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TV Commercials involving F1 drivers/themes [merged]

Started by D.M.N. , Jun 19 2010 09:09

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#101 olliek88

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Posted 18 May 2011 - 20:06

It only features a F1 car (i'm assuming) briefly but i do love this ad

#102 ktsayshi

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Posted 18 May 2011 - 23:12

It only features a F1 car (i'm assuming) briefly but i do love this ad

ASIMO waving from the front porch FTW.

#103 Ali_G

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 18:37

Jenson Button - Head and Shoulders

Sebastien Vettel - Head and Shoulders

Mark Webber - Canberra Milk

Michael Schumacher - L'Oreal

Damon Hill and Murray Walker - Pizza Hut

Nigel Mansell - Money Supermarket

Dreadful stuff. The Schumacher ad being the worst. What L'Oreal can do for a head of bristle I don't know. Any other good ones ?

#104 D.M.N.

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 18:43

Talking of adverts, there was a superb advert with Allan McNish and Audi promoting the Le Mans 2011 race during ITV's Champions League coverage. Around 3 minutes long as well. Great ad. :up:

#105 Henrytheeigth

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 18:44

I loved that pizza hut ad, makes me hungry for stuffed crust pizza

#106 Ali_G

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 18:45

Talking of adverts, there was a superb advert with Allan McNish and Audi promoting the Le Mans 2011 race during ITV's Champions League coverage. Around 3 minutes long as well. Great ad.

pRy just pointed it out to me.

#107 skinnyman

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 21:35

Come on dude, H&S and L'Oreal ones are dull, but Mark singing Canberra Milk Kid, Murray dissing Damon and Nige getting the 'stache back on are epic scenes

Edited by skinnyman, 28 May 2011 - 21:35.

#108 SCUDmissile

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 21:43

Murray and Damon :rotfl:

#109 midgrid

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 22:30

Shell - Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella. Easily the worst advert involving F1 drivers I've ever seen.

#110 KavB

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 22:38

^ So bad it's good

#111 bourbon

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 22:39

Well I must be the type of person these are made for because they either had me cracking up (for being so bad as to be funny or just funny) or thinking that the product was pretty cool. Hill/Murray @ Pizza Hut gets hilarious award. "He Spun it!" "Finishes Second Again!!" LOL

Edited by bourbon, 28 May 2011 - 22:40.

#112 Absulute

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 22:40

Shell - Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella. Easily the worst advert involving F1 drivers I've ever seen.

Well yeah, but...

Mine is nicer.

#113 midgrid

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 22:47

Damon Hill and Murray Walker - Pizza Hut

Don't forget to watch the out-takes!

#114 Don2011

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Posted 28 May 2011 - 22:52

I remember a shampoo ad with Jean Alesi too, it was overdubbed with some other guy's voice, quite funny. Unfortunately I can't find it anywhere.

#115 karne

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 06:39

Awwwwww, come on, the Canberra Milk kid ad isn't THAT bad!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

(Or maybe it's just the fact that, living in Canberra, I'm subjected to it at least once every commercial break during the GP/qualifying/buildup/RPM/general viewing and I've grown immune :drunk:

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#116 HPT

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 07:43

I don't see anything wrong with Button's ad.

#117 Dauemannen

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 07:59

The shampoo ads were pretty boring. I wouldn't call them incredibly dreadful or anything, but Vettel and Button have the worst hair in F1, and Schumi isn't far behind. Having them advertise shampoo is pretty ****ed up right here.

The Canberra Milk advert, on the other hand, just about made me lose all respect I had for Mark Webber. It was prue torture. Worst ad ever. By some margin.

The Pizza Hut advert was incredibly fun and made me want pizza, and the one with Nige was quite funny too.

Edited by Dauemannen, 29 May 2011 - 08:00.

#118 phil1993

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 08:16

How is the Pizza hut one awful? Its Faaan-tastic :lol:

The Head and Shoulders ones are cringey though

#119 jonnoj

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 08:21

Talking of adverts, there was a superb advert with Allan McNish and Audi promoting the Le Mans 2011 race during ITV's Champions League coverage. Around 3 minutes long as well. Great ad.

