>Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
Not only Marlboro. Benson & Hedges was the same. It’s all about the US law, which says a tobacco company can only sponsor one major racing series. And Marlboro is involved in CART (they sponsor Team Penske). Don’t precisely know about B&H.
> Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
Because of a "gentleman’s agreement" between tobacco companies and the US government. This agreement is to limit branding to one type of any particular sport. So, since Marlboro is already on the CART Penskes… Oh, and Jordan’s sponsor B&H are produced by Philip Morris in the US, who also make Marlboro, so that is probably why they also lacked the normal logos. — Ciao bambini!
Under US rules tobacco companies may only sponsor one team/event, and as they already sponsor some other cart team or whatever, were obliged to remove their sponsorship ads for the USGP.
> >>Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
> >Not only Marlboro. Benson & Hedges was the same. It’s all about the US > >law, which says a tobacco company can only sponsor one major racing > >series.
It’s not US law. It’s due to a consent decree (court- endorsed settlement of a civil lawsuit) between the major US tobacco firms and a group of US states, settling the class action lawsuit brought by many states to recover the monies they spent on citizens with tobacco- related illnesses. Part of that decree says that the firms can only have sponsorship in one major auto racing series. Marloboro (Phillip Morris) sponsors Team Penske in CART and Benson & Hedges (via the KOOL brand) sponsors Team Green, also in CART. They thus couldn’t use the Marlboro and B&H logos in the F1 race.
What I don’t understand is why the Lucky Strike logo was allowed–BAR owns B&H and therefore I would have thought that the KOOL sponsorship in CART would apply to them, too.
In article <39CF9765.6AA16…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com>, Paul Winalski <winal…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com> wrote:
>the Wizard wrote:
>> Sander Duck:
>> >Torgeir Foss:
>> >>Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
>> >Not only Marlboro. Benson & Hedges was the same. It’s all about the US >> >law, which says a tobacco company can only sponsor one major racing >> >series.
>It’s not US law. It’s due to a consent decree (court- >endorsed settlement of a civil lawsuit) between the >major US tobacco firms and a group of US states, >settling the class action lawsuit brought by many states >to recover the monies they spent on citizens with tobacco- >related illnesses. Part of that decree says that the >firms can only have sponsorship in one major auto racing >series. Marloboro (Phillip Morris) sponsors Team Penske >in CART and Benson & Hedges (via the KOOL brand) sponsors >Team Green, also in CART. They thus couldn’t use the >Marlboro and B&H logos in the F1 race.
>What I don’t understand is why the Lucky Strike logo was >allowed–BAR owns B&H and therefore I would have thought >that the KOOL sponsorship in CART would apply to them, too.
B & H in the UK is owned by a seperate (non BAT) idenity. One assumes that this was the sponsor, not BAT.
Torgeir Foss:
>Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
Not only Marlboro. Benson & Hedges was the same. It’s all about the US
law, which says a tobacco company can only sponsor one major racing
series. And Marlboro is involved in CART (they sponsor Team Penske).
Don’t precisely know about B&H.
Sander Duck
> Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
Because of a "gentleman’s agreement" between tobacco companies and the US
government. This agreement is to limit branding to one type of any
particular sport. So, since Marlboro is already on the CART Penskes… Oh,
and Jordan’s sponsor B&H are produced by Philip Morris in the US, who also
make Marlboro, so that is probably why they also lacked the normal logos.
—
Ciao bambini!
Quetzalcoatl (http://www.quetzalcoatl.fsnet.co.uk/)
On Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:50:05 CST, Torgeir Foss <f…@world-online.no>
wrote:
>Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
>TF
In the USA the tobacco companies are only allowed to sponsor 1 race
type, marlboro already sponsors cart (I think)
Under US rules tobacco companies may only sponsor one team/event, and as
they already sponsor some other cart team or whatever, were obliged to
remove their sponsorship ads for the USGP.
the Wizard wrote:
> Sander Duck:
> >Torgeir Foss:
> >>Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
> >Not only Marlboro. Benson & Hedges was the same. It’s all about the US
> >law, which says a tobacco company can only sponsor one major racing
> >series.
It’s not US law. It’s due to a consent decree (court-
endorsed settlement of a civil lawsuit) between the
major US tobacco firms and a group of US states,
settling the class action lawsuit brought by many states
to recover the monies they spent on citizens with tobacco-
related illnesses. Part of that decree says that the
firms can only have sponsorship in one major auto racing
series. Marloboro (Phillip Morris) sponsors Team Penske
in CART and Benson & Hedges (via the KOOL brand) sponsors
Team Green, also in CART. They thus couldn’t use the
Marlboro and B&H logos in the F1 race.
What I don’t understand is why the Lucky Strike logo was
allowed–BAR owns B&H and therefore I would have thought
that the KOOL sponsorship in CART would apply to them, too.
–PSW
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In article <39CF9765.6AA16…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com>, Paul Winalski <winal…@LSPACE.zko.dec.com> wrote:
>the Wizard wrote:
>> Sander Duck:
>> >Torgeir Foss:
>> >>Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
>> >Not only Marlboro. Benson & Hedges was the same. It’s all about the US
>> >law, which says a tobacco company can only sponsor one major racing
>> >series.
>It’s not US law. It’s due to a consent decree (court-
>endorsed settlement of a civil lawsuit) between the
>major US tobacco firms and a group of US states,
>settling the class action lawsuit brought by many states
>to recover the monies they spent on citizens with tobacco-
>related illnesses. Part of that decree says that the
>firms can only have sponsorship in one major auto racing
>series. Marloboro (Phillip Morris) sponsors Team Penske
>in CART and Benson & Hedges (via the KOOL brand) sponsors
>Team Green, also in CART. They thus couldn’t use the
>Marlboro and B&H logos in the F1 race.
>What I don’t understand is why the Lucky Strike logo was
>allowed–BAR owns B&H and therefore I would have thought
>that the KOOL sponsorship in CART would apply to them, too.
B & H in the UK is owned by a seperate (non BAT) idenity. One assumes that
this was the sponsor, not BAT.
Z.
Please remove my_pants when replying.
I thought I saw Jordan run with "Benson and Hedges" in qualifying but
"Buzzing Hornets" on raceday?
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Neil McDonald
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> Why was the Marlboro logos missing from the Ferrari teams equipment?
> TF
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:45:07 CST, Neil McDonald said …
> I thought I saw Jordan run with "Benson and Hedges" in qualifying but
> "Buzzing Hornets" on raceday?
No, the Jordans definitely ran with the "Buzzing Hornets" livery in
Qualifying – that’s where I first noticed it.
Julie
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Julie Miles
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada