Sean John F1: Puffy wants a part of the action
An F1 team owned by a rapper? You've got to be kidding, right? Well, he might be, but Sean "Puffy" Combs is reportedly considering buying a team. If car manufacturers, retired drivers, clothing labels and even beverage companies can own F1 teams, why can't a recording artist? In the fast-changing world of Formula One, if you've got the green, you can have the team. And nobody's more about the Benjamins than Puffy.
The notoriously impulsive hip-hop icon made the announcement that he intended to buy an F1 team at a party in London celebrating the launch of his new cologne, where he was seen spending most of the night talking with Lewis Hamilton. We'd be seriously surprised if Diddy actually went through with it, but at the very least this looks like the premise for a movie only slightly better than Soul Plane.
Feel free to post your jokes and speculation in the comments section below...just keep it tasteful, biotch!
[Source: London Times via Jalopnik]
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April McCray 5:11PM (2/10/2008)
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April McCray 5:07PM (2/10/2008)
Hi !
My name is April and I am an inventor.
Mr. Sean John, I need your help!!!!!
I invented a new & improved Baby blanket. It's patented approved and everyone I know or have seen it is amazed.
I have designed outfits to go along with the blanket.
The baby blanket is different than any blanket you have ever seen. SORRY , PASS THIS MEMO TO SEAN JOHN!! THANK-YOU!!!
I'm a 100% disabled veteran, I went in the Army to get this blanket patented. I could not afford it without going in the Army.
I have been through alot! Now, I'm reaching out to you for help. This baby blanket will not stay in stores long. Everybody will want more than one.
I need a manufacture to make the baby blanket.
See that's were you come in, getting a manufacture and putting in stores.
All I want is a percentage and I would give some of my percentage back to disabled veterans.
I know you have alot of business going on--but this is cause you would never regret.
I have pictures and samples of the baby blanket.
I'm on a mission!!! and I'm reaching out for help!1 HELP ME... SO, WE CAN HELP DISABLED VETERANS for years to come. April
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April McCray 5:29PM (2/10/2008)
Hi!!
My memo is posted; but, I did not get a pass word. It's alright as long as my memo got posted.
April
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dropstep 11:54AM (5/28/2008)
This is utterly ridiculous.
If Puffy buys an F1 team I will stop watching.
This guys wants all the glory for himself.
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dropstep 11:55AM (5/28/2008)
I 'm so sick of famous people walking around like they are a part of the crew.
F1 should be about the Pilots and the sport.
Not famous wannabes, oh I HAVE THE $$$ SO i CAN CRASH...uggg
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Evotec 3:13PM (7/05/2007)
Puff diddy daddy has a lot of money i guess..
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Don 3:23PM (7/05/2007)
Ugh. Well, I guess he's got to find SOMEthing to do with the hundreds of millions he made from being a talentless hack.
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Eriq 4:05PM (7/05/2007)
Why not?
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John R 3:26PM (7/05/2007)
Just because you hang out with Hamilton from time to time doesn't qualify you to own an F1 team, I don't think.
ugh...I guess it's fine, Cedric the Entertainer owns a CART team or did own a CART team. As long as he doesn't plant his face everywhere, gets too involved and he just bank rolls the effort.
Ever since B.I.G. died Combs has been a real pill.
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John R 3:25PM (7/05/2007)
Just because you hang out with Hamilton from time to time doesn't qualify you to own an F1 team, I don't think.
ugh...I guess it's fine, Cedric the Entertainer owns a CART team or did own a CART team. As long as he doesn't plant his face everywhere, gets too involved and he just bank rolls the effort.
Ever since B.I.G. died Combs has been a real pill.
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WillTheThrill 10:41AM (7/06/2007)
So what is the qualification of being a F1 owner? What's the qualification of owning any piece of a large francise?
Money! That's it.
It's called advisors and I'm pretty sure most, if not all, francise owners have them. See, it doesn't matter what background you come from. The only thing that matters is if the owner has funds to pay for a good team. It's not like trying to open up a mom and pop resturant where mom and pop have to know the tricks of the trade and are busting their humps to make a profit.
aaron 3:26PM (7/05/2007)
His interest probably came from Lewis Hamilton's recent winning (Hamilton is also black if you didn't know). "Diddy" (not "Puffy") will probably try to find an African-American driver to race in F1, but then again, F1 has not been so kind to all American racers lately. The one guy from the U.S., Scott Speed, is good but his team/crew is terrible, even if it is sponsored by Red Bull.
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Drewboy 3:30PM (7/05/2007)
If I had his money I'd definitely be in racing. More power to him.
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RoadRunnerSTi 3:42PM (7/05/2007)
Hahahahahhaha.... the first black F1 Driver becomes a star and now p-diddy-bite-size wants a piece of the action... he is such a band-wagon jumper... what a joke.
I can see it now... Lewis Hamilton in commercials for Bad-Boy clothing, or whatever new crappy fad Piffy creates.
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dropstep 11:55AM (5/28/2008)
That's all he knows.
I've been following Lewis Since his GP2 days.
Puffy or whatever I'm told was invited by Flavio B from Renault.
Saw Lewis Ham and decided to throw his fame around.
What a loser.
Carlos 3:49PM (7/05/2007)
Well, they say the best way to make a million bucks in motorsports is to start with ten million...
I wouldn't mind seeing Toro Rosso (the second Red Bull team) being bought by someone just to liven up the grid. Spyker's also pretty pointless.
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Bob-o 3:54PM (7/05/2007)
P.S. He goes by P. Diddy now, not Puffy. C'mon Autoblog, get w/ the times. ;)
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Pouya 5:37PM (7/05/2007)
haha,. . . well if you really want to get technical, his name is "Diddy" (changed from P. Diddy, which replaced Puff Daddy). Only in New Zealand and the UK does he label himself as "P. Diddy," because of a legal battle with another artist, Richard "Diddy" Dearlove.
See, e.g., (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Combs)
kurt 3:55PM (7/05/2007)
Hamilton's got way too much class to get into a business relationship with Diddy, McLaren has him in a contract and he's loyal to Ron Dennis, so Diddy can forget about getting Hamilton as a driver, for at least 8 years. As far as diddy owning a team, he may be the lead sponsor but owning a team would probably be impossible given the cost and lack of popularity in the US. Not to mention no team probably wants to sell out and even if they did they're not selling to Diddy.
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GDUB 4:14PM (7/05/2007)
Why not NASCAR Diddy?
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