Ahhhh now you have me thinking about all the teams that have gone bust over the years! The loss of cigarette advertising was huge financially, but don't you think the cars were a lot more colourful and had character back in the day?
It just shows that sponsorship worked though because I can hardly utter the word MacLaren without preceding it by Marlboro!
Did you see the great video doing the rounds of Lewis driving Frank around the track and doing donuts with him?
Cigarette advertising is what kick started Formula One. I was nearly involved with Williams as I was down to the final 2 for Rothmans and pulled out. The cars back then were vibrant and stood out. I saw the video and thought how terrible it must have been for him trapped in a wheel chair for nearly half his life.