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A Link reading former Formula 1 Formula 1 puts up big Tobacco company logos are re-
racing engineer reckons the Gov- moved from Formula 1 cars for
ernment has made a big mistake smokescreen races in Britain, but they still keep
in trying to let the sport continue the recognisable colours associated
to receive tobacco sponsorship. wrong to support competition with tobacco sponsorship. Al-
Greg Wilson, from Williams Formula 1. The with more cars though tobacco manufacturers say
Street, Swindon, pictured right, an sport is very tech- in contention. their backing does not influence
engineer with Ensign, ATS and nology driven with "The threat to people, recent research suggests
RAM during the 1980s, believes the top five teams move Formula 1 young followers of motor racing
there are few connections between spending vast out of Europe are most likely to take up smok-
Formula 1 and road cars nowa- amounts of money. and show it on ing.
days, and that the sport's bosses There is little ben- TV is hollow. For Greg, there is no smoke with-
are bluffing when they threaten to efit to ordinary mo- Interest in the out fire. "The cigarette companies
pull out of Europe. tor cars. sport would would not be putting in so much
A Labour voter last May, he is "There should be drop away. The money if they did not believe they
disappointed by their performance a ban on tobacco advertising now. risk to jobs is unfounded as well; I would gain an advantage from
over the tobacco advertising issue. The big teams will have less to don't think the UK designers and sales. They are not charities by
"I believe the Government was spend, but this might mean better engineers would leave." any stretch of the imagination."

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