There is such a social stigma attached to tobacco branding that no team would accept money from a cigarette company, even if there were no laws or bans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
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There is such a social stigma attached to tobacco branding that no team would accept money from a cigarette company, even if there were no laws or bans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Ferrari has Marlboro advertising "camuflated" for some reason.
Not sure (some teams anyway) any stigma for a cash starved sport like WRC especially outside Europe and North America. You really think a team would refuse 2 or 3 or 5 million? Ask Papa Wilson.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
As said Ferrari are Marlboro sponsored and just extended it to 2015 along with Ducati.
Phillip Morris (owners of Marlboro) own all the sponsorship space on the Ferrari.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Ok, but the make are hide with the barcode stlyle.
Ferrari are the only team that really accepts money from a tobacco company. They cover it up with the barcode design, but that doesn't exactly to much for them - everyone knows the barcode means "Marlboro". They supposedly removed the Marlboro barcode from the car, dropped the company from their team name (they're now "Scuderia Ferrari" instead of "Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro") and introduced a new team logo, but the team logo looks suspiciously like the new Marlboro packets ...
As Ogier is apparently doing every rally in something, is he entitled to be classified as in the SWRC or not? As is he is not allowed in the SWRC; that little championship could be blown wide open.
IF there is SWRC Championship this year, there are only 6 entrants and FIA has right to cancel the series if less then 10Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Brynildsen just said no budget for SWRC, I was hoping he was 1 extra entrant....
There is a growing issue with tobacco in the old Western world, but there are more smokers in China alone than there are people living in Western Europe and US combined. Last year there were an estimated 600 million smokers in China (Source: CNBC)Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
It's still good business (just check the stock prices on tobacco companies). The cigaret combanies biggest problems are counter fitting where classic brands are copied and filled with crap tobacco and sold cheaply all over the world.
Wow if that is the case then who will those who enter a s2000 be competing against? What will happen to the current 6 entrants?Quote:
Originally Posted by ProRally