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Mihai

25th December 2007, 22:45

Schumi washing his hair with a certain shampoo, Irvine recommeding stylish Italian leather shoes, Hakkinen & his wife driving a Merc, etc etc. Apparently Formula 1 is a gold mine for the advertising industry finding inspiration and popular figures among the Grand Prix circus. I tried to gather all TV commercials featuring F1 drivers and teams :

A couple of dozen F1 related TV commercials (http://www.rally.ro/forum/showthread.php?t=169)

Any other links would be highly welcomed.

leopard

26th December 2007, 07:26

I only know an F1 related tires reclama on the local TV performed by two Ferrari drivers Michael Schumacher and Felippe Massa.

Another reclama about riding a brand of bike with sensation of Rossi's bike, a glance of appearance of Casey Stoner, and testimony from Fausto Gressini and his riders about a brand of lubricant they used at the race.

Not sure that the links are available.

SEATFreak

26th December 2007, 08:15

Does it have to be unconnected to F1? It is just I have one for Mercedes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpK2t3gh2Co

leopard

26th December 2007, 08:26

Does it have to be unconnected to F1? It is just I have one for Mercedes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpK2t3gh2Co
Great advertising, Alonso grasps his things first and keep telling Lewis that this is mine, try another way ...

Drew

26th December 2007, 18:42

Some brilliant adverts, especially SeatFreak's one? I wonder when that was filmed?!

Mihai

26th December 2007, 21:56

I would guess that shooting took place before the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix. http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/gr8link/orn/00.gif

gospeedracer

27th December 2007, 07:20

i like the commercial from TAG Watch... where they cast in Tigger Wood and a F1 driver to race against the speed and distance of Tigger Woods strike...

ShiftingGears

27th December 2007, 08:17

There's an ING ad on here occasionally that connects F1 and their product really woefully. No link sorry.

leopard

27th December 2007, 09:41

ING runs the great sleepy leo for their logo, and would become more spectacular next season if they stay.

woefully that it didn't have link ;)

Osella

27th December 2007, 11:45

There's a Shell ad from the USA that features Ferrari's from the 50's up to 2007 which is excellent.

Osella

27th December 2007, 11:48

http://youtube.com/watch?v=39uqfnW1wS8

The best part is the 312 B2! ;)

tinchote

27th December 2007, 13:43

There's a Shell ad from the USA that features Ferrari's from the 50's up to 2007 which is excellent.

On the tv here they only showed a shortened version. The extended version was nice :)

philipbain

31st December 2007, 12:10

I agree that both the Shell advert (F1 Ferraris through the history of F1 driving through cities) and the Mercedes advert (Alonso, Hamilton & a cameo from Hakkinen) from 2007 were both excellent. My favorite dodgey F1 releated advert had to be the Braun electric razor advert from the early 90s featuring Stefano Modena and Satoru Nakajima, who both drove for Tyrell when they were sponsored by Braun. Though Schumi being "worth it" for Loreal was pretty damn bad too.

31st December 2007, 12:19

There was a Shell advert from 1996 with Eddie Irvine & Jean Todt that I remember (from Eurosport, I think).

James Hunt did one for the Vauxhall Chevette in 1977 on British TV. God knows how you'd find that.

Besides which, I think I'm showing my age by remembering that.

SGWilko

31st December 2007, 17:48

I recall Damon Hill & Muddly Talker did a Pizza Hut advert. Mansell was in an advert with other motorsport stars, but I can't recall the product. I remember it involved speed walking.....

Chevette

My god, the old Vauxhall shove-it was a hateful car..... my group of friends when I was at college used to take it in turns to drive to the local Ice Rink, one girl had a shove-it, be lucky if it got above 40......

SEATFreak

31st December 2007, 18:07

Some brilliant adverts, especially SeatFreak's one? I wonder when that was filmed?!

The fact Fernando and Lewis go to a Hilton hotel doesn't help.

Have you the faintest idea how many Hilton Hotels their is?! Thousands! It really is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

I have however send a queery to the hotel chain asking them which hotel in the chain the advert for Mercedes featuring Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton was shot at. So I should get some feedback very soon.

gloomyDAY

1st January 2008, 03:10

The license plate says FAG @ 0.2 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHkMTV0F38

:laugh:

SGWilko

1st January 2008, 11:10

The license plate says FAG @ 0.2 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHkMTV0F38

:laugh:

I put the volume right up, but I could not hear the number plate saying anything.......

AndyRAC

1st January 2008, 17:30

I recall Damon Hill & Muddly Talker did a Pizza Hut advert. Mansell was in an advert with other motorsport stars, but I can't recall the product. I remember it involved speed walking.....

