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[–] [email protected] 39 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It’s just such a terrible name.. I’m tired of all the team names just being a string of corporations

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

I mean, it has been this way since the 1980s.. but nowadays it's often "Company 1 Company 2 Company 3" instead of "Sponsor Team". And stupid sponsorship names that are very long dont help either

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah like Ferrari or Mercedes or Red Bull or McLaren or...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Well, at least three of those are actually car manufacturing companies that used their competition teams to both promote their vehicles and showcase new R&D achievements. Even RedBull has a reputation and history of marketing towards high intensity thrill seeking and adrenaline junkies, which makes sense in a high risk high stakes sport. There's a qualitative difference between Ferrari and VisaCashappWalmart or whatever it is they're doing now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh boy, don't start watching any cycling

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But the brand names is cycling is super cool imo.Id love to see a F1 team named as Jumbo Visma

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Not sure if you're aware, but Jumbo is literally a grocery store in the Netherlands

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The worst part is Raging Bull, though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s going to be racing bulls tho right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, was it? I must've been mistaken.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Any other sources? I desperately want this to be one person's hoax!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

So far I have only seen this one person's screenshot

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Search for "visacashapprb" on your favorite search engine (I just tested Google and Duckduckgo), and they will show a result with a link to the new insta-handle

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Alas! Also whenever I see that all-lowercase name my brain reads "visa cash grab". I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ok new rule: No advertisers from outside automobile industry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Red Bull is developing their own engine at least