Who needs F1 to promote their cars, when they can create memorable ads like that one?

#120 Augurk

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 08:26

Shell - Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella. Easily the worst advert involving F1 drivers I've ever seen.

One of the shittiest "professional" videos I've ever seen. And I say that as a filmmaker, who's seen tons of amateur stuff. Amateur stuff that way outshines this commercial in terms of quality.

#121 moonraker

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 08:36

Worst ad ever:
Rubens - Arisco

#122 D A

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 08:41

Didn't Lewis Hamilton star in some horrible promotion/ad a few years back? I seem to remember that the team and Lewis said such a thing would never happen again.

#123 Henrytheeigth

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 08:43

Didn't Lewis Hamilton star in some horrible promotion/ad a few years back? I seem to remember that the team and Lewis said such a thing would never happen again.

Wasn't that when Lewis was flying about on a stage or something?

#124 D A

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 08:46

Wasn't that when Lewis was flying about on a stage or something?

Yes, that one.

Article about it: http://www.dailymail...-story-too.html

And video: http://news.bbc.co.u...ort/7391921.stm

Edited by D A, 29 May 2011 - 09:01.

#125 SCUDmissile

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 08:46

Let's be fair to Shell and Ferrari.

This is a classic

312B

Ferrari should just stick to basics, like that. :up:

their Schumi, Kimi one was terrible aswell.

#126 syph0nJZ05

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 08:48

Didn't Lewis Hamilton star in some horrible promotion/ad a few years back? I seem to remember that the team and Lewis said such a thing would never happen again.

Lewis has done loads of ads, mainly for Santander and Vodafone etc.

#127 karne

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 10:08

The Canberra Milk advert, on the other hand, just about made me lose all respect I had for Mark Webber. It was prue torture. Worst ad ever. By some margin.

Really? You obviously haven't seen many bad ads then. :down:

For background, it's actually part of a series. Doing the Canberra Milk ad is actually great for Mark because it gets him on TV in his home town more regularly. And trust me, Mark's wasn't the worst by any stretch of the imagination. One of the ads was done by a blonde chick who made the final 10 on Australian Idol. All I can say is, if she was a final 10 singer, the judges had earplugs in. Mark's monotone is hilarious. Her screeching is not.

#128 ArnageWRC

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 11:21

Who needs F1 to promote their cars, when they can create memorable ads like that one?

Exactly - Audi don't need F1, how many times does Dr Ulrich need to say it?

#129 FerrariF1

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Posted 29 May 2011 - 11:37

Vodafone ad With Hakkinen, Alonso and Hamilton

Don,t forget this one

#130 tommi34

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Posted 10 June 2011 - 00:36

Few years old but personally liked these pretty much:

#131 OssieFan

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Posted 10 June 2011 - 01:01

Does anyone remember a Shell ad from the 80's where a father and son are at an arcade with an F1 game? The Dad gets in to have a go and the car turns to real. Been trying to find it for ages.

#132 engel

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Posted 10 June 2011 - 01:08

Jean Alesi & Diane Reeves Mercedes E Class commercial ->

#133 Meanstreak

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Posted 10 June 2011 - 01:14

Kovalainen and his dad:

Edited by Meanstreak, 10 June 2011 - 01:21.

#134 Gyan

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Posted 20 October 2011 - 17:26

I saw this ad on some news channel today. Sorry if it's been posted before. Mercedes GP ad with Mika Hakkinen in it as well.

#135 akshay380

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 10:10

Posting here as it involves a McLaren driver featuring in an ad for sponsor ie Santader.

Completing McLaren's embarrassment this season... Is this the worst F1 related ad ever?

Jenson Santader Ad

Edited by akshay380, 06 August 2013 - 10:11.

#136 bogi

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 10:24

Posting here as it involves a McLaren driver featuring in an ad for sponsor ie Santader.

Completing McLaren's embarrassment this season... Is this the worst F1 related ad ever?

Jenson Santader Ad

What the **** :cry:

#137 10e10

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 10:53

Posting here as it involves a McLaren driver featuring in an ad for sponsor ie Santader.

Completing McLaren's embarrassment this season... Is this the worst F1 related ad ever?