My god, the old Vauxhall shove-it was a hateful car..... my group of friends when I was at college used to take it in turns to drive to the local Ice Rink, one girl had a shove-it, be lucky if it got above 40......

You obviously haven't seen the Chevette driven by Pentti, now that was a good car!!

Drew

1st January 2008, 18:49

The fact Fernando and Lewis go to a Hilton hotel doesn't help.

Have you the faintest idea how many Hilton Hotels their is?! Thousands! It really is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

I have however send a queery to the hotel chain asking them which hotel in the chain the advert for Mercedes featuring Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton was shot at. So I should get some feedback very soon.

Do you also ask them when? ;)

SEATFreak

2nd January 2008, 08:59

Do you also ask them when? ;)

Sadly I didn't. But I did ask them why.

I was promptly told to "[bleep] off you annoying little oik and stop asking stupid questions!" :laugh:

AndyL

3rd January 2008, 12:07

That Shell Ferrari ad is fantastic.
The Honda "impossible dream" ad was pretty cool too, it included the 1965 RA272 and a BAR Honda:
http://world.honda.com/message/impossibledreams/cm/
(but actually my favourite bits in that ad are the monkey bike and the RC143.)

ArrowsFA1

3rd January 2008, 12:40

James Hunt / Morecambe & Wise Texaco advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6H7-izXzjk)

3rd January 2008, 16:40

James Hunt / Morecambe & Wise Texaco advert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6H7-izXzjk)

Brilliant. I remember that, although it isn't the ad I mentioned earlier.

This ING add is currently on CNN - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gVVbL49t92Y

3rd January 2008, 16:58

Another classic.....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aWUuj_ZavNU

Some more....

BMW Sauber - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e1wVEXZuMgA

Schumi & Kimi in a Fiat Brava - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pdHkMTV0F38

Fisichella winning an Oscar - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vfRe2IG_9ME

1980's Renault ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlRf2oLKfY

1970's Goodyear ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbjIZRHod4

Jacques Villenueve Intel ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sqfi5jtscWU

Jordan DHL ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gxl6blNf0-o

Massa Shell ad from Brazil - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g9tezUMbM8M

Schumi & Barrichello Vodafone ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zuVOKMgvCuI&feature=related

AMD Ferrari ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oCzFUmO5vLI&NR=1

Schumi TicTac ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GWlfz4khToE&feature=related

Toyota ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t4865XWmrjU

1980's Mobil ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lNteVDv7n_o

Schumi Nike ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xTKCZtifq2Q

Schumi Retirement Fiat ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=q3REcNiKmws&feature=related

Kimi Nescafe ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u6LvPyLmx5Y&feature=related

Kimi Johnny Walker ad - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-JOSwW8JY&feature=related

ArrowsFA1

19th February 2008, 10:39

Mansell promotes Austin Rover

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=szVrD9rID0A

BDunnell

19th February 2008, 12:34

I can't find a link to it at the moment, but there was a rather wonderful one on German TV a few years ago involving Heinz-Harald Frentzen advertising Deutsche Post. This was at a time when you couldn't watch TV in Germany without seeing F1 drivers promoting things — Schumi doing Tic-Tac, the Fiat Seicento and L'Oreal, and Häkkinen putting on one of the most wooden performances ever in a Vodafone ad.

janneppi

19th February 2008, 13:07

This was at a time when you couldn't watch TV in Germany without seeing F1 drivers promoting things — Schumi L'Oreal,
I still refuse to consider him to be "worth it" :D

That new Schumi and Kimi Fiat ad is quite horrible, for some reason they didn't bother to make dub it in English and they've now began airing it in Finnish tv, Mit Deutsche spreche auf Kimi. sounds a bit too much like Die Kühe for my taste. ;)

BTCC2

19th February 2008, 13:26

Here is my favourite

The Damon Hill & Murray Walker Pizza Hut Ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnXLZPn11HM&NR=1

BDunnell

19th February 2008, 14:14

I still refuse to consider him to be "worth it" :D

:laugh:

He certainly wasn't worth whatever they paid him to do the ad... Still, full marks to him for doing something so embarrassingly camp!

NoahsGirl

27th February 2008, 20:39

There was an advert of Hakkinnen and Coulthard in the 98/99 season where they are having a coffee and getting a hiar cut, then zooming off to rejoin the race. I can't even remember who the advert was for, but it was definately an "in your face Ferrari" type of advert!

God bless, found it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoG_u4n9no0

N. Jones

27th February 2008, 20:57