Comments on: Hamilton “worth £10m” – and good for TV! http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/04/28/hamilton-worth-10m-and-good-for-tv/ F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog with F1 news, pictures, video, comment and analysis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:56:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andi http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/04/28/hamilton-worth-10m-and-good-for-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-341246 Andi Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:44:48 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/04/28/hamilton-worth-10m-and-good-for-tv/#comment-341246 Hi everyone. The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. Help me! Can not find sites on the: Replica purse. I found only this - <a href="http://replicasale.biz/" rel="nofollow">replica handbag</a>. Replica, they were selected to purchase the amazing use to cavity litigation of the married greek trial runner. Tweaks of normal and protective considerations had been experienced and loving only programs desired, replica. Waiting for a reply :-(, Andi from Maldives. Hi everyone. The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. Help me! Can not find sites on the: Replica purse. I found only this – replica handbag. Replica, they were selected to purchase the amazing use to cavity litigation of the married greek trial runner. Tweaks of normal and protective considerations had been experienced and loving only programs desired, replica. Waiting for a reply :-( , Andi from Maldives.

]]> By: Journeyer http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/04/28/hamilton-worth-10m-and-good-for-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-44361 Journeyer Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:12:34 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/04/28/hamilton-worth-10m-and-good-for-tv/#comment-44361 No, no exceptions for Lewis... yet. There was only one driver who they made an exception for, and by coincidence, he also wore an infamous yellow helmet. Hamilton is good, but nowhere near that level yet. He has to work for it. And since Ron is very influential with Lewis' affairs, I'm sure he's always positioned it with potential sponsors such that it's McLaren that get the financial windfall. For example, look at Mutua Madrilena and Banco Santander, Spanish companies sympathetic to Fernando Alonso. Ron, in negos with them, was able to convince them to go BEYOND personal sponsorship and managed to nab them as team "partners" (to use Ron's term.) Personal sponsorship, I think, wouldn't be THAT hazardous. Senna, as I mentioned earlier, and Schumacher were able to pull it off, one would think. BUT, they don't need personal sponsorship as a bait to get brilliant drivers. They already 2 of the best drivers and loads of the best sponsors (Vodafone, Diageo, Santander, MM, Hilton) with them, after all. So why offer it? :) No, no exceptions for Lewis… yet. There was only one driver who they made an exception for, and by coincidence, he also wore an infamous yellow helmet.

Hamilton is good, but nowhere near that level yet. He has to work for it. And since Ron is very influential with Lewis’ affairs, I’m sure he’s always positioned it with potential sponsors such that it’s McLaren that get the financial windfall. For example, look at Mutua Madrilena and Banco Santander, Spanish companies sympathetic to Fernando Alonso. Ron, in negos with them, was able to convince them to go BEYOND personal sponsorship and managed to nab them as team “partners” (to use Ron’s term.)

Personal sponsorship, I think, wouldn’t be THAT hazardous. Senna, as I mentioned earlier, and Schumacher were able to pull it off, one would think. BUT, they don’t need personal sponsorship as a bait to get brilliant drivers. They already 2 of the best drivers and loads of the best sponsors (Vodafone, Diageo, Santander, MM, Hilton) with them, after all. So why offer it? :)

]]> By: Alianora La Canta http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/04/28/hamilton-worth-10m-and-good-for-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-44320 Alianora La Canta Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:52:36 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/04/28/hamilton-worth-10m-and-good-for-tv/#comment-44320 Simply because Marketing magazine says that Lewis is a good target for sponsorship does not mean that driver sponsorship will be permitted in his case. In fact, the attention is such that Ron Dennis will be even more stubborn about not allowing such favouritism. It's bad enough (from Ron's view) that Alonso is feeling increasing left out without some megabuck sponsor inadvertently inflating Lewis' head and creating internal driver friction? Allowing personal sponsorship would be hazardous to McLaren's future results due to that friction and distraction, and there is no way Ron would countenance such a performance-hobbling move. Besides, it's not like McLaren are short of a few bob on the sponsorship front... Simply because Marketing magazine says that Lewis is a good target for sponsorship does not mean that driver sponsorship will be permitted in his case. In fact, the attention is such that Ron Dennis will be even more stubborn about not allowing such favouritism. It’s bad enough (from Ron’s view) that Alonso is feeling increasing left out without some megabuck sponsor inadvertently inflating Lewis’ head and creating internal driver friction?

Allowing personal sponsorship would be hazardous to McLaren’s future results due to that friction and distraction, and there is no way Ron would countenance such a performance-hobbling move. Besides, it’s not like McLaren are short of a few bob on the sponsorship front…

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