rec.autos.simulators

Hi all,

I probably won't get a response on this, but here goes:

In GP2 it looks like Larousse were sponsored by a cigarette company. Can
anyone remember who? It looks like it could be Marlboro but I can't be
sure.

Thanks in advance

Greg Hingerty

http://www.racesimcentral.net/~greghing

: Hi all,

: I probably won't get a response on this, but here goes:

: In GP2 it looks like Larousse were sponsored by a cigarette company. Can
: anyone remember who? It looks like it could be Marlboro but I can't be
: sure.

Larrousse's main (title) sponsor in 94 was Tourtel. They're a beverage
compapny, with Tourtel being a non-***ic malt drink. Larrousse also
ran a few races in a red/white scheme (vs. the green/blue/yellow Tourtel)
being the colors of Kronenbourg, a brand of beer also from Tourtel.

Other sponsors included Eurosport (Europoean cable/satelite sports
channel), Gauloises Blondes (French cigarettes?), Zanussi (?), and a few
smaller companies.
    __o
  _-\<,_  Cosmo Potapoff

Probably won't? ;)

At the European GP, they carried associated sponsorship from Gauloises,
but for most of the season, I don't believe they had any tobacco money.

The primary sponsorship, on the other hand, alternated between Tourtel
and Kronenbourg.  The Larrousses depicted in GP2 mimic the paint job
for the former.

Earl