the two tenets of being a sports fan that you must understand are 1. All sports fans are evil (this includes you) and 2. All sports fans are hypocrites (this includes you). once you accept these foundational ideas , it’s all good dude
I think balenciaga made some REALLY last minute decisions regarding Hudson’s outfit. it isn’t tailored to him, it doesn’t match his hair and makeup, we know he got dressed on site because he didn’t have the suit on under his robe, and while he was gushing about what Aika did for his hair and makeup, he didn’t have much to say about the outfit at all.
I have been seeing a ton of tweets that go like "get that IDF soldier out of my sport" in response to one Lance being pictured with his girlfriend (that served in the IDF) in Miami.
I just feel like it is time for everyone to stop being delusional and realize that the F1 paddock is literally THE MOST LIKELY PLACE TO FIND someone that served in the IDF and that has ties with the IDF
Every single team has partners that in some shape or form profit from the war on Gaza and Lebanon and the illegal occupation of the West Bank by Israel and the US.
This is a non-extensive list of F1 partners and sponsors that have significant interest in the war on Gaza and Lebanon perpetuated by the US and Israel. Some other sponsors were omitted because though they have some operations in Israel, it is unclear how they contribute to the war. Some of these companies are from Israel and operate in illegally occupied territories. For legal reasons, this is not a call to boycott or harass any organization, individual, or country. This is simply a list of publicly available information that can be found through a quick search.
The purpose of this list is to make fans aware of the type of money that flows into the sport through partnerships and make fans realize the extent of the involvement of F1 and their sponsors in the war in the Middle East.
McLaren Racing
CISCO - Supplies critical networking hardware, servers, and telecommunications equipment that form the backbone of Israel's military infrastructure, including surveillance systems used to track and target Palestinians. [Source]
Dell - In January 2023, Dell Technologies won the server tender of the Israeli Ministry of Defense for the supply of servers, maintenance services and related equipment to the Israeli army, the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) and other security bodies for two years. [Source]
Google - Google involved in $45M deal with Netanyahu's office to advertise Israeli hasbara [Source] [Google Workers Detained by Police for Protesting Cloud Contract With Israel]
Oracle Red Bull Racing
Oracle - During her visit, Catz, Oracle CEO, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and war cabinet minister Benny Gantz. “We are here to help the government, the military and the Israeli economy,” Catz said. [Source] [Official Oracle statements]
Siemens - Siemens has won the tender for the construction of the EuroAsia Interconnector, a submarine electricity cable from Israel via Cyprus to Greece. This cable will connect apartheid Israel’s electricity grid with that of the EU and enable it to export electricity produced from fossil gas to Europe. As explained by the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), the EuroAsia Interconnector, if implemented as planned, will contribute to the maintenance and expansion of Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem. [Source] [More about Siemens’ operations in Israel]
Scuderia Ferrari HP
Hewlett-Packard Israel (subsidiary of HP Inc.) - HP Israel has provided services and advanced technology to the Israel Defense Forces, including the administration of the electronic infrastructure of the Israeli Navy. HP Israel, has supplied the Basel system to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and has taken over its development, installation, and maintenance on the ground. The Basel access and control system is a system of biometric sensors. This system is installed in the Israeli military checkpoints, which are on the border with the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank. [Source][They obfuscate the involvement of HP Inc. by setting up different companies under different names like HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.]
