Mecedes Petronas

[11110111]

Apparently!

With a pic of how it may eventually look!

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/12/21/petronas-to-...

Thought they would be going with Sauber or Lotus!

[Stupidlikeafox]

11110111 said:

Apparently!

With a pic of how it may eventually look!

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/12/21/petronas-to-...

Thought they would be going with Sauber or Lotus!

Whilst I would have also imagined they would go with Sauber now they are 'on their own' again, that colour scheme really appeals to me. On an unrelated note, I hope Sauber bring back their '90s' colours, the blue and the green, they brighten up the track!

Edited by Stupidlikeafox on Monday 21st December 15:36

[mat205125]

I love the Petronas colour. It is really distinctive, and looks great on whatever it is sprayed on.

[hornet]

Hints of the old Leyton House cars to my eyes. Like it.

[ajprice]

hornet said:

Hints of the old Leyton House cars to my eyes. Like it.

Designed by some bloke called Adrian Newey...

[CastrolCraig.]

mat205125 said:

I love the Petronas colour. It is really distinctive, and looks great on whatever it is sprayed on.

off topic but..

jonesy..... rip fella, never forgotten.

[hornet]

Memories of (I think) Ivan Capelli bouncing over Mansell at Paul Ricard

Lovely looking car.

[tommobot]

Petronas, Mercedes, Norbert Haug, Brawn, Sauber. Struggling to remember where everything fits of late!

[T89 Callan]

ajprice said:

hornet said:

Hints of the old Leyton House cars to my eyes. Like it.

Designed by some bloke called Adrian Newey...

That car just looks so 'right' a bit like the old 7up Jordan.

[Pkh72]

CastrolCraig. said:

mat205125 said:

I love the Petronas colour. It is really distinctive, and looks great on whatever it is sprayed on.

off topic but..

jonesy..... rip fella, never forgotten.

[anonymous-user]

I hear there has already been an internal anouncment that they will not take part in F! in 2010, and that the FI logo is being taken of the business card as and when new ones are printed.

[flemke]

So much for the speculation that Mercedes would take the Mobil sponsorship with them to Brawn.

[WilliBetz]

Berw said:

I hear there has already been an internal anouncment that they will not take part in F! in 2010, and that the FI logo is being taken of the business card as and when new ones are printed.

I wonder if Tan Sri made that (press) announcement to leverage a shot at the OEM lubes business?

Edited by WilliBetz on Wednesday 23 December 17:06

[WilliBetz]

flemke said:

So much for the speculation that Mercedes would take the Mobil sponsorship with them to Brawn.

From from www.f1sa.com 18/12/09: Responding to rumours that Mercedes would take Mobil and Boss sponsorship, Mercedes has told the Cologne newspaper Express that "we cannot take any sponsors from McLaren".

[flemke]

WilliBetz said:

flemke said:

So much for the speculation that Mercedes would take the Mobil sponsorship with them to Brawn.

From from www.f1sa.com 18/12/09: Responding to rumours that Mercedes would take Mobil and Boss sponsorship, Mercedes has told the Cologne newspaper Express that "we cannot take any sponsors from McLaren".

Boss had already been with McLaren for a decade prior to Mercedes's arrival, so that one never seemed at risk.
Mobil came to McLaren with Mercedes, replacing Shell, so that one seemed possible. One didn't know whether Mobil's contract was with McLaren or Mercedes.
Regardless of the extant contracts, it appears that part of the recent Decree of Judicial Separation was that Mercedes would be proscribed from accepting funding from any of McLaren's partners.
Petronas may have secured a deal to supply OEM lubricants for Mercedes vehicles, but one doubts that that brand will get a high-profile recommendation in the vehicles' English language owner's manuals.

[Allyc85]

11110111 said:

Apparently!

With a pic of how it may eventually look!

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/12/21/petronas-to-...

Thought they would be going with Sauber or Lotus!

Great a photoshop of a photoshop, quality work there.

Will be interesting to see how it turns out though!

[kiteless]

CastrolCraig. said:

mat205125 said:

I love the Petronas colour. It is really distinctive, and looks great on whatever it is sprayed on.

off topic but..

jonesy..... rip fella, never forgotten.

Great call, Craig.

Great call

[WilliBetz]

flemke said:

WilliBetz said:

flemke said:

So much for the speculation that Mercedes would take the Mobil sponsorship with them to Brawn.

From from www.f1sa.com 18/12/09: Responding to rumours that Mercedes would take Mobil and Boss sponsorship, Mercedes has told the Cologne newspaper Express that "we cannot take any sponsors from McLaren".

Boss had already been with McLaren for a decade prior to Mercedes's arrival, so that one never seemed at risk.
Mobil came to McLaren with Mercedes, replacing Shell, so that one seemed possible. One didn't know whether Mobil's contract was with McLaren or Mercedes.
Regardless of the extant contracts, it appears that part of the recent Decree of Judicial Separation was that Mercedes would be proscribed from accepting funding from any of McLaren's partners.
Petronas may have secured a deal to supply OEM lubricants for Mercedes vehicles, but one doubts that that brand will get a high-profile recommendation in the vehicles' English language owner's manuals.

I'd tend to the same view.

[lenientism]

11110111 said:

Apparently!

With a pic of how it may eventually look!

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/12/21/petronas-to-...

Thought they would be going with Sauber or Lotus!

this looks good, perhaps we have much watched cars or bikes with green petronas color in combination with black, so this looks better with Mercedes chrome/grayish...

[Teppic]

hornet said:

Memories of (I think) Ivan Capelli bouncing over Mansell at Paul Ricard

Lovely looking car.

It was Mauricio Gugelmin.