Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team has announced a new partnership with Eight Sleep, the world’s leading sleep technology company, focused on improving driver and team performance across the 2026 Formula One™ season.
At the highest level of motorsport, performance is not defined by race day alone. It is built night after night through recovery, consistency, and readiness. Getting high-quality deep sleep plays a critical role in sustaining physical and cognitive performance across a long, high-pressure season. This partnership reflects Aston Martin Aramco’s commitment to optimising every variable that influences results, including sleep.
Eight Sleep will provide the team with its industry-leading sleep technology, the Pod, designed to optimise recovery through temperature regulation and continuous physiological tracking.
Built on one of the world’s largest proprietary sleep and biometric datasets, Eight Sleep’s technology turns sleep into a controllable performance lever. Unlike static tools or one-size-fits-all solutions, the Pod responds to the body night by night, enabling deeper recovery and faster adaptation across changing training loads, travel demands, and race schedules.
Eight Sleep’s technology has already demonstrated measurable impact at scale, leading to its adoption by elite athletes in different disciplines around the world. Research across its member base has shown up to a 34% improvement in deep sleep, and reports of 41% better overall sleep quality, reinforcing the role of sleep as a critical driver of recovery and performance.
The Eight Sleep logo will appear on the side of the nose at every race, on the driver balaclavas, on the cooling vests worn when needed by drivers and on the handheld cooling fans in the garage.
Jefferson Slack, Managing Director – Commercial and Marketing, Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team:
“In Formula One™, performance is the result of marginal gains accumulated over an entire season. Sleep is a critical performance input, and Eight Sleep’s AI-powered sleep technology allows us to optimise recovery in a way that static solutions cannot. Their approach will give our drivers and team a real edge, and we’re excited to partner as we continue to raise the bar for performance.”
Matteo Franceschetti, CEO and Co-Founder, Eight Sleep:
“Aston Martin Aramco represents a new standard in how teams think about performance. From world-class engineering to the relentless pursuit of marginal gains, this is an organisation that understands that results are shaped by what happens long before the lights go out on race day.
At Eight Sleep, we have built the most advanced sleep technology in the world for athletes and high performers. By combining AI, real-time physiology, and one of the largest sleep datasets in existence, we help turn recovery into a competitive advantage. We are proud to support Aston Martin Aramco this season as they push performance to its limits.”
With a history dating back to 1913 and its founders, Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford, Aston Martin has a storied history rooted in racing. Early success at the Aston Hill Climb inspired a legacy of crafting high-performance luxury vehicles. The brand debuted in Grand Prix racing in 1922, claimed outright victory at Le Mans in 1959 and returned to Formula One in 2021 under Lawrence Stroll’s leadership.
2026 marks the beginning of a new era for Aston Martin Aramco, as the team becomes a full works operation for the first time. Honda will provide the power units, working alongside Aramco and Valvoline to deliver cutting-edge sustainable fuels and high-performance lubricants. Adrian Newey, Managing Technical Partner, takes on the additional role of Team Principal, leading the team into the new era of technical regulations.
On track, the team’s driver line-up features experienced Canadian Lance Stroll and double World Champion Fernando Alonso. Jak Crawford, having served as Young Development Driver, becomes the team’s official Third Driver in 2026, alongside Test and Reserve Driver Stoffel Vandoorne and Team Ambassador Pedro de la Rosa. Mari Boya, competing in FIA Formula 2, and Mathilda Paatz, racing in the all-female F1 ACADEMY series, form the team’s Driver Academy. Mathilda will be guided by the team’s Head of F1 ACADEMY and Driver Ambassador, Jessica Hawkins.
Off-track, Aston Martin Aramco continues to drive progress through its I / AM fan engagement platform, and Make A Mark ESG programme, driving sustainability, inclusion and community engagement. Partnerships with Racing Pride, Spinal Track, and the Aleto Foundation support inclusivity, accessibility, and leadership development. The team’s commitment to energy efficiency is certified by ISO 50001 compliance.
About Eight Sleep
Eight Sleep is the leading sleep technology company in the world. Its flagship product, the Pod, combines dynamic temperature regulation, biometric tracking, and AI-powered intelligence to unlock deeper sleep and recovery. It is trusted by elite athletes, high-performing professionals, and health-conscious consumers to turn sleep into a measurable performance and health advantage. Eight Sleep is headquartered in New York, and its products are available in over 35 countries exclusively at eightsleep.com.
