Burger King...

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 07 May 2010, 08:42

Watching the first practice for the Spanish GP and what's that I see on the side of the Sauber cars? Yes folks a rather small but unquestionably pathetic and rejectworthy logo adorns the acres of white space: that of Burger King...

Now we all know Sauber are struggling to find sponsors this season, but BK?? Not quite as bad as Xena: Warrior Princess but its not far off!

Aerond · Post by **Aerond** » 07 May 2010, 09:12

Woh!!!

Will BK provide the food at Sauber´s motorhome???

SDHammer · Post by **SDHammer** » 07 May 2010, 09:42

Does that mean that if Pedro Da La Rosa Test Driver Sharapova crashes at the first corner he turns into an angry whopper?

coops · Post by **coops** » 07 May 2010, 10:04

Burger King do the best burgers but they cant do fries.

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 07 May 2010, 11:33

Joe Saward points out in his blog that fast food is almost as unhealthy as tobacco & asks (tongue in cheek) if we should ban ads for that too.

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 07 May 2010, 13:21

Here's hoping that Sauber can make this international food giant a constant presence on their cars soon, albeit much larger.

With the Ferrari engines having gotten a durability overhaul before Barcelona, this should be possible.

P_Friesacher · Post by **P_Friesacher** » 07 May 2010, 15:57

coops wrote:Burger King do the best burgers but they cant do fries.

I disagree on both counts! (At least where Austrian Burgeer Kings are concerned...)

coops · Post by **coops** » 07 May 2010, 16:19

P_Friesacher wrote:
coops wrote:Burger King do the best burgers but they cant do fries.

I disagree on both counts! (At least where Austrian Burgeer Kings are concerned...)

So, in Austria the Burger Kings serve great fries but the burgers are no good?
Time to purchase a jet plane, methinks.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 07 May 2010, 16:24

I think this is all a very clever tactic. Because Peter Sauber knows that his engines will expire in flames again, thereby creating the advertising slogan of "Burger King: With The Heat Of F1™"

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 07 May 2010, 16:53

Doesn't this conflict with Kamui Kobayashi's sushi money?

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 07 May 2010, 17:03

mediocre · Post by **mediocre** » 07 May 2010, 17:06

P_Friesacher wrote:
coops wrote:Burger King do the best burgers but they cant do fries.

I disagree on both counts! (At least where Austrian Burgeer Kings are concerned...)

Same in Germany.

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 07 May 2010, 17:26

shinji wrote:

Really. Fast. Food.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 07 May 2010, 18:18

now all they need its to persuade gerhard berger out of retirement.....

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 07 May 2010, 18:53

coops wrote:Burger King do the best burgers but they cant do fries.

They can, and they do salads too! Burger King rules! (except as a small logo in the Sauber)

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 07 May 2010, 19:01

coops wrote:Burger King do the best burgers but they cant do fries.

They're actually changing their slogan from "have it your way" to this.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 07 May 2010, 19:24

Turn's out they're doing a Brawn and have done a deal just for the two Spanish rounds...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83359

Henrique · Post by **Henrique** » 07 May 2010, 20:11

Burger King is my favorite franchise when it comes to burgers, so I give a big thumbs up to this

watka · Post by **watka** » 07 May 2010, 20:19

BK are the best chain simply because they don't assume you want ketchup, gherkins, and other crap in your burger.

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 07 May 2010, 21:12

watka wrote:BK are the best chain simply because they don't assume you want ketchup, gherkins, and other crap in your burger.

I had a Tendercrisp Chicken burger at 8 AM in a shopping centre in Boston when I hadn't eaten in 14 hours... Om nom nom.

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 07 May 2010, 21:51

shinji wrote:
watka wrote:BK are the best chain simply because they don't assume you want ketchup, gherkins, and other crap in your burger.

I had a Tendercrisp Chicken burger at 8 AM in a shopping centre in Boston when I hadn't eaten in 14 hours... Om nom nom.

try that here in the uk and its oh sorry sir we only do breakfast mnenu until 11...

thehemogoblin · Post by **thehemogoblin** » 07 May 2010, 22:09

WeirdKerr wrote:
shinji wrote:
watka wrote:BK are the best chain simply because they don't assume you want ketchup, gherkins, and other crap in your burger.

