Australian IT distributor to support team’s F2 and F3 efforts at Albert Park
PREMA will continue its partnership with IT distributor & PC Manufacturer LEADER for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. Following a positive 2024 cooperation in the FIA Formula 2 and Formula 3 support races at Albert Park, PREMA and the Australian-owned company elected to extend their relationship into the upcoming edition of the GP. The LEADER and Acronis brands will be featured on the team’s cars competing in the 2025 event.
Australia’s largest PC manufacturer & IT Distributor, LEADER has an established network in five states of the Country, providing services to over 70 vendors and supporting the delivery of Acronis natively integrated cyber protection solutions for service providers. A technology-intensive operation, PREMA relies on strong IT, digital, and security platforms to achieve the best possible results and is delighted to continue the relationship with such an excellent player in this challenging field.
LEADER is continuing to grow its involvement in sports through the Acronis #TeamUp program, which introduces IT distributors and service providers to major sports teams. PREMA is excited to continue being part of the initiative and looks forward to the opening round of the two F1 feeder championships.
Rene Rosin – Team Principal
“We are delighted to continue partnering with Acronis and LEADER for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. Acronis and its cyber protection products contribute to making cyberspace safer and like them, and LEADER, we at PREMA are constantly pushing to improve and advance our technology, including data and IT, as a way to compound the team’s growth and aim for success. It is always exciting, and a great responsibility, to represent LEADER for their home FIA F2 and F3 rounds, and we will do our best to maximize the results.”
Theo Kristoris – managing Director, LEADER
“LEADER is proudly 100% Australian Owned & Operated IT Distributor & PC Manufacturer. The Australian Grand Prix event is one of highlights of the Australian sporting calendar. It is great honor and pleasure we can support the event via our continued partnership of PREMA. We are also extremely proud of our long-term relationship with Acronis, and we thank them for their support with this motorsport partnership. Our purpose is to help our channel partners continue to grow and
be highly successful. Innovation and technology are the key. It is honor to partner with high performance teams, like PREMA. We are excited to the race weekend”.
Kelly Johnson – General Manager, Acronis ANZ
“We are proud to continue supporting our distributors and sports partners here in Australia through the Acronis #TeamUp program. Our partnership with PREMA Racing and LEADER for the Australian Grand Prix Weekend 2025 is a great example of how Acronis brings its ecosystem together to drive better business growth. The brand visibility and networking opportunities that come from our involvement in global motorsport are made accessible to local partners like LEADER, who have consistently activated successful motorsport partnerships with Acronis. Our natively integrated backup and cybersecurity solutions ensure complete cyber protection, making it easier for service providers and elite sports teams alike to stay secure when it matters most.”
About PREMA Racing:
Founded in 1983, PREMA Racing has become the leading contender in junior single-seater racing. Starting from Formula 3, the team gradually expanded to encompass the most challenging and relevant disciplines in motorsports on the way to Formula 1, including karting and the most recent addition to the sport, F1 Academy. Throughout its journey, PREMA achieved countless victories and 80 championship titles. It has also been home to multiple current and past Formula One drivers, and is currently the partner of choice for every Formula 1 driver development programme.
About LEADER:
LEADER focuses on authentic, mutually beneficial, profitable relationships with both resellers and vendors. Our desire and drive is to help build a robust, more sustainable IT industry, through support, shared knowledge, and solution selling. Our strength comes from our ability to provide the IT Channel with complete solutions, from Servers, PC’s, Gaming, Accessories, Networking, Storage, Software to Cloud Services, VoIP Solutions, SIP Trunking & other Telco services, LEADER ‘s account managers are dedicated to working with our resellers and helping them grow. www.Leadersystems.com.au
About Acronis:
Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT departments. Acronis solutions are highly efficient and designed to identify, prevent, detect, respond, remediate, and recover from modern cyberthreats with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. Acronis offers the most comprehensive security solution on the market for MSPs with its unique ability to meet the needs of diverse and distributed IT environments.
A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis has 15 offices worldwide and employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses. Learn more at www.acronis.com.
