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He was quoting the press release Skeeter:

RB themselves said:
The new partnership, which represents a shift away from F1's conventional supply systems, will see TAG Heuer take up naming rights of the team's power unit, which will be supplied by Renault. The new car will be christened the Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12.

Deepening the relationship between the team and the legendary timing house, which can call on more than half a century of heritage at the cutting edge of motorsport, TAG Heuer will become the Official Timekeeper, Official Watch Partner and Team Performance Partner of the Red Bull Racing team from 2016 in a multi-year partnership.
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:)
 
In which case Red Bull are changing their name as a constructor and using a different naming convention to every previous constructor entry they have logged.
 
Skeeter said:
In which case Red Bull are changing their name as a constructor and using a different naming convention to every previous constructor entry they have logged.
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Well, perhaps they are. Frankly, I can barely contain my indifference. But I have to be fair to everyone on here once in a while and it was smr's turn today - he was merely quoting what RBR themselves had actually sent out to be published. If you want to take issue with it I'm pretty sure that they have a PR department! :p:D
 
Skeeter said:
The Infiniti deal was terminated along with the Renault engine deal, given it was a Renault backed title sponsorship agreement.
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Why does the TAG Heuer announcement image say "Infiniti Red Bull Racing 2016" then if the deal has been cancelled? They are still running Renault engines, just re-badged.

My original point was based more on jest anyway rather than fact. Even without the "Infinity" Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12 hardly rolls off the tongue and sounds very awkward.
 
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Nismo said:
Why does the TAG Heuer announcement image say "Infiniti Red Bull Racing 2016" then if the deal has been cancelled? They are still running Renault engines, just re-badged.

My original point was based more on jest anyway rather than fact. Even without the "Infinity" Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12 hardly rolls off the tongue and sounds very awkward.
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Their website announcement of the deal says:

The new car will be christened the Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12.
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..but then the website is still called 'infinity-redbullracing.com'
 
Nismo said:
Why does the TAG Heuer announcement image say "Infiniti Red Bull Racing 2016" then if the deal has been cancelled? They are still running Renault engines, just re-badged.

My original point was based more on jest anyway rather than fact. Even without the "Infinity" Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB12 hardly rolls off the tongue and sounds very awkward.
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I've not seen an announcement that says the Infiniti deal has been resurrected. It could just be as simple as the fact it runs to the end of 2016 and they have to brand everything with Infiniti until the new year, at which point it all vanishes.
 
Corrupt or not, the motorsport thing is essentially a marketing campaign. They are spending public money (channeled through publicly owned companies like PDVSA) in order to try and make the country "look good" on a global platform. The new government may wish to continue this.

With any luck though the £30m that Lotus get for running Loldonado will dry up and someone more worthy will get the seat.
 
We can only hope, although I do recall that the opposition in Venezuela kicked off a couple of years ago about the public money being wasted in F1. Fingers crossed they cut the funding sooner rather than later.
 
Mercedes-Benz AG is suing one of its Formula 1 engineers for taking confidential documents and data as he prepared to join competitor Ferrari.
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, which makes engines for the Mercedes Petronas team, is suing Benjamin Hoyle, according to an Oct. 19 filing released Monday. Hoyle, who intends to join Ferrari after his contract expires in December, searched for and saved files including a race report from the Hungary 2015 Grand Prix, mileage and damage data relating to Mercedes’ F1 engines and files containing code required to decrypt raw race data files, the suit alleges.
The suit gives a rare glimpse into the inner workings of one of the world’s most secretive sports, where small technological advances can hold the keys to a winning season. Just four manufacturers -- Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda and Renault -- supply engines to the entire Formula 1 grid, at what autosport.com estimates is a cost of as much as 17 million pounds ($25.5 million) a team per season.
Hoyle’s "actions were calculated to destroy or seriously damage the relationship of trust" he has with Mercedes, the company said in the filing. "Mr. Hoyle and potentially Ferrari have gained an unlawful advantage."
Contract Ending

Hoyle joined in 2012 as one of four team leaders in the Mercedes performance engineering department, which also supplies engines to Sahara Force India, Williams Martini Racing and Lotus F1, according to the filing. On May 21 last year, Hoyle told Mercedes he would resign when his contract expired at the end of 2015.
Mercedes "became aware" shortly afterwards that Hoyle intended to join Ferrari and so reassigned him to duties that were unrelated to F-1. He was given a new e-mail address and proprietary data was removed from his laptop.
Despite his reassignment, Hoyle was found looking at race reports and took confidential data, according to the suit. He deleted files in an attempt to conceal his wrongdoing, the company said. Hoyle didn’t immediately return a request for comment via his Linkedin page.
Mercedes is seeking the return of all documents and information, payment of its legal fees, and wants to block Hoyle from joining Ferrari or any other F-1 competitor until after the 2016 season.
"Legal action is underway involving Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Ltd. and an employee," Mercedes said in an e-mailed statement. "The company has taken the appropriate legal steps to protect its intellectual property."
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ngineer-for-data-theft-before-move-to-ferrari
 
It doesn't really sound like he got that much/anything too worthwhile. And the fact that he had to go and look and read things suggests he doesn't really know anything of massive importance to begin with otherwise he's already know it!?
 
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