When AlphaTauri’s new team name, Visa Cash App RB, was announced on Wednesday, F1 fans and journalists alike began criticizing it. With the addition of sponsors Visa and Cash App, it was rumored that the Racing Bulls name would be shortened to RB. .
However, there was no mention of Racing Bulls in Wednesday’s announcement, although racingbulls.com directed users to the official site of Red Bull’s second F1 team (formerly known as Toro Rosso). “Visa Cash App RB races into the future,” reads the press release. Michel Milewski, a correspondent for Germany’s leading newspaper Bild, commented: “Sorry, what the hell?!” Ilari Savonen of Finnish broadcaster MTV agreed that the new team name is “terrible”, while German news agency DPA agreed that it is “much more”. El Mundo Deportivo described Visa Cash App RB as a “shocking name”, while fellow Spanish sports newspaper Marca deemed it “the ugliest name in F1 history”. “Goodbye, AlphaTauri,” said Daniele Sparissi, F1 correspondent for the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, where the Red Bull-owned team is based. “The new name of the Faenza team is Credit Card”, he joked. Sky Deutschland ran the headline: “Formula 1 team has bizarre new name”, with former F1 driver Guido van der Garde also supporting the words on social media. “We have become accustomed to the commercialization of F1,” van der Garde said. “So if it’s a business opportunity, I’d be open to it.” “But it sounds like a name that an Italian team shouldn’t have. Maybe they’ll prove me wrong, but we… In the future we won’t talk about a big team called Visa Cash App RB. It’s said that it took a long time. “It will be interesting see whether this name, which will take some getting used to, will be accepted by TV commentators and the media,” he said. The German magazine has contacted Red Bull’s chief consultant, Dr Helmut Marko, for comment , but the octogenarian admitted that the name was “a bit of a tongue twister”. Meanwhile, there are rumors on social media, according to which the experts of the Faenza team are already referring to Visa Cash App RB with the acronym V-CARB. He says he’s calling.
#media #criticizes #AlphaTauris #team #nameF1Gate.com
