Ranking the Sketchiest F1 Sponsors 

Splunk is an enormous presence in the tech industry, so is Siemens, Siemens has been sponsoring cars for decades at this point.

You forgot the Tobacco companies which are technically banned from sponsoring the sport, but use subsidiary companies as a loophole. Ferrari and Mission Winnow (Philip Morris) being a famous example. But still McLaren is sponsored by Vuse which is part of British American Tobacco. Alcohol companies do a similar thing by having an alcohol free version of their product being promoted. Heineken being the big one here.

I love how Jumbo is ranked as fairly sketchy, while it’s just one of the most known Dutch supermarkets

Seeing Seimens up there on your corkboard and I was like, "what, they've never heard of a huge German company?"

As a Dutch person, it was hilarious and so unexpected to see Jumbo, the supermarket I go to almost everyday and see all over the country in this video😂😂

I've noticed Max Verstappen has a new helmet sponsor this year, something called "EA Sports". They sound extremely sketchy man I don't know.

You literally ranked a company that builds CNC machines as more sketchy than a company that stole 3 billion dollars.

MSC is the official cruise partner of F1, kind of like how DHL is the official shipping company. Also, Siemens make a plethora of medical equipment as well. Ever had an MRI?

Not shady, but DUREX on the 1976 Surtees F1 car was a smash hit!

I love how he calls out Splunk, one of the largest security companies on the planet.

what the heck why was this the most clear and concise summary of the FTX scandal I've ever heard? Thanks for the content!

I’m an engineer at Haas CNC. When CNBC broadcasted their story a few weeks ago accusing of us selling machines to the Russians, it seemed totally out of left field. The logistics of building and selling expensive industrial equipment and delivering it to international customers is quite complex, and we certainly can’t control every step completely. The statement that Haas released in response explains it pretty well. It honestly seems to me like some journalists did some digging and found something they could misconstrue into a sensational story, try to make a name for themselves. But then again, considering Gene Haas’ criminal history, where exactly does the truth lie? I don’t know man, I just work here.

Missed the old Wheelhouse format! Glad to see it back!

As a person who purchases CNC machines for work here in the US I can confirm that it can take 6-7 months to get a machine. I believe Haas, specially in this market. We pay a down payment and at that moment we enter a contract with machine supplier for them to deliver the equipment. Gonna have to say not sketchy to that...

I think kick deserves a mention. A twitch clone purely created to advertise gambling via shady sponsorship deals. They were doing this on twitch previously but gambling sponsorships got banned so they went and made their own platform to advertise it. The sponsorships are shady since the streamers are given accounts with inflated odds and large amounts of cash already in them.

Where the hell has James been? At this point it seems like you’re hiding him. Hope everything is going well

Jumbo is btw one of the biggest supermarket chains in the Netherlands, so the sponsor itself isn’t sketchy at all

This is an amazing video. Nolan you killed it

Production value is off the charts these days. Love it.

Amazing video. Hard to find new ideas within F1 content and done so well. Do more please!

Siemens (Huge and Old German Company) being on the Board together with FTX etc. is hilarious considering how reputable, old and important Siemens is to this Day, not only for Car Technology. I wonder if the Person who designed that great Conspiracy Board didn`t even bother to look up Siemens on Wikipedia. Whatever the Reason, i hope they learn a bit about Siemens after putting it on the Wall of Shame for some Reason Prost & Cheers from Germany

Love videos when Nolan gets to go on camera and just be himself for a few minutes. Good stuff Noleybooboobear.

Digging the format. Enjoyed this one

Ranking Haas sketchier than FTX is insane😂😂

Great setup with detective vibes. Content quality is surely going up 👍

I can really appreciate this kind of deeper dig into the background of today’s F1 sponsorship. All over the financial world has been spoken of transparency of earnings and defined costs, so why not on the most expensive form of car racing. Well done weather or not it’s all included so far. It provided me with an insight and some sort of het explanation of dodgy name-brands that are currently active, and therefore a bit more freedom to choose. That’s kind of a big deal for me. Big respect for the author of the video. Keep it up and stay safe my friend! 👍🏼

Thanks for teaching me basically all of the stuff I know about car mechanics I just received my donut hoodie!😊

Love the new style of videos !!!

Nolan grew up in a machine shop. I always thought he was a robot

You guys need to make a video with one of those luxury car detailing channels and bring them Nolan's old ass car. The look on their face alone when this thing comes in should be worth it. Plus it would be genuinely interesting to see what they can make of something like that. And I want Nolan to be happy in his life.

I LOVE DONUT F1 CONTENT, KEEP IT GOING!

your editor dropping thorstein veblen is a crossover i did not expect to see on an auto channel, love it.

Donut please give Nolan his own weekly episode back he’s an OG and we miss wheelhouse😭

I love seeing those historical F1 cars in the background behind Nolan. Was this shot at the Petersen Museum in LA? I visited the exhibit a few weeks ago, and I had to apologize for getting drool on Häkkinen's championship McLaren-Mercedes 😅 such a fantastic selection from the 90s and beyond! _Ten minutes later:_ Oh thanks for answering my question :P

Glad to see Nolan talk about this again. It's always been a great topic to cover.

