Virgin to sponsor Brawn?

[grantb4]

Looking forward to seeing the Virgin livery. The Brawn car is quite good looking considering the "ugly" rules for this year, but when are they going to ban those stupid wheel cover thingies? They look awful and don't add anything to the spectacle of the sport!

Yeah I hate those things too.

[Malbec]

I think Branson would be wise to tap into this and just become a title sponsor rather than naming the team outright, obviously the two names would be linked in the same way that Vodafone, McLaren and Mercedes are, but IMO anyway in the past couple of weeks the Brawn name has gone from sounding strange and awkward to just sounding "right".

Branson made what I thought was quite a rude comment in an interview yesterday, he stateed that everyone knew the team had a great engineer so there was no need to name the team after him (Brawn).

He's beginning to irritate me already. So far in his BBC appearances you'd have thought Branson had designed and built the car himself, he seems to have forgotten that his formal relationiship with the team only started yesterday.

[TMorel]

I like Branson and the Virgin brand but the only time I hit mute today was when Richard was talking as it just seemed a load of absolute bollocks every time he opened his mouth
I think he should go with the Panasonic Toyota / Vodafone McLaren route and then just shut up. Heck, I'd rather listen to John Bunsen and Anthony Hamilton !

[V12]

Branson made what I thought was quite a rude comment in an interview yesterday, he stateed that everyone knew the team had a great engineer so there was no need to name the team after him (Brawn).

Yeah that got the wind right up my tail as well. Branson would be well advised to recognise that this is the result you get when a proper, efficient racing team headed by proper racing people is left to get on with it. A straightforward sponsorship deal would IMO benefit all parties more, by all means plaster the cars, driver overalls, motor homes and hospitality areas with as many Virgin stickers as you want but please, please please leave it at that.

[Ranger]

Branson made what I thought was quite a rude comment in an interview yesterday, he stateed that everyone knew the team had a great engineer so there was no need to name the team after him (Brawn).

He's beginning to irritate me already. So far in his BBC appearances you'd have thought Branson had designed and built the car himself, he seems to have forgotten that his formal relationiship with the team only started yesterday.

I just read that on Autosport. What a cock. Not that it wasn't obvious already.

[Ranger]

Yeah that got the wind right up my tail as well. Branson would be well advised to recognise that this is the result you get when a proper, efficient racing team headed by proper racing people is left to get on with it. A straightforward sponsorship deal would IMO benefit all parties more, by all means plaster the cars, driver overalls, motor homes and hospitality areas with as many Virgin stickers as you want but please, please please leave it at that.

Fortunately Ross and Nick aren't muppets.

Come to think of it, I wonder what Bernie is feeling right now?

[m.lowe]

I wonder what Bernie is feeling right now?

Himself?

Good luck to Brawn and the Virgin deal
Can't wait to see the scale models of this years cars as I want a virgin, sorry I mean a Brawn :-)

[VkmSpouge]

Sir Richard Branson really knew the right time to step in when he saw it

[Dave B]

Branson made what I thought was quite a rude comment in an interview yesterday, he stateed that everyone knew the team had a great engineer so there was no need to name the team after him (Brawn).

Was that just after he said "b...ard", claiming he didn't realise he was on TV? I mean, it's not as if the cameraman, sound man and production runner give any hints.