Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Len, I stopped taking cameras to races years ago, very little spare time and also everybody assumes if I am taking pictures I am spying rather than exercising my hobby. cheers Frank On Friday, December 26, 2003, at 03:44 pm, Leonard J Kapner wrote: > Frank, > > This explanation may be OT, but fascinating nonetheless, as I find the > F1 > technology and race process riveting, both in person and on > television. The > organization politics and sociology less so, but it might be quite > interesting to photograph the people side of F1 from the inside out, > as it > were, with your Leicas. > > There now, I've dragged you back on topic! > > Len > Leonard J Kapner > E-Mail: ljkapner@cox.net > Tel: (310) 377-5060 / Mobile: (310) 291-0140 > > -- > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Frank > Dernie > Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 11:39 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Now just inspired - Now Beamer > > To be strict about this I work for Williams, who are sponsored by BMW > (hence the name BMW Williams, if they weren't the prime sponsor their > name would have to follow the constructor name ie Williams-BMW) who > also supply the engine. BMW are also slightly involved in the > transmission manufacture (not design) but otherwise the whole car is > designed and made at Williams in Oxfordshire and the car is raced by > Williams engineers and mechanics with support for the engine being > provided by BMW technicians and mechanics. BMW also have a substantial > marketing presence at the track as do Hewlett Packard (we use HP > hardware for telemetry and data analysis). > The money spent on F1 nowadays is enormous, being the third biggest TV > sport in the world (after the Olympics and World Cup football - soccer) > it pulls in a huge amount of sponsorship and nowadays a F1 car costs > about 50 times more than an Indy car! > Sorry to be so far OT. > cheers > Frank > > (snip) > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html