I had a Tendercrisp Chicken burger at 8 AM in a shopping centre in Boston when I hadn't eaten in 14 hours... Om nom nom.

try that here in the uk and its oh sorry sir we only do breakfast mnenu until 11...

That's how most of them are here too. That's why I prefer American institutions such as IHOP, Denny's or Jack-In-The-Box. Breakfast all day, m*****f*****s.

TeamTipper · Post by **TeamTipper** » 07 May 2010, 23:53

so instead of BMWSauber-Ferrari they could be known as Burger King Sauber-Ferrari?????

Now u will be hearing all the PC people moaning about the sponsor...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 08 May 2010, 00:48

This thread has made me hungry.

Captain Hammer · Post by **Captain Hammer** » 08 May 2010, 02:07

AndreaModa wrote:Watching the first practice for the Spanish GP and what's that I see on the side of the Sauber cars? Yes folks a rather small but unquestionably pathetic and rejectworthy logo adorns the acres of white space: that of Burger King...

Now we all know Sauber are struggling to find sponsors this season, but BK?? Not quite as bad as Xena: Warrior Princess but its not far off!

It's only for two races: Barcelona and Valencia because it's not actually Burger King that is sponsoring Sauber - it's Burger King's Spanish arm.

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 08 May 2010, 03:40

"Spanish arm"?

Is that a euphemism?

baddriving50 · Post by **baddriving50** » 08 May 2010, 03:56

All that means is that the company as a whole isn't sponsoring the team, just the part of the company that operates in Spain.

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 08 May 2010, 04:55

Gosh....really?

LionZoo · Post by **LionZoo** » 08 May 2010, 08:46

The King freaks me out.

But can we now start referring to Kamui Kobayashi as King Kamui Kobayashi? Triple K!

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 08 May 2010, 09:25

Maybe KKK would not be acceptable?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 08 May 2010, 09:31

LionZoo wrote:But can we now start referring to Kamui Kobayashi as King Kamui Kobayashi? Triple K!

It's all about the game, and how you play it
It's all about control and if you can take it
All about your debt and if you can pay it.
It's all about pain and who's gonna make it

watka · Post by **watka** » 08 May 2010, 09:38

I think we should steer well clear of any reference to triple K.

DonTirri · Post by **DonTirri** » 08 May 2010, 10:03

Klon wrote:
LionZoo wrote:But can we now start referring to Kamui Kobayashi as King Kamui Kobayashi? Triple K!

It's all about the game, and how you play it
It's all about control and if you can take it
All about your debt and if you can pay it.
It's all about pain and who's gonna make it

Haha

Wrestling reference in a Formula 1 forum, from a German

Now i've seen it all

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 08 May 2010, 10:10

watka wrote:I think we should steer well clear of any reference to triple K.

Quite....see my earlier post

CarlosFerreira · Post by **CarlosFerreira** » 08 May 2010, 11:00

Crown Prince Kamui Cowboy-ashi. Not bad!

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 08 May 2010, 11:10

CarlosFerreira wrote:Crown Prince Kamui Cowboy-ashi. Not bad!

So far this year....disappointingly more like Clown Prince.......

fjackdaw · Post by **fjackdaw** » 08 May 2010, 11:16

thehemogoblin wrote:Really. Fast. Food.

Well... it is Sauber, so maybe not.

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 08 May 2010, 11:52

I'm sorry the experienced chef we got in has proved to be really slow at cooking........

RejectSteve · Post by **RejectSteve** » 08 May 2010, 14:13

I long since boycotted Burger King, but if they're going to sponsor Sauber for the rest of the year as claimed by Will Buxton, then I may just have to return.

coops · Post by **coops** » 08 May 2010, 15:52

RejectSteve wrote:I long since boycotted Burger King, but if they're going to sponsor Sauber for the rest of the year as claimed by Will Buxton, then I may just have to return.

Bah! Just the kind of reaction they were hoping for!