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j2 lot
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by j2 lot » Mon Jan 13, 2014 10:32 am
woody wrote:robin wrote:Err, what's up with Caterham ... have they decided not to bother this year?
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No drivers confirmed yet I think.
Still searching down the back of the couch for lost change
(sadly theyre not the only team wondering where the money went)
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rossybee
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by rossybee » Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:48 pm
robin wrote:Err, what's up with Caterham ... have they decided not to bother this year?
Cheers,
Robin
Numbers 7 & 77 already taken so they're stumped.
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by Ferg » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:03 pm
I assume this is a marketing / merchandising driven exercise?
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by Shug » Mon Jan 13, 2014 1:17 pm
Happens in NASCAR and bike racing paddocks, means fans can identify more with the drivers if they carry a number across their promo wear as well. FIA have been trying for some time to get the numbers a bit more obvious on the cars (in the face of teams trying to minimise them to create sponsor space) If personal sponsors can ally with driver numbers, this might be a back-door way of achieving this.
And in F1 history, it's been part of the 'thing' with some drivers. No 27, or Red 5, for example...
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by woody » Mon Jan 13, 2014 2:27 pm
Shug wrote:Happens in NASCAR and bike racing paddocks, means fans can identify more with the drivers if they carry a number across their promo wear as well. FIA have been trying for some time to get the numbers a bit more obvious on the cars (in the face of teams trying to minimise them to create sponsor space) If personal sponsors can ally with driver numbers, this might be a back-door way of achieving this.
And in F1 history, it's been part of the 'thing' with some drivers. No 27, or Red 5, for example...
I wonder if the place to put them is on the tyre sidewalls.
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by GBOBM » Mon Jan 13, 2014 2:28 pm
Rumour is that Kobyashi is coming back to Caterham.
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by ryallm » Mon Jan 13, 2014 3:54 pm
GBOBM wrote:Rumour is that Kobyashi is coming back to Caterham.
I'd like to see him back - always entertaining to watch. Always seemed crazy to me that he was a match for Perez at Sauber - Perez got a seat at McLaren which his performances had done nothing to merit (even McLaren realise that now
) , and Kobibashi got booted out of F1.
