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Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drivers
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 19:50
by Paul Hayes
I'll kick us off with...
You too could have Jenson Button's hair!We all know the feeling. Itchy, flaky scalp. Girls turning their noses up at you because your hair is just too messy and greasy.
But what's this? Help is at hand! Who better to give advice on how to care for your follicles than the 2009 Formula One World Champion? Because as we all know, there is a definite and proven link between being able to drive a racing car quickly and skillfully, and... erm... haircare.
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 20:08
by Phoenix
Fernando Alonso and Silestone worktops:
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 20:12
by Paul Hayes
Do you think the thought process was:
"Silestone... That looks a bit like... 'Silverstone'! Let's get a racing driver!"
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 20:19
by shinji
Barrichello and the Power Balance bracelet.
As heard on the podcast!
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 20:24
by Phoenix
Paul Hayes wrote:Do you think the thought process was:
"Silestone... That looks a bit like... 'Silverstone'! Let's get a racing driver!"
Yeah...that and maybe because they though Alonso was hard-headed, I don't know
shinji wrote:Barrichello and the Power Balance bracelet.
As heard on the podcast!
With such forefront, he was the perfect guy to advertise it
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 21:08
by Chewie
Nigel Mansell flogging car insurance...
,,........I'm sorry; you said 'well respected'......
..................
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 21:36
by LionZoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Ws_Bp7WYAIt's not really the product itself, but what he managed to say with a straight face.
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 21:52
by billy
Castrol Rankings promotion on Autosport website:
Not the strangest promotion, but poor Johnny looks quite done in these days, doesn't he?
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 21:54
by Paul Hayes
billy wrote:Castrol Rankings promotion on Autosport website:
Not the strangest promotion, but poor Johnny looks quite done in these days, doesn't he?
I've found that quite a haunting image on the Autosport site this past week or so. He does look as if he'd much rather be elsewhere and doesn't quite know why he's holding up that iPad, doesn't he?
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 23:27
by Lord Fiddlebottom
Schumacher and Barrichello being overly enthusiastic over a box of Tic-Tacs.
But maybe that doesn't count, as Tic-Tac was a sponsor in their Ferrari days.
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 23:32
by Lord Fiddlebottom
Paul Hayes wrote:I'll kick us off with...
You too could have Jenson Button's hair!We all know the feeling. Itchy, flaky scalp. Girls turning their noses up at you because your hair is just too messy and greasy.
But what's this? Help is at hand! Who better to give advice on how to care for your follicles than the 2009 Formula One World Champion? Because as we all know, there is a definite and proven link between being able to drive a racing car quickly and skillfully, and... erm... haircare.
There's something about a champion's hair...
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 23:38
by fjackdaw
Barrichello advertising cloning.
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 25 Mar 2011, 23:38
by Lord Fiddlebottom
This went in print after Lewis's first race win, showing quite some confidence in his future paychecks:
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 00:31
by Nessafox
i can't find a picture of it but i remember a wilux (i think) commercial on the back of a dutch magazine where verstappen was standing under a shower, with racing clothes still on, it looked ridiculous
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 02:11
by Aerospeed
Is there someone who can translate Portuguese (I think) on this website? I have no idea
what they're saying in this ad.
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 06:59
by dr-baker
A certain Australian race car driver has recently been advertising milk from his country's capital city recently...
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 07:56
by mario
Lord Fiddlebottom wrote:This went in print after Lewis's first race win, showing quite some confidence in his future paychecks:
At least it is a bit more sophisticated than shampoo or kitchen worktops, I guess.
Speaking of Alonso and advertising, though, there was the advertising campaign he did for a certain deodorant company a year or two ago. And going further back, didn't Senna take part in an advertisement for a particular Ford car aimed at the South American market in the 1980's?
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 08:01
by Salamander
fjackdaw wrote:Barrichello advertising cloning.
That needs to go in Caption This!
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 11:51
by Phoenix
LionZoo wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Ws_Bp7WYA
It's not really the product itself, but what he managed to say with a straight face.
