deal never wins an order

Jun 9, 2026

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6 min read

JCB's F1 deal never wins an order

And that's exactly the point. The most understated B2B play on the grid, broken down.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Sponsorship

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Mercedes' F1 15-year sponsor

Jun 2, 2026

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6 min read

Mercedes' F1 15-year sponsor

What UBS understood that the grid didn't.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

+2

Atlassian moves Williams' story

May 27, 2026

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6 min read

Atlassian moves Williams' story

What B2B sponsors do when the team's content engine reorganises

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Fan & Audience Growth

+2

Apple lets Netflix share the Canadian GP

May 19, 2026

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9 min read

Apple lets Netflix share the Canadian GP

Why exclusive rights aren't the same as exclusive audience

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Activations

+2

Esses sold Puma a city guide

May 12, 2026

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12 min read

Esses sold Puma a city guide

Plus what made the Visa Cash App car show pull 1,500 people

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Activations

+2

Aston F1 let Glenfiddich run the funnel

May 5, 2026

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11 min read

Aston F1 let Glenfiddich run the funnel

The Glenfiddich form, the Cadillac lanyard, the Stephen Ross room. Three Miami activation mechanics worth stealing.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Fan & Audience Growth

+2

Miami's $10K seats vs Barcelona's

Apr 28, 2026

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9 min read

Miami's $10K seats vs Barcelona's

The 50% premium that has nothing to do with catering

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Activations

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IBM's 5-day Miami playbook

Apr 21, 2026

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8 min read

IBM's 5-day Miami playbook

Press release Thursday, product launch Friday, keynote at IBM Think Monday.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

+1

Top football clubs send buyers to Reddit

Apr 14, 2026

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16 min read

Top football clubs send buyers to Reddit

Sergey Krasotin of Humbleteam has worked inside some of Europe's biggest clubs, and the hospitality finding is the one that should concern commercial teams the most.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

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Williams leads F1's licensing grid

Apr 7, 2026

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17 min read

Williams leads F1's licensing grid

Eight licensees, one director, eighteen months. The mechanics behind it.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Fan & Audience Growth

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How 16 motorsport series grew their audiences

Apr 1, 2026

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13 min read

How 16 motorsport series grew their audiences

Eight years of audience growth across motorsport — and three quarters of those fans are still anonymous

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Building

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The motorsport brand graveyard

Mar 24, 2026

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15 min read

The motorsport brand graveyard

McLaren Golf launches April 29. Here's who tried this before them.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

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Inside Canada's top race car brand's commercial model

Mar 17, 2026

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15 min read

Inside Canada's top race car brand's commercial model

The operating model most small motorsport businesses don't think to copy

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Fan & Audience Growth

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F1's real customers aren't watching on Sunday

Mar 10, 2026

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14 min read

F1's real customers aren't watching on Sunday

F1 has spent five years acquiring an audience that doesn't agree with the audience it already had. This week is what that looks like.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Commercial Strategy

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Sport's invisible commercial infrastructure

Mar 3, 2026

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13 min read

Sport's invisible commercial infrastructure

Humbleteam audited 27 apps. The same gap shows up every time.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh

Brand Activations

+2

Eight Sleep's activation gap

Feb 24, 2026

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12 min read

Eight Sleep's activation gap

The gap between a decent activation and a great one is three emails.

Nirupam Singh
Nirupam Singh
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