I understand advertising perfectly well. The key is hitting your target market. Lets take Vodafone. Currently, they sponsor McLaren for £200m (I know it's a lot less, this is for illustration purposes only). They do this because McLaren is a front running team, giving them maximum exposure. The Vodafone board see F1 as a good investment and are happy to pay £200m for this. The new rules come into force and Lola are equal in perfomance to McLaren but on 1/10th of the budget. Lola are happy to receive title sponsorship of just £20m.
You now have a situation where Vodafone are paying £200m for the same "front-running" exposure that others are paying just £20m for.
Dave
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