Ignition specialist NGK is once again sparking the Scuderia Ferrari team in this year’s F1 championship, with 2016 marking a very successful 21-year relationship between the companies.

NGK and Scuderia Ferrari teamed up for the first time in 1996 since when they have won six World championship drivers’ and eight constructors’ championships. After two races, the 2016 season sees Scuderia Ferrari in second place in the constructors’ championship with former World champion drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in fifth and sixth place respectively.

NGK is the exclusive supplier of spark plugs for the SF16-H, which prominently displays the NGK logo, and the existing contract has been extended until 2020. The team from Maranello will therefore fully rely on high-tech spark plugs from NGK again in the seasons to come up until the end of the decade.

Thanks to its expert technical expertise, NGK is able to tailor-make spark plugs to meet the high demands of the racing cars which bear the trademark of ultimate performance and technical sophistication, the ‘Cavallino Rampante’.

Marketing Manager Mark Hallam says, “We are proud of the many years of co-operation and so many successes achieved during this time. We have been working closely with the technicians from Maranello again to jointly develop a spark plug which guarantees the highest performance and reliability in the world’s most challenging competition.”