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F1 under pressure to ban alcohol sponsorship

Formula 1 bosses faced fresh pressure on Friday to ban alcohol sponsorship amid claims that it could be breaching European code of conduct practices. A report published on Friday by the European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare), a collection of 57 public health bodies across 25 European countries, suggested that fan exposure to alcohol brands in grand prix racing was too much. It suggested that F1's sponsorship practices went against the spirit of the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive, as well as going against voluntary code of conducts agreed by the alcohol industry. At the moment Johnnie Walker is a sponsor of McLaren and F1, Martini is title sponsor of Williams and Force India...
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