In the Istanbul paddock, Honda has announced a one-race deal with Turkish grand prix title sponsor ‘Petrol Ofisi’. The Japanese squad will run a bespoke livery for Anthony Davidson’s ‘Friday’ car, while the logo of the petrol company adorns the race cars of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.
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The sad news at the ‘Otodrom’ venue is that former McLaren co-owner and director Creighton Brown died last Sunday after a battle with cancer.
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Williams’ former marketing chief, Jim Wright, will start work at the Toro Rosso team at the start of September. He will concentrate on finding sponsors for the partly Red Bull-owned team in Gerhard Berger’s Monaco office.
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Ayrton Senna’s 22-year-old nephew, Bruno Senna, is now being linked with the Brazilian ‘A1 Grand Prix’ team, which is run by Emerson Fittipaldi. It is rumoured that Fittipaldi has already offered him a test in the car.
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