Vormel 1 uut meeskonnanime mõnitatakse kui sarja ajaloo halvimat nime – Autoblog

Vormel 1 uut meeskonnanime pilgatakse kui sarja ajaloo halvimat nime – Autoblog

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jenson Button, kes oli Daytonas Rolex 24-ks valmistumises nii juurdunud, tundus igatsevat uudist, et Red Bulli omad juunioride vormel 1 meeskond sai uue nime.

Pärast reedel Daytona International Speedwayl ajavõtulaualt ronimist küsiti temalt viimase nelja aasta Alpha Tauri nime all tuntud meeskonna kohta. nimetatakse ümber Visa Cash Appiks RB F1 — hüüdnimi, mida fännid on laialdaselt nimetanud maailma halvimaks F1 ajalugu.

"Mis on uus nimi?" küsis ta Associated Pressilt.

Kui 2009. aasta F1 meister ja praegune Sky Spordikommentaator kuulis seda, püüdis korrata.

“Visa Cash App … what comes after that?” he asked. “So it is Visa. Cash App. RB. What?”

Don’t worry, Jenson, nearly the entire industry and F1 fan base has wondered the same thing since Thursday’s rebranding.

Button has no idea what he’ll call the team while commentating this year, “exactly what we’re told to call it,” was his best guess. But he had a rosier view of the rebrand than the swell of social media rage.

“People are talking about it, right?” he asked. “So that’s good. It’s obviously worked in getting people to talk about it.”

Perhaps, but the talk hasn’t been flattering.

"Visa Cash App RB on vormel 1 ajaloo halvim meeskonnanimi ja tekitab piinlikkust Red Bullile ja vormel 1-le tervikuna," kirjutas Edd Straw of The Race. "See mitte ainult ei kõla tüütult, vaid näitab ka ahnet kujutlusvõime puudumist, mis võib meeskonna heaks töötavatele inimestele ainult hinge tõmmata ja anda sadadele miljonitele vaatajatele märku, et see ei ole tõsiseltvõetav konkurent.

“It’s hard to imagine (founder) Dietrich Mateschitz allowing this to happen were he still around, which is telling in itself given Red Bull was built on its astonishing capacity for imaginative marketing strategies.”

Straw oli lahke võrreldes paljude fännidega, kes kogunesid sotsiaalmeediasse, et nime naeruvääristada. Üks küsis “What’s next? Will Max Verstappen sõita Max EA Verstappenina ja Sergio Perez Sergio Telmex Perezina?

Silmapaistev korporatiivsus ainult ühes probleemidest, mis on välja toodud meeskonna uues nimes Red Bull, mis käivitati Scuderia Toro Rosso – Red Bulli itaaliakeelses tõlkes – alates 2006. aasta debüüdist kuni 2020. aastani. Seejärel pani Red Bull oma rõivasarja. , AlphaTauri, autodel neli hooaega, kuid andis nimeõiguse üle Visale pärast seda, kui ettevõte liitus nimisponsorina.

Now fans are claiming they are going to continue to call the team either Toro Rosso or AlphaTauri — or versions of “RB” or “Red Bull 2” or “Red Bull junior team” since “RB” is in the official team name.

By putting RB in the name raises questions as to just how separate the junior team is actually operating from parent Red Bull, the three-time reigning champions. The junior team has claimed it has achieved full independence, but Visa’s deal is with Red Bull Racing and its logos will be on the cars for Verstappen and Perez. The actual lengthy new team name will be on the cars driven by Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda, as well as the car the team enters in the all-female F1 Academy.

Red Bull has received criticism from its rivals about its alliance with the junior team, and in adding “RB” to the name and including Visa across all the F1 properties, it makes it appear as if there really isn’t much of a separation at all between the two. After all, it was Red Bull chief Helmut Marko who allegedly watched Ricciardo test for AlphaTauri earlier last summer and immediately called team principal Christian Horner to fire rookie Nyck de Vries for Ricciardo.

Nüüd on meeskondadel F1-le ja juhtorganile tõsine vaev FIA kahe meeskonna vaheliste sidemete kohta, mida tõendab käesolev sponsorleping. McLaren juht Zak Brown avalikustas selle probleemi detsembris fännidele saadetud avatud kirjas, milles öeldi, et Red Bulli suhe juunioride programmiga "ei ole reeglite vaimus".

“Most other major sports prohibit the ownership of two teams within the same league because of the obvious potential damage that it does to competition,” Brown wrote. “It’s an unhealthy situation because it impacts decisions made both on and off the track. Whether it’s a case of having access to more data, sharing components/personnel, or even having influence over a strategic vote, it’s not in the spirit of the regulations.”

"Teabe jagamine, jagatud omandimudelid ja strateegilised liidud vormel-1 spordis ainult õõnestavad fännide usku ausasse ja karmi konkurentsi," lisas Brown.

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