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Old 21 Feb 2012, 12:26 (Ref:3028849)   #540
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Only problem is that Sony France and Polyphony Digital seem to be willing to back any French driver or team with a shot at success; they've sponsored Oreca, Pescarolo and Peugeot at various times, and they also sponsor several drivers with the PlayStation/Gran Turismo sponsorship. Sebastien Loeb is heavily backed with Playstation/GT5 sponsorship, and they also sponsored Benoît Tréluyer at LM last year when he drove (and won) with Audi.

And considering that Oreca is teamed with Toyota Motorsport GmbH/Toyota Racing on the TS030 Hybrid, I wouldn't be surprised if Oreca/TMG get the Playstation/GT5 sponsorship because of TMG's Japanese/German origins and the team's ties to Oreca, nor would I be surprised if they even have some sponsorship role with Audi, as they have a couple of French drivers on the team (Treluyer and Dumas), and that the R18's in recent testing photos (namely the photo from the Abu Dhabi test) have altered sponsorship placement though they retained the same sponsors as last year (Tag Heuer, Castrol, Bosch, etc), which means a big paint scheme change, or the addition of a TBA sponsor.

In LMP1, there are several options for Sony France, and Sony as a whole, but until we see final paint schemes, we probably won't know, but it seems that Pescarolo, and even Toyota and Audi may have some sponsor cards up their sleeves.

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