Motor racing-Mercedes and Kingspan end sponsorship deal amid Grenfell backlash

FILE PHOTO: The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team's logo is displayed at the launch of the INEOS Britannia America's Cup challenge in Brackley, Britain, October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Smith

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Insulation firm Kingspan and the Mercedes Formula One team have agreed to end a sponsorship deal, they said on Wednesday, amid a backlash about the Irish company's link to Britain's 2017 Grenfell Tower fire.

British Housing Minister Michael Gove and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire last week called for Lewis Hamilton's team to reconsider a sponsorship deal due to Kingspan's link to the 2017 London disaster.