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blueline wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:59 pm From Autoweek:

"AlphaTauri F1 Team Gets a New Sponsor, New Name — And It's a Big-Money Mouthful"

Visa Cash App RB

That's the team's name!

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula ... d568259d8a

There is NO way Martin Brundle will be calling it that on the live cometary.

^^^ I read an article that said inside the team they are calling themselves VCARB . And they are hoping that acronym catches on with the press and fans .

996C438 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:01 am ^^^ I read an article that said inside the team they are calling themselves VCARB . And they are hoping that acronym catches on with the press and fans .

I read that as well... Sounds like a protein bar

996C438 wrote: Thu Jan 25, 2024 3:01 am ^^^ I read an article that said inside the team they are calling themselves VCARB . And they are hoping that acronym catches on with the press and fans .

Something needs to give - just about anything would be better - VCARB would be an improvement. My question is does VISA squawk if broadcasters, crew, publications, etc. use that? If they do, even something like Visa Red Bull would be better than the cumbersome and horrid "Visa Cash App RB" name.

I cannot imagine where this might end up if some new blockbuster drug with their inscrutable, overly long, nonsensical names buys a primary F1 sponsorship.

Vcarb --- they will have new F1 Fans thinking it is the only car still running a carburetor , ha!

Quite the investment . Purchased for 301 million and 7 years later worth 18.22 billion !!! Wow


https://jalopnik.com/liberty-media-boug ... 1851207068

Well, for all those folks who don't think Liberty Media is doing things right, if this is wrong .............I don't want to be right, ha! I know there are some things old school purists are not completely happy with, but as someone who has loved F1 since the 60s I am quite happy with all the new fans. Cool, for me, to attend an autocross on a Sunday and have a bunch of young drivers talking about F1. I announce most of the SCCA Solo Events in Lincoln, Ne. and on more than one occasion I had someone tell me not to announce any F1 results to the crowd . That never happened in years past.

Thanks for posting the info, super interesting in my opinion.

996C438 wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:56 am Quite the investment . Purchased for 301 million and 7 years later worth 18.22 billion !!! Wow


https://jalopnik.com/liberty-media-boug ... 1851207068

Those are some impressive gains!

This line from the piece: All of this growth has seen Liberty listed by Forbes as the “most valuable sports empire” in 2024 ...

Andretti Cadillac bid for F1 has been rejected:https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula ... -andretti/

^^^ Very sad to see that .