Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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