Talk:John Hogan (motorsport executive)

John Hogan (motorsport executive) is currently a Other sports good article nominee. Nominated by Namelessposter (talk) at 00:48, 17 February 2025 (UTC)

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Short description: Australian Formula One advertising executive

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A fact from John Hogan (motorsport executive) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 March 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that tobacco brands like Marlboro, led by John Hogan (pictured), turned Formula One into a global sport because F1 cars evaded European tobacco advertising restrictions?

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 00:15, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hogan at a promotional event for Rush in 2013

... that tobacco brands like John Hogan's Marlboro turned Formula One into a global sport because F1 cars evaded European tobacco advertising restrictions?

Source: European governments began outlawing tobacco television commercials in the late 1960s. [1] Including corporate decals on an F1 car's livery allowed tobacco companies to get their brands on television without violating the ban on purchasing ad time, and Hogan explained that he saw F1 as a way "to make ourselves visible ... before the black curtain came down". [2] The tobacco industry also engineered Formula One's emergence as a global competition—once again in response to European crackdowns on cigarette advertising in F1. F1 added many non-European circuits to the race calendar, [10.1136/tc.2011.043448] aided by the tobacco companies, which (according to FIA president Max Mosley) put up the money to build new circuits in the Far East. [3]

ALT1: ... that advertising executive John Hogan helped discover Formula One World Champions James Hunt, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, and Mika Häkkinen when they were still junior drivers? Source: In the early 1970s, he made an early foray into motorsport with Erwin Wasey, helping its client Coca-Cola fund James Hunt and Gerry Birrell's junior careers. [4] In 1980, Hogan signed future four-time world champion Alain Prost on Guiter's recommendation, resolving to make Prost a McLaren driver even if Mayer (who wanted to sign Kevin Cogan) disagreed. [5] In addition, he signed up-and-coming junior driver Ayrton Senna (who later won three Drivers' Championships with McLaren) to a $10,000 sponsorship contract. [6] Finally, Hogan and Hunt encouraged McLaren to sign Marlboro-sponsored driver Mika Häkkinen. [7]
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Created by Namelessposter (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Namelessposter (talk) 14:56, 3 February 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Newly created article, long enough by a factor of over 10. Hook facts are verified by sources and cited inline in the article. I don't think that financial powerhouse or beleaguered outfit is neutral language. Can you revise that to something more objective? – Muboshgu (talk) 02:19, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello and thank you for reviewing this! I changed "financial powerhouse" to "global competition with nine-figure team budgets" and "beleaguered outfit" to "However, the team failed to improve on the prior year's seventh-place finish." Please let me know if you have any further questions. Thanks again! Namelessposter (talk) 04:37, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- - Those are good improvements. Completing review, image is PD, QPQ is not needed as this is the nominator's first. Congrats. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:11, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There is close paraphrasing. SL93 (talk) 20:05, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @SL93: Looking at the Earwig report, I think the vast majority of the paraphrasing is a block quote I included for color, starting with "When Hogie first entered...". I can remove it in one go if that's what you'd like, but given that the quote is limited to one statement and the attribution to the outside source is as clear as can be, I would prefer to keep it - the McLaren staff did a very nice job with that description. Namelessposter (talk) 20:15, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  - You're correct. Sorry for the trouble. SL93 (talk) 20:16, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    - No worries. Thank you for your diligence! Namelessposter (talk) 20:17, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
theleekycauldron I'm trying to promote this to the prep 6 image slot, but the tool isn't working. SL93 (talk) 20:19, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]