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Jason Bright and his Fujitsu Racing outfit will run an FG Falcon for the first time at the Dunlop Townsville 400.
Bright will run his Stone Brothers Racing (SBR) BF Falcon at the Skycity Triple Crown in Darwin in a fortnight before moving into an SBR-prepared FG. “The FG’s probably a little bit better than the BF,” Bright said. “I think we’ll see a fairer game when we go to the FG.” Bright jumped into SBR driver Shane Van Gisbergen’s #9 FG Falcon at a recent test day and was satisfied with the results. “I was quicker in his car than what I was in my own car, which shouldn’t happen, so I think that there’s certainly potential that we will get a pretty big jump when we move into the FG,” he said. Bright predicted the car would be quick straight out of the box. Full story here: http://www.v8supercars.com.au/conten..._at_townsvile/ |
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what happened to Simon Mc and his "the VE has and advantage over the FG", if Bright is to be believed and the FG is faster then the BF then someone is a ****wit.
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According to This, Fujitsu is signed up with Britek to the end of the 2009 season
It is interesting, and perhaps concerning, that we are yet to see the deal renewed... |
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I've noticed in the NRL that LG and Samsung are pulling their sponsorships so progress that a couple of steps forward and maybe...
But most of these big sponsorships are about the corporate experience and not so much about product advertising so the cycle might have run it's course. |
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Being an air-conditioning company, I would have thought sponsoring a summer sport would have made more sense, although I can't think of a sport where the team would be labelled as "The Fujitsu Team", which is motor racing's big advantage over other sporting codes. |
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LG you can understand wandering off with their association with the Sharks. I wouldnt want to be a part of league at the momment either.
LG do seem to be very committed to sports sponsorships at the moment though. They have their toes in the water in F1, in NZ they have a big presence in Super 14, NZV8s (Multiple sponsorships, inlcuding 1 naming rights), netball(Northern Mystics) and NZ Superbikes. I wouldnt be surprised to see them pop up in the Australian V8's soon. |
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With Dr Slater gone and unable to de tune the SBR FG, Brighty has shown the speed expected of him, What a difference a test day and a race meeting under full SBR control makes
This should help the whole SBR team go forward the experienced he brings when controlled and guided in the right direction will be invaluable to the far less experienced drivers of the 4 & 9 cars If only SBR had made the move earlier |
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great to see brighty back towards the front of the field at qr. do we reckon the pace will remain for the enduros? was at qr on sunday and the green machine looks quite good in person.
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The pace of #25 in the enduros will likely be compromised by the copilot
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I think Karl's mission will be to keep the green machine on the black stuff all day for both races, and on the lead lap. If he can do that, who knows what may come. I remember getting very excited, even if it was only for a short while before things went sour quickly at the end of Bathurst in 07.
As a side note, I'd like to see all full time pilots in their own cars for both enduros. I think it would add to the excitement, giving us more competitive cars with a shot at winning. Cheers Steve Last edited by krypto71; 24 Aug 2009 at 09:26. Reason: typo |
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Fujitsu General (Aust) Pty Ltd are the sponsors of Fujitsu Racing - they only provide air conditioners (they stopped importing plasmas in early 2008) Another quite seperate Fujitsu - Fujitsu Australia Limited are the "other" Fujitsu in Australia - they provide IT Products & Services and "do a lot more" with over $1.1b revenues -however they are not a sponsor of the Fujitsu Racing team in 2009. They've put their sponsorship dollars into the Australian Golf Open this year. |
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It's already been well documented (on this Forum) that, that is NOT the case!
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I think it has not been all year
At times it has been close at the start of the weekend before Dr Slater and Brighty have de tuned it Sunday Qual Townsville it was pulled back into line with other cars and guess what Qual 8th behind SVG Good to see SBR cars and Brighty can have good pace when it all pulls in one direction |
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There are many other ways a sponsor can realise benefits from a sponsorship - eg hospitality, driver appearances, hotlaps, merchandise, visibility/use of technology in the garage/workshop etc etc |
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