OCTOBER 3, 2000
Orange booming but is the company tired of F1?
What has been obvious in recent races is the lack of interest in the sponsorship of Arrows since the middle of year. In the early part of the year Orange boss Hans Snook was a regular visitor to races but he has not been since Canada and at recent events there have been almost no Orange personnel at all after a strong presence at the start of the season.
There have been suggestions in recent weeks that despite sometimes impressive performances from Arrows, orange has not been getting the coverage it hoped to get from the sponsorship. The deal with Arrows is believed to be for the next two seasons but as the deal was done with Snook before the France Telecom takeover it is not impossible that the French may seek to renegotiate the deal.