The “Mission Winnow” logo painted on the rear wing of the race car forms 6 white chevron shapes with white lettering and several more in negative space. The sponsor of “Mission Winnow” turned out to be Philip Morris International, a fact only revealed once an internet search is performed. Then in October 2018, Scuderia Ferrari, revealed a new look for its F1 car and driver’s fire suits that contained a curious large logo spelling the previously unheard of words “Mission Winnow” and a large arrow-like symbol. Philip Morris extended their sponsorship agreement at a cost of $160 million in 2015, and still had no logo on the Ferrari race car. Yet, Scuderia Ferrari continues to receive tens of millions of dollars from Philip Morris, prompting one to ask, why is Philip Morris in this relationship? Credit: Imgur Prior to 2011, the sponsorship was so consequential that the racing team was officially called “ Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro” but that was shortened that season to the current “Scuderia Ferrari.” This left Philip Morris without any logo on the F1 cars it sponsored and without its brand name marking the team itself. But accusations that the barcode constituted a kind of ‘subliminal advertising’ led to the team deciding to remove it in 2010.
The team initially switched to using a Marlboro barcode logo that evoked the brands chevron even viewed at 300 kph. Every team but one, Scuderia Ferrari, the Italian sportscar manufacturer’s racing team, dropped tobacco company sponsorship altogether by the 2006 season. In 2001, F1 organizers said that by 2006 all cigarette brand logos would be removed from cars.
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For example, 9 of the top 10 drivers in the 1995 F1 season drove cars emblazoned with cigarette brand logos. The influence of tobacco sponsorship in F1 used to be ubiquitous. Tobacco branding often invokes sporting imagery to draw a connection between athletic achievement and a particular brand. Auto racing’s history is deeply intertwined with tobacco company sponsorship. In 2018, over 490 million people tuned their televisions to watch. Formula 1 (F1) auto-racing is one of the most watched sporting events on Earth.
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