F1 “has more than paid off in terms of marketing” for Mercedes

22 comments on “F1 “has more than paid off in terms of marketing” for Mercedes”

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   James Coulee
   5th February 2020, 0:31

   If Mercedes signed a multi-year sponsoring deal with AMD does it sound like they are leaving in a year’s time?
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      Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
      5th February 2020, 0:38

      Probably a tech tie in with Brackley. Not a big sponsor.
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      Todfod (@todfod)
      5th February 2020, 5:39

      There could be a lot of exit clauses and terms from that contract. I don’t think it’s entirely unreasonable for them to give the sponsorship money back to AMD for the unused term.
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      Chaitanya
      5th February 2020, 7:13

      All those HPC can be used to any use by a company of size of Mercedes even if they leave F1.
      Just wondering what this deal means for the deal that AMD has been them and Scuderia Ferrari.
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   Paul
   5th February 2020, 1:01

   Ok @PSynrg let’s do it: “Nobody cares about the dorsal fin’s name”
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      NS Biker (@rekibsn)
      5th February 2020, 5:41

      Yer right, no one should care. I don’t.
      Why not call it like it is, “Place Sponsor Logo Here”, or just the “Central Bill-Board.”
      The concept has been around since the 50s in one form or another. If it was effective at doing something, then we would have seen more of it and the designers would have pushed for it all along.
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         Selbbin (@selbbin)
         5th February 2020, 8:04

         Here’s an article on why they work. https://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/a28497386/shark-fin-race-car-wing-explained/
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            ahttr
            5th February 2020, 10:36

            Overbody aero and aero in general is not a significant part of an FE car’s performance
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         Shimks (@shimks)
         5th February 2020, 9:58

         @rekibsn, I like central billboard!!
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         Phylyp (@phylyp)
         5th February 2020, 10:55

         @rekibssn – “Central Bill-Board” FTW!
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   Jon Bee
   5th February 2020, 2:02

   I seldom bother to read the Daily ****. Here’s one of the reasons why. Jonathan McEvoy has written an article about Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari. In it he’s written “…one-eyed, big-mouthed, know-nothing trolls who write on website comment sections…” He seems to have forgotten the Daily **** is well known for it’s own comments section and the huge number of vindictive trolls who post there!
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   RocketTankski
   5th February 2020, 7:25

   They could call it a Guppy Flap or something. A Pike Rudder. Eel Extension. Dorsal Doohickey.
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      Phylyp (@phylyp)
      5th February 2020, 12:09

      A sail.
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   5th February 2020, 8:02

   Why has this age-old AirAsia bribery-matter suddenly come alive again now? I recall this matter from when it was relevant back in the early-2010s, but why now all of a sudden?

   When will these Ferrari-move rumors go away? They’ve started to get quite redundant already.
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      BasCB (@bascb)
      5th February 2020, 8:17

      That is because Airbus recently settled the bribery cases with several countries @jerejj. I spresume that part of that settlement was also cooperation/handing over information about the depth of the corruption that the company found in internal investigations.

      Funny really, I remember reading about the clever tie in with Fernandez buying Airbus planes over Boeing, partly due to cooperation /sponsorship for the F1 team – I think that was Joe Saward talking about the deal in an article and why it made sense
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   Phylyp (@phylyp)
   5th February 2020, 13:13

   @keithcollantine – have you seen this: https://twitter.com/ChinaF1Journo/status/1224912969257115648

   All sports event will be suspended in Shanghai until this coronavirus outbreak is finished
7. 

   socksolid (@socksolid)
   5th February 2020, 15:17

   Spine sail, anyone?
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   Joseph (@bigjoe)
   5th February 2020, 15:43

   Let’s face it. Mercedes needed good press after being found of running several cartels, price fixing and now investigated for poisoning the public with emissions cheating.
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   Joseph (@bigjoe)
   5th February 2020, 15:49

   I wonder if Lewis is happy with the attempts at diversity in that photo? at least 7 women, three guys in the middle who don’t look European and 3 southern Europeans.
   Not too bad for starters. The again maybe they got there on merit and nobody notices any different.
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      Jeffrey (@jeffreyj)
      5th February 2020, 19:18

      Err… it’s the other way around. The idea is that people’s merit are categorically excluded because of gender, color, religion, sexual orientation etc.. It’s such a stubborn problem that normal encouragement to think sensibly isn’t working and so now has to be forced by the rule of law by installing quota.
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      CC
      5th February 2020, 20:41

      I only noticed the attractive woman leaning in on Toto. And him trying to hide something under his cap.
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    Brogan (@brogan-fraser)
    7th February 2020, 3:26

    To me, the whole rumour of leaving F1 was done to justify the laying off of that many people. They have to be seen to be aware of the impact that they’re making, while still being in F1.

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