Ferrari poised for Santander deal

Eurosport - Tue, 08 Sep 18:46:00 2009

Formula One champions Ferrari are expected to announce Santander as new sponsors after scheduling a news conference with the Spanish bank at the Italian Grand Prix.

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Ferrari said their president Luca di Montezemolo and Santander chairman Emilio Botin would both attend the conference at the Monza circuit.

Spain's largest bank have backed McLaren since 2007, when Spain's double world champion Fernando Alonso was with the Mercedes-powered team.

Alonso left McLaren after just one difficult season alongside current champion Lewis Hamilton, returning to Renault for 2008 and 2009, and his imminent move to Ferrari has long been taken for granted in Formula One circles.

Reuters

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  1. janzeeb London is the financial centre of Europe. For­ example over 60% of all the Forex transactions that­ take place in the World (not just Euope) are done in­ London.

    London's Stock Exchange dwarfs­ Frankfurt's or Paris.

    Perhaps you should gain a­ bit of knowledge before you spout off.

    From Shaun C, on Wed 9 Sep 4:48PM
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    financially­ centre of Europe???UK...hahah

    From janzeeb, on Wed 9 Sep 4:35PM

  3. I know there is a rececsion on but Great Britain, is­ filled with international banks, I sure they would get­ spondorship from them. I will be closing my Abbey bank­ account if they withdraw from McLaren. Why did this­ lowlife Gordon Brown allow our bank to be buy up by­ Spain? We need our banks, we are the financially­ centre of Europe.

    From , on Wed 9 Sep 4:09PM

  4. Remember this spanish bank have abbey bank......

    From , on Wed 9 Sep 4:04PM
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    Well after a great holiday,and come back here to read­ the posts,and say to myself they know not what they­ preach.
    @18 the grief Alonso caused at mccheat, you­ talk in riddles,dont you mean the grief Alonso suffered­ at mccheat.
    @22, Mercedes Benz withdraw their engines­ and have someone­ else's engine in the back of­ their­ car?.
    I ask whose engines?
    You are behind with­ your info.

    From touronroute, on Wed 9 Sep 3:54PM

  6. FOR SURE ALONSO'S SWITCH TO FERRARI IS A MUST FOR­ THAT DEAL GOING AHEAD.

    From Vítor, on Wed 9 Sep 3:06PM

  7. Biggles I dont think f1police understands what he is­ saying either, its just so much gibberish.

    From Jeanette 'No Mates' Bolan, on Wed 9 Sep 3:03PM

  8. F1police: I don't understand your reasoning. Why­ would Mercedes Benz who OWN (not sponsor) 40% of­ McLaren withdraw their engines and have someone­ else's engine in the back of their­ car?.
    Racingshed: Ferrari may not need the Santander­ money but they will take it just to annoy McLaren.­ Don't underestimate just how much these two teams­ hate each other.
    And Williams will have a Renault­ engine in the back next season( the most successfil­ partnership in the history of F1) if Renault don't­ do a 'Honda' and withdraw altogether.

    From Biggles, on Wed 9 Sep 2:31PM
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    Ferrari looks to be re shaping and rebuilding its team­ once again to the dominate team it once had under the­ leadership of Schumacher who is hoping to repeat the­ success they had under ther leadership of Ross Brawn.­ Santander joining Ferrari with Alonso is going to be­ heavenly to the Ferrari fans, especially since has been­ stripped from McLaren's sponsorship boards. This­ move is going to be perfect for all British fans,­ everyone hates Ferrari, and everyone hates Alonso. What­ is left for McLaren, Mercedes Benz also swapping­ sponsorship from McLaren to Brawn, and if that is the­ case, will McLaren retain the Mercedes Benz engine, or­ will they go for Renault engines instead. This may turn­ out not to be the case but this is possible, remember­ Williams and BMW.

    From formula1police, on Wed 9 Sep 1:37PM

  10. Santander might not be so happy if Ratty gets caught up­ in the Piquet 'deliberately' crashing roumers.­ Also it seems that he will have to contend with either­ MS, Kimi or Massa as a team mate, none of whom will­ give him an inch. Expect to see more embarrassing toys­ out of the pram incidents.

    From Biggles, on Wed 9 Sep 11:18AM

  11. Surely this is all irrelevant, if Alonso does end up at­ Ferrari he will strop off when he gets beat by Massa,­ he'll be claiming he's treated as a 2nd driver.­ After the grief he caused McLaren i really can't­ see why Ferrari would want him in their car and lets­ face it, its got nothing to do with big name sponsors,­ this is one thing Ferrari are not struggling for.

