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july 13, 2021 - Puma
Fster+: Puma joins forces with Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 to create its fastest ever track & field spikes
Sports company #puma and #mercedesamgpetronas F1 have teamed up to create PUMA’s fastest, lightest and most propulsive Track & Field spike to date.
Together with #mercedesamgpetronas F1, #puma applied engineering insights from the world of Formula 1 and automotive to design the EVOSPEED TOKYO FUTURE FASTER+ and the EVOSPEED TOKYO FUTURE NITRO FASTER+ for its athletes, including Karsten Warholm, Norwegian hurdler, World Record holder, World Champion and European Champion, and André De Grasse, Canadian sprinter and Olympic silver medalist.
“To make the best spikes for our athletes, that comply with the regulations, we connected the engineers of Mercedes AGM Petronas F1 with our best footwear people,” said #puma CEO Bjørn Gulden. “With the input from our athletes and their coaches, the team developed the best spikes #puma has ever made.”
Learnings and technological advances from the FASTER+ program were also passed down and integrated into other track and field spikes for athletes such as Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis and Swiss sprinter Ajla Del Ponte. “The FASTER+ program is about creating elite products for our elite athletes to help them excel in their sport” said Erin Longin, Global Director Run/Train at #puma. “We believe that together with #mercedesamgpetronas, we have created unique, innovation-led Track and Field spikes that will help our athletes run faster, jump farther and soar higher.”
“This collaboration with #puma has been a natural alignment – track spikes need to run fast, and racing cars need to drive fast,” said Toto Wolff, CEO of #mercedesamgpetronas Motorsport Formula One Team. “Whether you’re designing a great racing car or the perfect track spike, it comes down to engineering and putting as much performance as possible into the product. We have drawn on our experience and expertise in carbon fibre with the design, and along the way we learned that making an innovative track spike involves the same kind of complexity as a Formula One car – and it has been an exciting challenge to tackle together. Working closely with a trusted partner like #puma, I believe this FASTER+ track and field spike is just the beginning of the collaboration between the two companies when it comes to innovation.”
The EVOSPEED TOKYO FUTURE FASTER+ was designed together with 400m hurdles World Record Holder Karsten Warholm and his coach. The spike’s upper is infused with carbon fiber threads and its sole has a carbon plate, engineered by #mercedesamgpetronas, with permanent titanium pins. It weighs 135 grams.
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