Who Are You, Anyway?* » fota http://www.stuartcodling.com A Formula 1 Blog by Stuart Codling Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:31:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 F1’s single launch is dead http://www.stuartcodling.com/2009/12/single-launch-cancelle/ http://www.stuartcodling.com/2009/12/single-launch-cancelle/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:35:39 +0000 Stuart C http://www.stuartcodling.com/?p=99 During a convivial lunch yesterday, conversation turned to the matter of January’s single launch for all the F1 teams. It was going to save the teams a packet because the local government was going to underwrite the whole shindig, reckoning on a big payday for the local facilities.

But there were several problems, not least of which was that some of the teams won’t have cars ready in time. Others – well, pretty much everyone except Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren – were unhappy that they would be swept off the news agenda. There was no PR value in it for the smaller teams.

Since they couldn’t even agree on a single catering supplier to dish out the bacon sarnies, it’s hardly surprising that the single launch has now been cancelled. Expect an official announcement in the Friday evening graveyard slot.

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