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| 2004-02-02 |
| F1 team BAR might relocate from Britain to Japan, according to David Richards. The F1-principal, currently operating the team out of Brackley, said local legislation on tobacco advertising could force BAR to move house ahead of 2005. BAR employs 450 staff at its current British base. ’The knock-on effects will be significant,’ Richards told the assembled media as the wraps were taken-off a shining new Honda-powered racer in Spain on Sunday. Richards said the original plan was to phase-out tobacco advertising by 2006. But he says a UK-turnaround will see Lucky Strike logos outlawed as of July next-year; but only if the Formula One operation is based in Britain. ’Foreign teams with foreign sponsors can [keep advertising],’ DR continued. ’It is a disaster in the making. I don’t know how it’s going to work out.’ He said if the law stays, ’the whole thing could go to Japan within a year.’ Just in case anyone missed the posting of a few weeks ago, I thought I would post this new information. Also, F1 boss, Mosley, said that Europe would not be able to economically support the F1 circus in a few years! The old saying of cross your feet so you can shoot them both with one shot still holds true. |
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