F1 livery maker2/15/2023 ![]() The tobacco advertising ban in formula one began back in the 1970s in germany and has since spread to other nations – as a result the F1 teams have ended their ties with cigarette manufacturers. when the deal was agreed philip morris said ferraris would not carry marlboro branding where there was a ban. the contract is understood to be worth 1 billion USD over ten years. in 2005 philip morris, the maker of marlboro, extended its financial backing for the ferrari team until 2011, despite the ban on cigarette branding on cars racing in the european union. by this we want to put an end to this ridiculous story and concentrate on more important things than on such groundless allegations.’ ferrari statementįerrari are the only F1 team are still sponsored by a tobacco company in fact they compete under the official name of ‘scuderia ferrari marlboro’. this decision was taken in order to remove all speculation concerning the so-called ‘barcode’ which was never intended to be associated to a tobacco brand. ‘together with philip morris international we have decided to modify the livery of our cars starting with the barcelona grand prix. (under EU legislation it is an offense for a tobacco company to sponsor sporting events). Ferrari have agreed to remove the controversial ‘barcode’ livery from their formula one cars after long standing suggestions that it represented subliminal advertising for their cigarette sponsor marlboro.
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