MSC Cruises to title sponsor three Formula 1 Grand Prix racesMSC Cruises to title sponsor three Formula 1 Grand Prix races

MSC Cruises will be the title sponsor of three Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix races during the 2025 season in Austria, the USA and Brazil to build on its global partnership with the motorsport. 

Races

The first of the races is the Formula 1 MSC Cruises Austrian Grand Prix 2025 taking place June 27-29. The eleventh race of the season, it will be held at the Red Bull Ring race track in Spielberg. 

The second is the Formula 1 MSC Cruises United States Grand Prix 2025 to take place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas from October 17-19. 

Third is the Formula 1 MSC Cruises Grande Premio de Sao Paulo 2025 in November: the Brazilian Grand Prix will take place from November 7-9 at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos).  

Explora Journeys

It is the first time that the MSC Cruises brand will be included in the name of the three Formula 1 Grand Prix races and is in addition to MSC Cruises’ racetrack branding as part of the global partner status it has held with the sport since 2022.  

MSC Group’s luxury travel brand, Explora Journeys, will also make an appearance during the race season at the Monaco Grand Prix in May when its newest ship, Explora II, will be docked in Monte Carlo’s Port Hercule with a prime position for race fans onboard. 

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