MPPR is a marketing and PR consultancy established in 1998 by Martyn Pass to service the needs of manufacturers, teams and individual drivers plus other individuals or organisations working in motorsport, not only within the United Kingdom, but across the globe.
Martyn’s background and experience stretches back almost four decades. In the early 1970s he was a Sports Reporter at the Birmingham Post & Mail, reporting for the Birmingham Post, Evening Mail, Sunday Mercury and Sports Argus newspapers on various sports including motorsport, tennis and soccer. He attended numerous European-based Formula One Grands Prix with full FIA media accreditation, witnessing the full impact of Birmingham-born Nigel Mansell and also reported on the World Rally Championship, British Formula Three, British Touring Car Championships, British Open (for Shell Oils) and National Rally Championships (for Autosport magazine).
He then spent time with a Public Relations agency involved in the British Touring Car Championship, British Formula 3000, FIA International Formula 3000 and British Formula Three Championships. Additionally, Martyn was involved in the agency’s tennis accounts, that included the National Tennis Championships as well as the famous Eastbourne International Ladies Championships, plus equestrianism involving the World Equestrian Games and the Blenheim Three-Day Event.
In 1998, Martyn went freelance, and set up Martyn Pass PR with his wife and business partner, Teresa. In the ensuing 20 years, MPPR Ltd has managed some of the biggest and most successful accounts in motorsport, and with a longevity and commitment that is impressive.
Clients have included:
Audi Sport UK
1998 British Touring Car Championship campaign and then, from 1999 to 2016, managing Audi UK’s Press & Public Relations account for the factory sportscar programme, including Le Mans 24 Hours, American Le Mans Series, Le Mans Series and FIA World Endurance Championship. This included no less than thirteen wins in the Le Mans 24 Hours. It currently includes Formula E, German Touring Car Championship [DTM], GT3 and the company’s participation in the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed. MPPR also operated a press service in the UK for the Audi quattro Cup – the world’s biggest amateur golf competition.
Motor Sports Association – MSA
MPPR has worked with the sport’s governing body, the MSA, at the British Formula One Grand Prix in the International Media Centre (2003-2009) as Deputy National Press Officer and also operated a press service for organizers IMS concerning the Wales Rally GB World Rally Championship event (2003-2008).
Individual Clients
Other past and present clients include Brooklyn Garages, Champion Racing (US), Jim Russell Racing Drivers’ School, Emotive (US), International Motor Sports, Guy Smith, Robin Liddell, Riki Christodoulou, Allan McNish, Chris Hodgetts, Albert E Sharp, Nick Brittan, Johansson Motorsports, Emanuele Pirro, Kingpin Media, MPA Fingal, Superleague Formula, United Autosports, Oryx Racing, Steven Kane, Rembert Berg, Ross Wylie, Dion von Moltke, Stewart Lines, Alessandro Latif, JOTA Sport, Harry Tincknell, Santino Ferrucci, James Nash, Andrew Watson, Zak Brown (JMI), Lance Stroll, Harrison Newey, Progressive Motorsport, Elite Motorsport, Lando Norris and Porsche LMP (WEC).
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