s2ksimon

we go from smoking is bad for you , but drinking and driving isn't ?


Team McLaren, which is known to enjoy some of the most stable sponsor relationships in F1, might welcome a new title sponsor in 2005 to replace the West cigarette brand.



It now appears that Imperial Tobacco - owner of Reemtsma - is preparing to leave Formula One to adjust with the upcoming European ban on tobacco advertising.

According to the Sunday Herald, McLaren and Diageo (the consumer goods company that owns the Johnnie Walker brand) agreed to a

cmb

LOL! until the gov't pussyfoots around that too..then what...
glad to hear they found additional sponsorship...good for business.

Triple-H

Well if McLaren is picking up Whiskey they might as well go all the way and try to pick up another perfect fit.

SIG Sauer

Mindcore

I've been sick the last couple days, and I had a massive fever in the middle of the night, I woke up around 3am and I could not get the word livery out of my mind, it just kept running around in my fevered head until I was ready to explode in to a rage.. I have no idea.. but I guess that word pisses me off or something..I couldn't stop thinking about it.. urrghh I started thinking of my favourite word rutabaga but it didn't help..

thankfully I finally fell asleep

s2ksimon

Livery: An external paint colour and/or style used on vehicles

S2kRob

Mike: a freak of nature who owns an S2000 and lives in New Market.

s2ksimon

McLaren in Title Sponsor Dilema.

As i reported some weeks back, about West being replaced by Johnny Walker as the title sponsor for mclaren, it has taken a turn for the worst.

Whiskey label 'Johnnie Walker' have pulled out despite coming close to a Formula One sponsor deal with McLaren.

The Walker pull-out is said to be due to the legal confusion that has resulted from the association of a motor racing company with hard liquor.

Triple-H

So that leaves them with out tobacco or alcohol?

Damn, I was right, clearly they need to go for Firearms next...

s2ksimon

The deal is now done.. Johnnie Walker comes aboard

the McLaren car may look like this



"Ron Dennis, Chairman and CEO, McLaren Group said: "McLaren is supported by highly-valued, long-term partnerships with some of the world's most distinguished brand names. We're delighted to welcome Johnnie Walker o join this group. Working with Johnnie Walker and our other partners, we will enter the 2005 season with a new car, two competent drivers and aim to pose a strong challenge. It's a great time for Johnnie Walker to join us and the whole of Team McLaren Mercedes welcomes them. We look forward to winning together."

PLYRS 3

jesus christ simon....i don't get how you think.

smoking IS bad for you.

no one is condoning drinking and driving by placing an advertisment for alcohol on a race car.

if that's the message YOU'RE getting from seeing an alcohol ad on the side of a race car, you're subliminal pysche is vastly stronger than your consciousness.

(i'm reading a book about that right now - subliminal messaging, brain control, gov't experiments, etc. )