Wasn't aimed at anybody or any company in particular ..... I seem to have come across differently to I meant to!!!!
All I was trying to say is that teams are there to promote the products and help other drivers so they can make best use of the products. You have to remember that a lot of people don't feel comfotable just walking up to the "stars" and striking up a conversation so realy on what filters down and importantly what they see on the grid.
Based on that I just don't think that covering up anything ... even if for astetic (SP?) reasons is not in the best interests of the manufacture.
When I first went to rallycross with the TTR EB4S3 I was really impressed to see the TTR team often had the current set-up on a set-up sheet on the side of their pit area ..... it often changed through the day as they got more out of the car. That made it really easy and got a quite few people interested in the car even though in the main it wasn't the fashionable choice .... purely because they knew the team where there for them. Jon Dell and Jon Hazelwood would even take people's cars and work on them for them.
I wasn't trying to get at anybody or any company, just saying that such things can (and do) put people off a brand of car.
As you know I have known both Phil and Tom for a very long time and they have always been very friendly and helpful to everybody as you say.
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