News: Dalmore sponsors an F1 team


The 'newest' team on the Formula One grid will attempt to drag itself from the back of grid with the help of Dalmore Single Malt whisky, announced today as a sponsor of the Force India team.

Team owner, Vijay Mallya, bought both the team and the distillery in 2007, along with the rest of the Whyte and Mackay portfolio, to add to his Kingfisher beer brand. It appears that he is going to bankroll the team himself, using it as a mobile billboard for his brands which are prominent all over the white car. Despite this being the team's first season as Force India, it has been in the sport since 1991 as the Jordan, Midland and Spyker teams, with drivers such as Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher. This years drivers, Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil, could stand a chance of scoring some decent finishes this year, as the car is designed by Mike Gasgoyne, who, in recent years, turned around the fortunes of the Renault and Toyota teams and was also chief designer in his current team's best years, as Jordan, in 1998 and 1999.... oh you really don't give a stuff, you are reading this because you like booze and don't give a stuff about motor racing. Well here is something to ponder. How come tobacco advertising has been banned from F1, yet alcohol hasn't. Lets face it, drinking and driving are two things that you shouldn't want to mix....

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