|
| Site Partners: | SpotterGuides | Veloce Books |
| Related Sites: | Your Link Here |
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
4 Jan 2004, 17:51 (Ref:827500)
|
#1 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,763
 |
Alcohol sponsorship and LeMans ???
Here's one for our French boy's to answer . Ive just been looking through some LeMans annuals and Ive noticed that the TRG Porsche had sponsorship from "Adobe Road winery" and the Corvette's had sponsorship from "Bullyhill winery" as well as a few others . My question is to you ..... how can they have alcohol sponsorship when it is supposed to be illegal in France . Or maybe wine is classed as a food in France like Beer is classed as a food in Germany ?
Wouldnt it be great to have "Martini" back with a psycadelic Dome or even the very attractive scheme that was used on the 1971 917 winner . After all "Martini" is only a fortified wine , isn't it ? Answer's please ..... 
|
||
|
|
|
4 Jan 2004, 18:49 (Ref:827561)
|
#2 | ||
 Race OfficialVeteran
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 18,741
 |
Quote:
The McLaren F1 car had no Warsteiner stickers in this years GP. |
||
|
|
|
|
4 Jan 2004, 20:10 (Ref:827616)
|
#3 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 3,391
|
Wine is indeed classified as 'food' in France
|
||
|
|
|
|
4 Jan 2004, 20:10 (Ref:827617)
|
#4 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,763
|
Yeah ..... but my point is , wine is alcohol !!! Either there is a ban on alcohol advertizing or there is not . It just seems a little strange is all .
|
||
|
|
|
|
4 Jan 2004, 20:13 (Ref:827619)
|
#5 | |||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,763
|
Quote:
Martini is also a type of wine , vermout , why cant they advertise that then ? I wish all these stupid european laws would wise up . What happened to free trade . Sorry I dont mean to bring polotics into this . 
|
|||
|
|
|
|
5 Jan 2004, 02:00 (Ref:827865)
|
#6 | |
|
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 3,840
|
Yeah, why the exception? They should have smudged the rules to allow the Martini R8 that so *nearly* happened.
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 Jan 2004, 03:13 (Ref:827896)
|
#7 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,010
|
dude its france.
|
||
|
|
|
|
5 Jan 2004, 06:11 (Ref:827939)
|
#8 | |||
|
Ten-Tenths Hall of Fame
Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 9,482
|
Quote:
 french governement has always been incoherent and irelevant on this topic ; due to the vintners' pressure, I think. That's why wine is not considered as a classical "alcohol" in France. Sorry mates ! 
|
|||
|
|
|
|
5 Jan 2004, 08:27 (Ref:827993)
|
#9 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 3,189
|
So if I ever get pulled after downing a few bottles of red in Europe I can claim not to have been drinking but eating??
|
||
|
|
__________________
"we love the winter, it brings us closer together"
|
|
5 Jan 2004, 13:35 (Ref:828317)
|
#10 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 1,232
|
I think the reason is that these alcohols are not actually sold in France
The same law applies to tobaccos. And there's been a McLaren in 1997 sponsored by Lark, a japanese tobacco brand |
||
|
|
__________________
bernard
|
|
5 Jan 2004, 19:59 (Ref:828693)
|
#11 | |||
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 3,146
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
5 Jan 2004, 20:12 (Ref:828707)
|
#12 | ||
|
Rookie
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 43
|
Do I remember correctly that Toyota was sponsered by Marlboro at their second appearence with the GT-One, without 'Marlboro' standing on the car?
If yes, that must have been an astonshing effort of Toyota's sponsership department... |
||
|
|
|
|
6 Jan 2004, 01:46 (Ref:829056)
|
#13 | |||
|
Racer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 321
|
Quote:
What's that car again which never wares it's brand name written? Well, I'd rather have a star in my windshield than on my grille!
|
|||
|
|
|
|
6 Jan 2004, 01:48 (Ref:829058)
|
#14 | ||
|
Racer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 321
|
Sorry guys, a crack in your windshield is usually called a star where I come from
|
||
|
|
__________________
Drinking for Holland, the lot.
|
|
6 Jan 2004, 01:51 (Ref:829059)
|
#15 | |
|
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 3,840
|
The interesting thing was the shape of the logo in the 99 Toyota. The Ferraris at the French GP had to change their 'peaks' to squares because they were considered too close to the logo. I wonder how Toyota argued theirs was more part of the paint job.
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 Jan 2004, 08:46 (Ref:829198)
|
#16 | ||
|
Racer
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 281
|
If you look at Schlesser Dakar buggies, you see a "GGOOOOOOOO !" sticker on the doors, but everyone knows it stands for Gauloises a french tobacco brand.
Brands and logos are such well known that you always refer to them, without having the full name written. |
||
|
|
__________________
Le Mans is life, anything before and after is just waiting... ... it's not the taking part but the winning that counts !
|
|
6 Jan 2004, 08:47 (Ref:829199)
|
#17 | ||
|
Racer
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 281
|
BTW Wine isn't alcohol, it's life !
|
||
|
|
__________________
Le Mans is life, anything before and after is just waiting... ... it's not the taking part but the winning that counts !
|
|
6 Jan 2004, 12:09 (Ref:829339)
|
#18 | |||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,233
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
__________________
You're either at Le Mans, or waiting for Le Mans. ('86, '87, '88, '89, '90, '91, '93, '94, '95, '97, '98, '00, '01, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17)
|
|
11 Jan 2004, 19:54 (Ref:834582)
|
#19 | |||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 13,763
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
11 Jan 2004, 20:04 (Ref:834590)
|
#20 | |||
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 3,146
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| running on alcohol?? | driftersx | Racing Technology | 25 | 4 Sep 2005 21:01 |
| Alcohol Sponsorship + Formula One = ??? | resisturban | Formula One | 51 | 10 Apr 2005 12:06 |
| alcohol | sunflower | Touring Car Racing | 17 | 17 Sep 2003 12:36 |
Linear Mode
