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[McLaren Fan]

I agree with Dennis that Formula One is a good investment. Although I don't buy products on the basis of seeing them in Formula One (consciously anyway ), I had never heard of ING before they got involved in Formula One.

[Denthúl]

Bring back beer and tobacco advertising.

[8-ball]

Bring back beer and tobacco advertising.

Two industries that will never be effected by recession

[Gert]

'bout time people realised that there's sod all return on investment from F1 sponsorship - the only reason that the baccy companies were willing to pay so much was 'cos they were banned everywhere else.

So, assuming that it's just car manufacturers, tyre companies, oil refiners etc that can justify their presence in f1 by using it to test their products what F1 needs are some more sponsors that aren#t alowed to advertise in the normal way.

Some suggsetions:-

Lebanese Red Bull

Speed McLaren Mercedes

LSD BMW

etc

[Denthúl]

'bout time people realised that there's sod all return on investment from F1 sponsorship - the only reason that the baccy companies were willing to pay so much was 'cos they were banned everywhere else.

So, assuming that it's just car manufacturers, tyre companies, oil refiners etc that can justify their presence in f1 by using it to test their products what F1 needs are some more sponsors that aren#t alowed to advertise in the normal way.

Some suggsetions:-

Lebanese Red Bull

Speed McLaren Mercedes

LSD BMW

etc

I dunno, I'd be pretty happy with the old lineup:

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
West McLaren Mercedes
Rothmans Williams Renault
Benson and Hedges Jordan Mugen-Honda
Mild Seven Renault

And so on...

[McLaren Fan]

I dunno, I'd be pretty happy with the old lineup:

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
West McLaren Mercedes
Rothmans Williams Renault
Benson and Hedges Jordan Mugen-Honda
Mild Seven Renault

And so on...

I'd be prepared to go even further back in time. I'd like to see Marlboro sponsoring McLaren again - even though they turned traitor at the end of 1996 - to see the old red and white McLarens back again.

[darwin dali]

'bout time people realised that there's sod all return on investment from F1 sponsorship - the only reason that the baccy companies were willing to pay so much was 'cos they were banned everywhere else.

So, assuming that it's just car manufacturers, tyre companies, oil refiners etc that can justify their presence in f1 by using it to test their products what F1 needs are some more sponsors that aren#t alowed to advertise in the normal way.

Some suggsetions:-

Lebanese Red Bull

Speed McLaren Mercedes

LSD BMW

etc

Or how about

Hamas Red Bull

Taliban McLaren Mercedes

Kim Jong il BMW

Gaddafi Scuderia Ferrari

Castro Williams

[headless]

Sadam Toro Rosso

[headless]

Bring back beer and tobacco advertising.

Two industries that will never be effected by recession

Because they are inelastic goods.

[Denthúl]

I dunno, I'd be pretty happy with the old lineup:

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
West McLaren Mercedes
Rothmans Williams Renault
Benson and Hedges Jordan Mugen-Honda
Mild Seven Renault

And so on...

I'd be prepared to go even further back in time. I'd like to see Marlboro sponsoring McLaren again - even though they turned traitor at the end of 1996 - to see the old red and white McLarens back again.

I really dislike the look of the old Marlboro McLarens. The West-era livery was much nicer, in my opinion.

[Rivelution]

I dunno, I'd be pretty happy with the old lineup:

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
West McLaren Mercedes
Rothmans Williams Renault
Benson and Hedges Jordan Mugen-Honda
Mild Seven Renault

And so on...

I'd be prepared to go even further back in time. I'd like to see Marlboro sponsoring McLaren again - even though they turned traitor at the end of 1996 - to see the old red and white McLarens back again.

I really dislike the look of the old Marlboro McLarens. The West-era livery was much nicer, in my opinion.

That livery is sacred!!! It looked awesome on the Penske Champ Cars too!!!!

[EwanM]

I don't think it is a case of looking to the past. Cigarette companies won't come back so we need to look to the future.
I've never understood why the likes of Pepsico or Coca-Cola haven't entered back into the F1 fold to "rival Red Bull" on sponsorship terms?

Surely there are a few other sponsors out there? Expect more from India and China over the next decade to say the least.

[Denthúl]

I don't think it is a case of looking to the past. Cigarette companies won't come back so we need to look to the future.
I've never understood why the likes of Pepsico or Coca-Cola haven't entered back into the F1 fold to "rival Red Bull" on sponsorship terms?

Surely there are a few other sponsors out there? Expect more from India and China over the next decade to say the least.

Hm, I never thought of that.

Coca-cola Ferrari? Pepsi Williams Toyota? Whilst we're at it, why not fast food chains? McDonalds, Burger King, Subway etc. could get involved

[Dutchcruijff]

I don't think it is a case of looking to the past. Cigarette companies won't come back so we need to look to the future.
I've never understood why the likes of Pepsico or Coca-Cola haven't entered back into the F1 fold to "rival Red Bull" on sponsorship terms?

Surely there are a few other sponsors out there? Expect more from India and China over the next decade to say the least.

Mallya has taken full advantage of Force India by promoting both Kingfisher Drinks and Airlines. The same with Dietrich Mateschitz who's taken the liberty of fully advertising Red Bull, one of the main reasons why I believe that RBR won't fold because of the credit crunch. Formula One is an excellent foundation for advertising and that's why people like Branson may come into contention.

[bud]

I don't think it is a case of looking to the past. Cigarette companies won't come back so we need to look to the future.
I've never understood why the likes of Pepsico or Coca-Cola haven't entered back into the F1 fold to "rival Red Bull" on sponsorship terms?

Surely there are a few other sponsors out there? Expect more from India and China over the next decade to say the least.

Hm, I never thought of that.

Coca-cola Ferrari? Pepsi Williams Toyota? Whilst we're at it, why not fast food chains? McDonalds, Burger King, Subway etc. could get involved

If Coca Cola were to enter sponsorship into F1 why not use their Energy drink brand? Energy Drinks and motorsport seem to be the in thing.