Yay!!! You posted this on my birthday! I know you post every Friday but whatever it’s exciting 😂

If you thought NASCAR sponsors were sketchy, you’ve seen nothing yet.

Jumbo as an amazing place to work as a young teen. Its one of the biggest supermarkets in the Netherlands. The discovery of the issue with Frits van Eerd was a problem indeed, but i can assure everyone Jumbo is an amazing place to work!

Going back to doing donut things (morden automobile journalism) Love to see it 😀💪

Nolan is the most genuine Donut member

Thanks for actually pronouncing haas correctly lol. I live in the same city as their manufacturing hq and know lots of people that work there and no one, absolutely no one says it like they do in f1 channels and broadcasts.

With the machine company sponsors i think it has to be differentiated between selling directly to weapons manufacturers and selling to a different company that then resells the machine to a weapons manufacturer they only have control over one of these things.

Finally, a good old Donut video

More educational vids like this plz

Great video! I’ve noticed at 4:48 you’re saying Williams disengaged with crypto, but in fact they’ve signed with Kraken for this season.

Lol I work with Splunk, it's actually a very useful tool in my field. I thought the same thing the first time I heard the name tho 😅

love the content! and i LOVE this topic...

Thanks Nolan, I like the indepth reporting.

Dude! This is the kind of investigative reporting I hear and see on NPR and PBS! Well done! Thank You!!!!

I don't see how HAAS is /more/ sketchy than FTX.

Set is dope, way more fitting than usual desk.

The fact that Aramco got a pass on this video is sketchy in and of itself

Donut answering questions we didn’t know we had ❤ but needed!

My personal favourite (probably not sketchy) was rollerblade brand roces sponsoring teams. Perhaps a video on the lesser known sponsors would be cool?

Glad wheel house is back🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Great video idea! Love it

I miss the old Donut Media... Not this gimmick filled new way that things are being done. B2B Up to speed The list videos Just a few examples of things they don't do anymore because of the people behind the scenes running the show

It would be nice to see you guys make more f1 videos. Please

So glad you guys are fans of F1!

Donut meets Vice. Another great video!!!

Who tf allowed Mcclaren at 1:44 lol

Would like to see Nolan have his own YT channel

Nolan = Batman, literally no difference except Nolan's superpower is being held back by Donut's budget.

As someone who loves reading old economists, you can't quantify how happy I was to see a reference to Veblen!

It is funny to me that Splunk> is mentioned as unknown and shady, while being a thing I use every day haha

who saw McClaren?

Thank you for this episode of Wheelhouse!

The investigative content in this piece should make for something that should be the automotive equivalent to the PBS News Hour. Nolan went deep!

Splunk is a large reputable company. They make pretty much the premier Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) software that most major companies use. I had a class in college that was pretty much exclusively on Splunk and Qradar

Splunk is one of the most familiar names in the IT industry. They are legit btw 😂

That went from "Shady" to "Weird" pretty quick. Did you get some legal advice? 🤣

i worked with an haas cnc machine for a couple months, its such an amazing piece of engineering

thank you for telling about f1 sponsors and also for uncovering indirect/direct war support, it's important!

Donut never disappoints us, he's an incredible Content Creator and always creates masterpieces. His content is amazing.

I couldn’t be more proud of you. This channel has undertaken amazing growth. You (all) love to have fun & that’s why I subscribe. But RARELY do genre specific (content geared towards/mostly consumed by men) creators ever peek under the hood & report on shady parts of their respective industries. I wish this would happen with sports in general. Thanks for helping car culture grow up just a bit.

nolan doing risky topics but as a 1920s detective narration

I stand with Russia 🇷🇺!!

"...sketchy sponsors" *highlights Bin Laden" never change, Donut editors.

Velocity Black is actually a concierge service which caters to the needs of their members. Booking hotels, reserving restaurants, booking f1 race tickets etc lol

The squidward footstep sound effect is s good touch😂

Poor Nolan, never got a normal childhood in a house like everyone else. Growing up in a machine shop must've been tough.

love this Petersen museum background. Can’t believe you have the permission to film in the Vault!

awesome video idea!

“3 highest paid team bosses” shows Mattia Binotto😂😂😂

Very cool idea

Siemens is a decently big company at gestamp we use Siemens hmi to display our info on presses that make structural parts for cars. Such as Honda crv rear frames, ford escape rear frames

I love how this is BARELY a car video

Business is business, wars aside

I mean, "corruption protection agency" is kinda much more spot-on

bro did jumbo dirty

No more vault tour???!!! You can just go down whenever?! That is incredibly cool of the Petersen to open it up

Great journalism 🍻

Is this a reupload? I feel like I remember watching a Donut video about F1 sponsors before.

Nolan has grown a lot. good job

That intro gave me Donut Podcast vibes!

Bro really highlighted Splunk as a sketchy sponsor

I thought we were gonna talk about shady F1 Sponsors this is the tip of the iceberg

Ah yes favourite good war/ bad war moment

Time to do some sketchy shit, do duh, do duh, I hope I get a way with it 😂

Jumbo is literally one of the biggest supermarkets chains, they just had a shady guy on the top that is now even shunned by the family.