m***@yahoo.co.uk
2018-02-11 16:58:48 UTC
In 2008 the Super Aguri team were sunk when a major sponsor defaulted on payments- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_United_Group_Oil_%26_Gas_Company
I remember John Surtees saying the same about his team.
(The story goes that going into the 1979 season a sponsor promised money but not upfront - money which Surtees then spent upfront though. The sponsor defaulted leaving the team with a built car for 1979 but no money to run it - he tried to sue but simply broke even - i.e. he still didn't get the money but didn't lose any either by him going to court in the first place)
He never named the sponsor in interviews etc (and neither does Wikipedia etc) - I know that 3 sponsors he had in the 1970's were Brooke-Bond, Beta Tools, and Durex - but who defaulted on payment and wrecked his team?
I remember John Surtees saying the same about his team.
(The story goes that going into the 1979 season a sponsor promised money but not upfront - money which Surtees then spent upfront though. The sponsor defaulted leaving the team with a built car for 1979 but no money to run it - he tried to sue but simply broke even - i.e. he still didn't get the money but didn't lose any either by him going to court in the first place)
He never named the sponsor in interviews etc (and neither does Wikipedia etc) - I know that 3 sponsors he had in the 1970's were Brooke-Bond, Beta Tools, and Durex - but who defaulted on payment and wrecked his team?