No Marlboro livery for Ferrari - 4th September 10:44am GMT

At the end of July we reported that Ferrari were allowed to run Marlboro livery for today's race at Monza. However that rule changed just before the weekend.

The Monza Formula 1 Grand Prix will not allow participants to advertise tobacco products of any kind, after Monza judge Antonio Garzon accepted appeals submitted by consumer association Codacons to deny Ferrari the right to advertise its trademark Marlboro cigarettes on any of the team apparel. Garzon, according to Codacons, "accepts that Ferrari's conduct is illegitimate and counter to standing laws [...] which deny tobacco advertising rights out of general public interest". Ferrari, reads the Codacons communique' "has been denied the right to sport the Marlboro brand". Judge Garzon has also issued Ferrari a mandatory injunction to publish the court's verdict on national daily newspapers Corriere della Sera and Repubblica.