It worked with Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 on the Evospeed Tokyo Future Faster+ and Evospeed Tokyo Future Nitro Faster+ for athletes including Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm.

Mr Warholm’s shoe is infused with carbon fibre threads and its sole has a carbon plate, engineered by Mercedes AMG Petronas, with permanent titanium pins. 

For Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse, Puma’s proprietary Nitro Foam was added  to the Mercedes AMG Petronas-engineered carbon plate for added rebound.

Toto Wolff, CEO of Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One Team, said: “This collaboration with Puma has been a natural alignment – track spikes need to run fast, and racing cars need to drive fast.

“Whether you’re designing a great racing car or the perfect track spike, it comes down to engineering and putting as much performance as possible into the product. 

“We have drawn on our experience and expertise in carbon fibre with the design, and along the way we learned that making an innovative track spike involves the same kind of complexity as a Formula One car – and it has been an exciting challenge to tackle together.”

He added that it is the beginning of a wider collaboration between the two companies.

 Image: Swiss sprinter Ajla Del Ponte tries out her new spikes. Credit: Puma