JANUARY 30, 2003

A rush of small sponsors

There have been a rush of minor sponsorship and supplier deals in recent days in F1 circles with Jordan and Minardi doing clothing and footwear deals with Puma, Sauber doing a similar deal with a Swiss heating company and BMW Williams announcing a commercial deal with the Swiss watch maker Oris which will be similar to other such deals which allow the partner to use the BMW Williams image to promote its products without there being any actual signage on the car.