Ferrari could be set to race back into a controversy surrounding cigarette advertising.
Earlier this year, amid fresh criticism of the team’s ongoing sponsorship by the Philip Morris company, Ferrari dropped the ‘Marlboro’ from its official name.

But the association continues. India Today reports that Hriday, a health organisation in India, has lodged a complaint.

It claims the sale of Marlboro cigarettes in India this week alongside posters of Ferrari single seaters violates the country’s anti-tobacco laws.

The report also said the cigarette packets include message inserts about the fabled Maranello based team.

“The message is basically to promote the brand surreptitiously,” said a spokeswoman for Hriday.

Ferrari on Thursday unveiled a new logo for its formula one team.

The current logo features the infamous ‘barcode’ that was recently removed from the F10 car, following suggestions it subliminally advertised Marlboro cigarettes.

But the new logo, to be used from 2011, remains red and white and is more angular than before, moving some observers to surmise that it reminds them even more of main sponsor Philip Morris’ product.

And team boss Stefano Domenicali told reporters at Silverstone: “I can confirm that next year the team name will be the same — Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro.”