Ferrari F1 question

[hotrs2000]

As we all know tobacco sponsorship was banned but Ferrari seems to have kept the same logo for Marlboro but with a bar-code.
My question is have Ferrari found a loop hole to keep tobacco sponsorship? it has always bugged me so thought someone on here might know.

[taffr]

"its just a barcode"

i think thats how they get away with it, we just associate it with marlboro, same with the ducati team

[topaz]

As we all know tobacco sponsorship was banned but Ferrari seems to have kept the same logo for Marlboro but with a bar-code.
My question is have Ferrari found a loop hole to keep tobacco sponsorship? it has always bugged me so thought someone on here might know.

It's because cigarette sponsorship on cars and uniforms has been banned but Marlboro is still Ferrari's main sponsor. The "bar-code" was used by Marlboro sponsored teams (in place of the word "Marlboro") from when all tobacco advertising was banned in Germany and England in the 1980s...I remember it definitely from 1982, but it may be older than that.

Lotus used to write "Lotus" instead of "Camel" (1987/88/89/90) and Jordan used to put their drivers' names instead of Benson & Hedges (1998+), for example. McLaren and Ferrari were the first teams to use the "bar code", Once they had ended their relationship with Marlboro, McLaren also replaced the name "West" with "East" in protest at the advertising ban before the sense of humour police at the FIA made them stop; they subsequently used their drivers' names instead. BAR (British American Racing) got around the advertising ban by naming their team after their tobacco sponsor, British American Tobacco.

Source(s):
1982 McLaren testing (this MAY be a pic of Lauda's Donnington test before he made his comeback, he certainly didn't use his usual red helmet for the test):

http://www.ingo-cernohorsky.de/archiv/1982/teams/mcl82.jpg

McLaren at Hockenheim, 1986:

http://www.gptotal.com.br/images/O-McLaren-MP4-2C,-com-Rosbe.jpg

McLaren, "West" replaced by "David"

http://www.ananova.com/images/web/44728.jpg

Lauda's 1984 McLaren:

http://www.coraggio.dk/images/s1984b.jpg

http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/eagles/shows/goodw01_22.jpg

[Rallyman72]

Jordan also used the 'nickname' of Buzzin' Hornets in substitution for Benson & Hedges.

[grum]

on this note, well done 'Benson Jutton' on another win

bring on British GP

[Mexicomark]

Jordan also used the 'nickname' of Buzzin' Hornets in substitution for Benson & Hedges.

They also did this....

[graham John]

Button was absolutely awesome today, unbeatable


cheeRS

[topaz]

a procession.. boring !!!

[hotrs2000]

cheers chaps for clearing that up for me

[pushrod]

Jordan also used the 'nickname' of Buzzin' Hornets in substitution for Benson & Hedges.

I have also seen them with 'Bitten and Hisses' in the correct livery.

Almost better than the original!!

Anyone I know, me too, who smoked this crap just knew them as B&H or Benny Hills so the change of name made no difference to the message.

[RS 1800]

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