Seeking a replacement to the tobacco moneyBrackley based F1 team Honda has not yet found a replacement for title sponsor Lucky Strike, whose parent company BAT will pull out of the sport at the end of 2006.
While Honda had been linked with Vodafone and Intel, rival outfits McLaren Mercedes and BMW Sauber - respectively - ultimately landed the deals.
Honda principal Nick Fry, though, is quoted by the Kyodo news agency as confirming that the team is on the lookout for a title sponsor.
“British American Tobacco will be with us until the end of 2006 as contracted,” the Briton said, “so obviously we are looking for people from 2007 onwards.”
Fry appeared confident that a sponsor would be signed to replace Lucky Strike, the cigarette brand that is honouring a previous agreement to stop advertising in sport.
He admitted: “It`s nice to see that a number (of potential sponsors) are interested, though it`s too early to say anything.”
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