Really? Is anything Ford built for the North American market in the 80s a
driver's car?
I thought Jackie Stewart was obsessed with security
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 11:59
by Phoenix
What I could understand was something like
"Arisco ketchup is very red, Rubens is going to be an F1 Champion (if only...), he eats well, champion in taste".
mario wrote:
Speaking of Alonso and advertising, though, there was the advertising campaign he did for a certain deodorant company a year or two ago. And going further back, didn't Senna take part in an advertisement for a particular Ford car aimed at the South American market in the 1980's?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziMsOznCJfc complete with shots of the 1984 Monaco GP, including his overtake on Niki Lauda!
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 12:18
by Aerond
I once read in an 1989 mag covering the japanese GP that Japanese drivers used to do all kind of odd advertising like washing powder...
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 12:41
by dinizintheoven
Paul Hayes wrote:I've found that quite a haunting image on the Autosport site this past week or so. He does look as if he'd much rather be elsewhere and doesn't quite know why he's holding up that iPad, doesn't he?
Johnny's not holding anything up at all - the pose is so awkward it has to be superimposed. It's a bit like one of those "fail" pictures with someone allegedly holding up an enormous cardboard cheque on a sunny day, only to have the person cast a shadow on the ground with hands wide open and nothinb between them.
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 14:43
by JeanDenisAlcatraz
Lord Fiddlebottom wrote:This went in print after Lewis's first race win, showing quite some confidence in his future paychecks:
This one works, though, because it makes someone like me go "ohhhh my God I wish I was him and had one of those and a Pussycat Doll of my own."
Maybe I'm alone here...
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 17:38
by Priceless
Here's my shot at it:
Girl: Wow, it's Rubens Barrichello, European Formula Opel Champion!
He uses Arisco catchup, with much pleasure.
He says he's sorry for not talking about it live. He's like all champion drivers: he has such a voice...
He's like them, also because he's going to become Formula 1 Champion. And for that, he eats very well.
Barrichello: And I race very well.
Girl: Arisco - the Champion Catchup. Champion in taste, and in price!
Quite the optimistic type, this girl...
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 18:20
by tommykl
Priceless wrote:Here's my shot at it:
Girl: Wow, it's Rubens Barrichello, European Formula Opel Champion!
He uses Arisco catchup, with much pleasure.
He says he's sorry for not talking about it live. He's like all champion drivers: he has such a voice...
He's like them, also because he's going to become Formula 1 Champion. And for that, he eats very well.
Barrichello: And I race very well.
Girl: Arisco - the Champion Catchup. Champion in taste, and in price!
Quite the optimistic type, this girl...
What did you expect? It's a commercial!
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 18:21
by Phoenix
tommykl wrote:Priceless wrote:Here's my shot at it:
Girl: Wow, it's Rubens Barrichello, European Formula Opel Champion!
He uses Arisco catchup, with much pleasure.
He says he's sorry for not talking about it live. He's like all champion drivers: he has such a voice...
He's like them, also because he's going to become Formula 1 Champion. And for that, he eats very well.
Barrichello: And I race very well.
Girl: Arisco - the Champion Catchup. Champion in taste, and in price!
Quite the optimistic type, this girl...
What did you expect? It's a commercial!
That, and the fact no one could imagine Barrichello would go through all that...
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 18:37
by Priceless
Phoenix wrote:tommykl wrote:What did you expect? It's a commercial!
That, and the fact no one could imagine Barrichello would go through all that...
Yes, of course I say that with hindsight. I for one hoped Barrichello could win the championship during his first years with Ferrari (abandoned all such hope after Austria '02).
Anyway, sorry for the misplaced comment.
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Posted: 26 Mar 2011, 18:54
by Priceless
Thought I'd leave my contribution to this thread, too...
The ad is for... well, I don't know the name for this in English off the top of my head, we call this (the product) "massa corrida", and it's used in construction for finishing interior brick walls, it's applied and sanded before paint is applied.
