We are now just over half way through this current Gulf financial year and I thought it worth reviewing this period so that everyone in the Gulf family can see what progress we have made, as I firmly believe that when we have success it is something that should be shared and communicated.
The Premier League is underway and Gulf’s partners Manchester United made a winning start to their season, with victory against the 2015/16 Premier League Champions, Leicester City, in pursuit of the Premier League title.
Basketball continues to be one of the most popular sports in the Philippines and The Gulf Oil Philippines-supported basketball team, the Gulf Supreme Boosters, tipped off their new Manila League campaign with an excellent 107-80 win against 365 Philippines.
Gulf Netherlands’ BMX stars, Niek and Justin Kimmann, visited Hamburg recently to give tips and advice to some of the rising stars of BMX racing in Germany.
Gulf driver, Zoltán Strider, claimed victory in the 35thHungarian Mountain Race after two days of tough competition.
Customers of DCC Energy, the Danish distributors of Gulf lubricants, are using Gulf’s quality products to maximise the performance of their competition tractor.
Gulf Sport talks to the newly-crowned European Motorcycle Top Fuel Drag Racing Champion, “Fast Fil” – Filippos Papafilippou – about what has been a memorable first season in the top flight of two wheel drag racing and how partnership with Gulf means more than just a beautiful paint job…
Gulf Oil Drag Racing star, Filippos Papafilippou – AKA Fast Fil – has been crowned FIM European Top Fuel Motorcycle champion after a nerve-racking finale at Santa Pod, Great Britain.
Derek Bell (above left) an integral part of Gulf’s Le Mans triumphs, was part of the presentation party at Laguna Seca, together with Gulf’s Ravi Chawla (above right) as Gulf celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first Le Mans victory and unveiled the new Ford GT ’68 Heritage at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion.
Gulf Oil Italy welcomed Manchester United Ambassador, Denis Irwin, to one of its recent soccer camps, in association with Italian distributor, SIFRA.
Following the unprecedented success of the debut campaign, where 70 million fans were reached in India, the new season of Gulf Fan Academy promises to be bolder than ever with the academy spreading to 60 countries.
Gulf Racing UK returned home in August, as the World Endurance Championship headed to Silverstone for the third round of the season.
In what is one of, if not THE most important rounds of the season for the Milton-Keynes based team, thousands of spectators packed the grandstands on a sun-drenched afternoon at the historic circuit to see the local team in action as part of a huge weekend for sportscar fans that also included a round of the European Le Mans Championship.
During what was an extremely tight and competitive weekend in the LM GTE Am class, driver and team owner, Mike Wainwright (below), along with fellow racers, Alex Davison and Ben Barker, completed 167 laps and finished 6th in class and 22nd overall.
The team will be hoping for their first podium finish of the nine race WEC SuperSeason, when the series returns to action on the 14th October in Fuji, Japan.
Meanwhile, sticking with Silverstone, Gulf Retail renewed its agreement as the official fuel partner to Silverstone Circuits in June, providing the world-renowned motor racing venue with its full requirement of fuels, including a range of premium and racing fuels, as well as heating oils and generator fuels.
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Manchester United returned from the international break to put in a commanding display against Watford and make it two wins from the last two in the Premier League.
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