Op-Ed: Things sound bad at Sauber F1
March 16, 2010 by SJ Skid
Filed under F1B Op-Ed, People & Events, SJ Skid
The BMW Sauber-Ferrari team is finally looking into changing its name and dropping the BMW.
This its-about-time news comes via Autosport.
But that is definitely not what catches my eye. This does:
The BMW Sauber team is currently without a title sponsor for 2010, and [Peter] Sauber admitted that his outfit was unlikely to get one now until [...]
Are sponsors coming back to motorsport?
February 10, 2010 by Negative Camber
Filed under Prime & Option
Is there a little light at the end of the tunnel? If you believe IEG, a unit of advertising giant WPP Plc (WPP.L), that is exactly what is happening. In a world of slumping and downright knuckle-dragging economies, it seems that perhaps motorsport sponsorship may be rising in North America.
According to Ben Klayman [...]
Report: Button, Brawn closing in on deal
October 28, 2009 by SJ Skid
Filed under People & Events, SJ Skid
Well, those Jenson Button to McLaren rumors were fun while they lasted.
The Times is reporting today that Button and Brawn management are close to a deal that would essentially return the new world champion to his old salary, an increase the paper calls a “recession-busting” one.
Once this deal is all locked up, it leaves just [...]
Brawn: Sponsors nervous over FIA/FOTA row
June 10, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under People & Events
ITV quoted Ross Brawn as suggesting that sponsors are getting nervous with the FIA/FOTA row. No on knows just what championship they are going to be sponsoring and even the new teams are in limbo as they have no idea what series they are entering and who they will be racing.
Stand to reason because [...]
Sponsors could leave McLaren
April 24, 2009 by Negative Camber
Filed under Parc Fermé
If McLaren are hit with race bans or an exorbitantly large fee for their part int he Australian Grand Prix “lie-gate” saga, some sponsors may pull out of their support for McLaren and F1 as a whole.
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