Jenson Santader Ad

I guess this ad just wins the prize for "McLaren's worst moment of the season".

Edited by 10e10, 06 August 2013 - 10:53.

#138 WitnessX

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 11:00

Posting here as it involves a McLaren driver featuring in an ad for sponsor ie Santader.

Completing McLaren's embarrassment this season... Is this the worst F1 related ad ever?

Jenson Santader Ad

Don't panic, its a "spoof" on perfume adverts... its supposed to be silly!
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Edited by WitnessX, 06 August 2013 - 14:23.

#139 Xeriks

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 13:34

Posting here as it involves a McLaren driver featuring in an ad for sponsor ie Santader.

Completing McLaren's embarrassment this season... Is this the worst F1 related ad ever?

Jenson Santader Ad

At least it's not as creepy as the last Santander advert he did.

#140 Kvothe

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 13:45

Posting here as it involves a McLaren driver featuring in an ad for sponsor ie Santader.

Completing McLaren's embarrassment this season... Is this the worst F1 related ad ever?

Jenson Santader Ad

Watch the video and keep pressing 8, it had me in tears.

Edited by Kvothe, 06 August 2013 - 13:46.

#141 WitnessX

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 14:41

Jenson & Tony Stewart Mobil ads (also not to be taken too seriously):

#142 Buttoneer

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 15:19

Posting here as it involves a McLaren driver featuring in an ad for sponsor ie Santader.

Completing McLaren's embarrassment this season... Is this the worst F1 related ad ever?

Jenson Santader Ad

I can see that you might not get the 'parfum' parody. It's probably even less funny when it's explained but worth watching various Chanel/Davidoff/Boss adverts to get the point.

#143 SophieB

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 17:23

It's still pretty woeful as a parody, in my opinion. Still, on the upside, at least Santander don't have him breaking into the homes and cars of terrified looking members of the public this time round...

Maybe Santander are still nursing a grudge about McLaren not keeping Alonso and are making their drivers perform these mildly humiliating antics as punishment...

Edited: added in the ads. Enjoy!

#144 BRG

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 17:56

Still, on the upside, at least Santander don't have him breaking into the homes and cars of terrified looking members of the public this time round.

Some of that was seriously creepy. I wouldn't have minded being accosted in the street by Jessica Ennis-Hill, but opening your front door to find Jenson in racing overalls waiting behind it was enough to give the sensitive nightmares. Mind, he was a bit less wooden than that golfer feller, not that that was saying much.

#145 eronrules

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 18:11

Posting here as it involves a McLaren driver featuring in an ad for sponsor ie Santader.

Completing McLaren's embarrassment this season... Is this the worst F1 related ad ever?

Jenson Santader Ad

honestly, i was expecting him to yell

Kame-hame-ha or Kaio-Ken with those moves

it would've made a lot of sense then and would've been popular with students, if that's what santander wants to sell to the students.

Posted Image

i'm such a manchild :blush:

Edited by eronrules, 06 August 2013 - 18:47.

#146 P123

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 19:02

Jenson & Tony Stewart Mobil ads (also not to be taken too seriously):

Those are good. The Santander one(s) on the otherhand....

#147 fullthrottle

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 20:14

A few recent ads with Kimi:

http://www.youtube.c...e=youtube_gdata

Edited by fullthrottle, 06 August 2013 - 20:17.

#148 Buttoneer

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Posted 06 August 2013 - 22:23

It's still pretty woeful as a parody, in my opinion. Still, on the upside, at least Santander don't have him breaking into the homes and cars of terrified looking members of the public this time round...

Maybe Santander are still nursing a grudge about McLaren not keeping Alonso and are making their drivers perform these mildly humiliating antics as punishment...

Edited: added in the ads. Enjoy!

I suppose they could have hung him from the roof in a Turkish theatre instead.

#149 djned

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Posted 07 August 2013 - 05:26

THIS IS MY BUTT:

#150 rko281

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Posted 07 August 2013 - 05:34

THIS IS MY BUTT:

oh...wow... :rotfl:

I just don't understand how these kind of commercials are being made. First someone has an idea and then a lot of people have to agree on it and see the final result (including the drivers). I can't believe more than one person thought this commercial is good :cat: