…in the form of a 4cm×2cm rectangle.
Red Bull Racing are giving fans the chance to have their face appear on their F1 cars at the British Grand Prix. All they ask in return is that you make a minimum donation of £10 to the Wings for Life charity, promoting research into spinal cord injuries.
And because I am really generous / self-important (delete according to your views about me), I have bought two of the 2cm×2cm squares. So my face will be appearing next to the doctorvee logo.
The square on the right is probably enough to unsettle anybody. So if you want to avoid it, be aware that I will be on David Coulthard’s left sidepod.
I think it is fair to say that, in terms of ugliness, the Red Bull will rival the explosion-in-a-paint-factory Honda “Earth car”. But that is not really the point, because it is all for a good cause.
I am joining other F1 bloggers such as Ollie White at BlogF1, Christine Blachford at Sidepodcast and Craig at craigblog.co.uk.
There is only around a day to go for you to reserve your space. So if you want to join in and get your face on an F1 car as well as the “warm glow” of giving to charity, head on over to Faces for Charity.
Rhys
25 June 2007 15:22
#1
That is rather cool actually. If I wasn’t so skint I’d be on the car with you
Craig
25 June 2007 15:40
#2
I’m quite disappointed that there still appears to be so many spaces still available (I got an e-mail at the weekend offering me 5 extra spaces for just a fiver – supposedly courtesy of David’s mum, but obviously due to the fact that they hadn’t sold as many as they had hoped!).
Also a little disappointed at the lack of promotion for this very worthwhile cause. Surely ITV could and should have had a feature on it rather than the hundred and one we’ve had about Hamilton lately?
Admittedly the cars will look horrendous, but it’s only for the one race unlike the Hondas…
Christine
25 June 2007 20:01
#3
Unfortunately I am on Webber’s car, so the crowd will get to see more of you than they do of me!!
doctorvee
25 June 2007 21:29
#4
Craig, I am also confused as to why Red Bull have not filled many spaces. The demo pics of the car look alright, but at the moment it looks like a patchy mess — which is obviously how it will look at Silverstone, with just one day to sell almost 20,000 spaces!
Craig
25 June 2007 23:49
#5
Yeah, hopefully they won’t leave it like that and will fill in the rest of the spaces somehow…
Ollie
2 July 2007 00:03
#6
Hehe, that’s the first time I’ve seen what you look like! Like a scaredy cat, I went with BF1s logo instead my mug. I wouldn’t like to give DC any more bad luck than he is currently being subjected to!
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#7
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