The pun only makes sense in Portuguese though, I think... "corrida" is Portuguese for "race". Translating literally, the ad says: "Massa"? "Racing"? That I know!
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Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 10:44
by FMecha
Priceless wrote:Thought I'd leave my contribution to this thread, too...
The ad is for... well, I don't know the name for this in English off the top of my head, we call this (the product) "massa corrida", and it's used in construction for finishing interior brick walls, it's applied and sanded before paint is applied.
The pun only makes sense in Portuguese though, I think... "corrida" is Portuguese for "race". Translating literally, the ad says: "Massa"? "Racing"? That I know!
Paints for houses?
That ad really make may day!!
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 10:52
by Captain Hammer
shinji wrote:Barrichello and the Power Balance bracelet.
As voted by
Choice magazine as one of the biggest rip-offs of 2010 because there is no known link between the magnets and the claims the company makes.
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Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 11:14
by madmark1974
These are all old ones, and blatantly copied from Sniff Petrol's site, but worth sharing anyway :
I particularly like the Schumacher Magnum-rip-offs, especially given he was replaced at Ferrari by Raikkonen ...
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 11:18
by DanielPT
Captain Hammer wrote:shinji wrote:Barrichello and the Power Balance bracelet.
As voted by
Choice magazine as one of the biggest rip-offs of 2010 because there is no known link between the magnets and the claims the company makes.
If I remember correctly they were sued by several countries for making false claims...
USA is one of them...In Australia they opted for refunding...
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 18:11
by Klon
madmark1974 wrote:
I'd bet this was in the middle 90es. After Schumacher had won his second title and went to Ferrari, his face was literally on everything. This ice, board games, shampoos (if I remember correctly) and so on...
It was a flood of Schumi-merchandising.
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Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 18:58
by Ferrim
madmark1974 wrote:These are all old ones, and blatantly copied from Sniff Petrol's site, but worth sharing anyway :
That one is interesting because in Spanish the word "hostia" means "host" in the context of sacramental bread. But "hostia" is also used, at least in Spain, to refer to a crash: "me di una hostia" would mean "I had a crash" or "I crashed [against] something". And there is an augmentative form of the word, "hostión", which would be a particularly big "hostia".
From "hostión" to "tostión" there's just a letter, and Montoya has probably suffered quite a few "hostias" and "hostiones" during his racing career
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 20:31
by Aerospeed
Don't know if
this has been mentioned yet, but...
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Posted: 28 Mar 2011, 21:43
by FullMetalJack
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Posted: 29 Mar 2011, 00:04
by JeanDenisAlcatraz
Klon wrote:I'd bet this was in the middle 90es. After Schumacher had won his second title and went to Ferrari, his face was literally on everything. This ice, board games, shampoos (if I remember correctly) and so on...
It was a flood of Schumi-merchandising.
Was he on as much as Franz Beckenbauer?
Now tehre's a man who must have a few ex-wives to pay off - there's nothing he won't advertise.
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 29 Mar 2011, 17:02
by JohnMLTX
What about the commercials featuring Damon Hill and Murray Walker for Pizza Hut?
(and damon has spun his pizza!!!)
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Posted: 29 Mar 2011, 17:42
by Klon
JohnMLTX wrote:What about the commercials featuring Damon Hill and Murray Walker for Pizza Hut?
(and damon has spun his pizza!!!)
"Hill's lost it. He's out of control."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4Q_9VYU9FEand outtakes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nafnclze ... re=relatedWas he on as much as Franz Beckenbauer?
Not quite, luckily Schumacher knows where to stick his "nosecone" into. And yes, I think that was the best adult pun of F1 without Virgin Grand Prix for a long time.
Re: Odd product promotions by otherwise-respectable F1 drive
Posted: 29 Mar 2011, 17:51
by dr-baker
JeremyMcClean wrote:Don't know if
this has been mentioned yet, but...
dr-baker wrote:A certain Australian race car driver has recently been advertising milk from his country's capital city recently...