As the discussion on the presumed use of the livery on the Ferrari Formula 1 car as subliminal advertising for Philip Morris products continues to be a hot topic the Scuderia Ferrari has decided to modify their livery starting with the Spanish GP.
It is Ferrari that is benefiting directly with money from those who die of lung cancer. It is a sick and corrupt way to run an F1 team and has given them an unfair advantage over other teams for years.GTO wrote:The EU & those 'leading doctors" have done a fantastic job of providing free publicity to Marlboro. The smoke had cleared & no one was talking about cigs. or smoking. Now everyone will be talking about this HOT topic. Hmmm. Brilliant, very brilliant way to get people to quit! =D> Perhaps they should put full page ads. in newspapers around the world to protest the illegality of the Ferrari/Marlboro partnership.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlboro_%28cigarette%29Marlboro also sponsored Scuderia Ferrari as secondary sponsor from the mid 1980s as a result of company president Enzo Ferrari, who refused to allow "outside" sponsor brands to appear on his team cars. After his death in 1988, Marlboro began to take over as the primary sponsor, which they would be later officially branded as Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.
I do believe that those that die of lung cancer don't finance Philip Morris anymore.autogyro wrote:It is Ferrari that is benefiting directly with money from those who die of lung cancer.
Montezemolo even had the guts to tarnish Enzo's sporting heritage, since the Commendatore had managed to turn the Scuderia in a laughing stock in the 80's and LDM just spit on its heritage and started winning WDC's... [-Xmanchild wrote:LDM couldn't wait to get his hands on the company. First thing he did after Enzo died was to directly ignore his will and put sponsor on car. He even took Enzo's last private car out of Ferrari museum and gave it to some bozo.
Ferrari had Longines stickers for a long time, and Marlboro appeared at 1986.manchild wrote:First thing he did after Enzo died was to directly ignore his will and put sponsor on car.
Surely did. Or the initiative of hiring Jean Todt was taken by Enzo's ghost?autogyro wrote:LDM did that did he?
Longines was technical partner to Ferrari, not sponsor. They were providing time keeping equipment to team. Just like Agip that was providing fuel and lubricants.timbo wrote:Ferrari had Longines stickers for a long time, and Marlboro appeared at 1986.manchild wrote:First thing he did after Enzo died was to directly ignore his will and put sponsor on car.
Marlboro also sponsored Scuderia Ferrari as secondary sponsor from the mid 1980s as a result of company president Enzo Ferrari, who refused to allow "outside" sponsor brands to appear on his team cars. After his death in 1988, Marlboro began to take over as the primary sponsor, which they would be later officially branded as Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.
Yep (2:30)autogyro wrote:LDM did that did he?
