Thats another FRYne mess you've got them into...

Thats another FRYne mess you've got them into...

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team underdog

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Tuesday 15th December 2009
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From Autosport:
Henkel says Mercedes deal is invalid

Monday, December 14th 2009, 15:26 GMT

German company Henkel says a sponsorship deal apparently agreed with the Mercedes GP team was put together by an ex-employee acting without authorisation, and that it will not be honouring the partnership.

Henkel has issued a statement arguing that it has no responsibility for the three-year contract, which it says was worth 90 million euros, and that it informed Mercedes in September that the deal was invalid.

Its statement argues that the Formula 1 team - which was still operating as Brawn GP at the time - should have been more thorough in checking the deal and the Henkel representative it was negotiating with. The case is the subject of a legal dispute.


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team underdog

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938 posts

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Tuesday 15th December 2009
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Nail in the coffin perhaps? Merc won't stand for this level of incompetence surely.