IBM - IBM has been responsible for training military and intelligence personnel, as well as managing the central database of Israel’s Population, Immigration and Borders Authority (PIBA) that stores the biometric data of Palestinians. [Source] [IBM and the IDF have decades long history of working together]
AWS - Project Nimbus, the joint contract between Google and Amazon signed in 2021 aims to provide cloud computing infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology services to the Israeli government and its military. [Source] [Source]
Mercedes AMG Petronas
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise - HPE is the sole supplier of Itanium servers for the Israeli Population Immigration and Borders Authority for the operation of the Israeli Population Registry, which contains information on Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian territory. [Source]
G42 - G42 and Israel’s number one defence company, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, announced a new joint venture that will commercialize artificial intelligence and big data technologies and solutions for multiple sectors. Rafael Advance Systems is the manufacturer of all of these military weapons, including The Iron Dome. [Source]
UBS - In the first quarter of 2024, UBS increased their shares in Elbit systems, one of the largest Israeli military tech company and defence contractor, by 875% [Source] [Source]
Atlassian Williams Racing
Santander - (previously sponsored Williams in 2025. Santander now sponsors the Spanish Grand Prix) Santander financed Boeing and General Dynamics, which exported the GBU-type guided bombs used in the Jabalia massacres. Santander and BBVA are the main banks financing companies manufacturing arms used by the Israeli military to commit the genocide in Gaza, with over $2.442 and $15 billion, respectively. [Source]
VAST Data - An Israeli tech company focused on AI and deep learning to help organizations build and scale intelligent applications by unifying compute, data management, and high-performance storage infrastructure. Dell Technologies was a major funder of VAST Data. Now, some of their partners include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, CISCO, AWS, and Nvidia. [Source] [Source]
Aston Martin Aramco
Bombardier - Bombardier and Safran, a company that has an agreement with the Israeli government to support the development of its Arrow 3 hypersonic anti-ballistic missile system, announced a technological innovation partnership in defence technology. Additionally, Bombardier provided electric engines for its Tel Aviv-Jerusalem high-speed railway project. The route crosses into the occupied West Bank, and its construction involved land confiscation from Palestinians, against international law. [Source] [Source] [Source]
JCB - JCB’s machinery has been used by the Israeli authorities to demolish Palestinian homes and construct illegal Israeli settlements on the seized Palestinian land. [Source]
Atlas Air - Atlas Air is one of several commercial cargo airlines that has transported weapons from the U.S. to Israel during the Gaza genocide. [Source]
Visa CashApp Racing Bulls
Siemens - Refer to the previous point under Oracle Red Bull Racing
Roboze - Roboze, manufacturer of professional 3D printing solutions for rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing applications established a direct sales cannel in Israel: “Israel’s defense industry is where innovative technological ideas are born and come into life” Says Gil Lavi, Roboze VP Sales & Business Development. [Source]
Audi F1
BP (British Petroleum) - In November 2023, news broke that a number of Western energy companies, including British Petroleum (BP), were granted gas exploration licences in occupied Palestinian waters by the Israeli Ministry of Energy. While it will take years before these sites are converted into reliable sources of gas, activist groups in the US and Britain have protested these business deals, brokered in the shadow of an ongoing genocide. [Source]
Haas MoneyGram F1
Singha Corporation - Thailand’s Singha Corporation Co. Ltd., the holding company of Singha beer maker Boon Rawd Brewery, has joined the network of Tel Aviv and New York-based innovation hub SOSA. SOSA is a partner of the IDF [Source] [Source]
BWT Alpine F1
Boeing - Israel gave final approval for a plan to purchase two new combat squadrons of F-35 and F-15IA advanced fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin and Boeing in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars [Source]
Cadillac F1
TWG - In March 2025, TWG Global partnered with Palantir Technologies to create commercial AI tools for financial services companies. In May 2025, XAI joined the partnership with TWG and Palantir. [Source]
This is a non-extensive list and is up to date to my best of knowledge as of May 2026.
As fans I feel like we need to be aware of where the money is coming from, what the sponsors do, and their active and deep involvement in the ongoing wars in Palestine and Lebanon and not pretend like the presence of an IDF soldier is shocking news.
guys i’m so sorry to say this but exercising and indulging in hobbies rather than scrolling on your phone for 200 hours actually does improve your mood and overall mental health, this has deeply upset me more than anyone
yaaayyy, i finally finished my charles x vogue drawing!!! also special version (cw blood, but just a tiiiiiny little bit) inspired by these @raspberry-ribcage tags under the cut!