Aston Martin says the partnership will make Juniper Networks the company’s official networking equipment vendor.

According to the Aston Martin Team, the decision to partner with Juniper was straightforward. Aston Martin was keen to work with a supplier that understood the benefits of secure, cloud-based wired and wireless networking solutions that can withstand the sophisticated, data-intensive requirements for a Formula One team operating across multiple continents.

Juniper Networks’ branding will first appear on the AMR21, on the car’s Halo, at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

“A Formula One team’s secure networking needs are extensive: we need the ultimate in performance, flexibility and intelligence—all delivered with zero compromise. And that’s as applicable to our trackside operations, which demand immediate, fault intolerant response, as it is to our factory networking requirements, which need to be robust yet fully scalable. Juniper’s adaptive and automated solutions are the perfect fit for our new smart factory build,” comments Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team managing director commercial and marketing Jefferson Slack.

“The values that power our two organisations are truly aligned. Like virtually every organisation today, the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team is reliant on its network and therefore expects a consistently superior user experience for every employee, including engineers, drivers, technicians, race strategists and administrators,” concludes Juniper Networks senior vice president and chief marketing officer Mike Marcellin.