    From racingshed, on Wed 9 Sep 8:31AM
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    another boring moment in whats a very boring sport ...­ be a good puppy and get put down soon ... save all your­ blushes and fade away !

    From Dave G, on Wed 9 Sep 8:14AM

  13. well that was a big suprise so now what will the next­ one be Alonso to Ferrari no shurely not

    From thefamouskwjibo, on Wed 9 Sep 7:06AM
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    HELLO MY LITTLE F1 BUNNIES AREN'T WE VERY CONFUSED­ LITTLE F1 BUNNIES WE ARE. ALONSO DRIVING FOR FERRARI­ NEXT YEAR IS NOT NEW NEWS, THIS HAS BEENING GOING­ AROUND SINCE ALONSO LEFT MCLAREN BEFORE THE END OF­ 2007, ALONSO ONLY RETURNED TO RENUALT TO SERVE HIM AS A­ BRIDGE TO FERRARI. SANTANDER ONLY REMAINED WITH MCLAREN­ BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER CONTRACT WITH MCLAREN, AND­ MCLAREN WOULDN'T ALLOW A GOOD SPONSOR TO LEAVE­ WITHOUT FOREFILLING THE CONTRACT THAT WAS IN PLACE.­ WITH SANTANDER DEPARTING AND MERCEDES BENZ LOOKING TO­ SPONSOR BRAWN, MCLAREN COULD BE UNDER FUNDED, IF­ VODAFONE WITHDRAWS FROM MCLAREN, AND BY THE WAY REJOINS­ FERRARI, MCLAREN ARE GOING TO BE FACING THE SAME­ PROBLEMS WILLIAMS HAS BE FACING, VERY LITTLE­ MONEY.

    ELLIE YOU ARE A VERY STUPID BUNNY, SANTANDER­ KNOW EXACTLY WHY ALONSO LEFT MCLAREN AND THEY­ THEMSELVES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PLEASED. ALONSO WAS NOT­ PLEASED THAT, AND THAT NICE MR RON DENNIS FAVOURED MR­ HAMILTON'S SON, AND ALONSO BECAME THE NUMBER TWO­ DRIVER. ISN'T MR HAMILTON'S SON SUCH A NICE­ YOUNG MAN, WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF HIM IN CHILE. AND­ WHAT RIGHT DID ALONSO HAVE IN EXPECTING EQUAL­ TREATMENT, JUST BECAUSE HE BROUGHT THE NUMBER ONE AND­ TWO TO MCLAREN AS WELL AS THE VODAFONE MONEY AND­ SPAINISH SPONSORS WHO CAME ON BOARD OR CONTINUED THEIR­ SPONSORSHIP BECAUSE OF HIM, WHO DOES ALONSO THINK HE­ IS.....................................................­ .....

    From David, on Wed 9 Sep 4:48AM
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    Guess who will be driving for Ferrari next year? ­ That's right the WDC for the next several years. ­ Can't wait for FA to join the prancing horse. They ­ will dominate as Schmi. did for the next 10 years. My ­ guess is at least 5 WDC.

    From mags, on Wed 9 Sep 3:24AM

  16. moncpete; it's is not nice to make fun of a­ mentally retarded person :)

    Potter: you are right man­ what ever you are thinking in that empty head of yours,­ even though nobody understands it, I am sure it's­ brilliant. NOT! :)

    From Christos K, on Wed 9 Sep 1:56AM

  17. Potter
    Are you mentally retarded? Actually I'm­ sorry - that's not fair to the people who are. Your­ comments are the dumbest I have seen in a long time.­ DO everybody a favor and just get lost.

    From moncpete, on Tue 8 Sep 11:38PM

  18. Chris, what "fuss" are you speaking of?­ It's just an announcement of a press conference to­ annouce something...
    CHILL

    From Lawrence, on Tue 8 Sep 10:36PM
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    Spain's largest bank have backed McLaren since­ 2007, when Spain's double world champion Fernando­ Alonso was with the Mercedes-powered team.

    Alonso was­ maltreated by McLaren after they got the contract and­ benifited for two years from Santander alongside­ current champion Lewis Hamilton.

    I guess that should­ be the right report!!!! :-))

    From paris_tifosi, on Tue 8 Sep 10:03PM

  20. this is old hat!!!
    all this deal with santander was­ anounced last year,
    Alonso has been signed for 2010­ for ferrari since 2007. It was all done and dusted, so­ i dont know what the big fuss is about??
    Its all old­ stuff,

    From CHRIS L, on Tue 8 Sep 8:12PM
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