The team formerly known as AlphaTauri appeared to leak their new name on social media on Thursday night, and fans reacted...strongly.
The Red Bull junior team were spotted changing their Instagram handle to 'VisaCashAppRB' - assumed to be shorthand for Visa Cash App (or CashApp) Racing Bulls - on Thursday evening.
Alfa Romeo's rebrand (hello Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber!) didn't go down particularly well online, but that was nothing compared to the outpouring of opinions when it came to 'VCARB'.
A number of users labelled it the worst team name in F1 and, among the less generous, 'in any sport ever'.
imagine someone asking you what team do you like in formula one and you have to say with your full chest ‘visa cash app racing bulls’…. I WOULD NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY pic.twitter.com/GhiA6Ne6dz
— vic jurídico carlos sainz corinthiano (@SCUDESAINZ) January 18, 2024
Therapist: don't worry visa cashapp racing bulls can't hurt you it's not real
my condolences to their drivers bc imagine you have to say „i drive for the visa cash app racing bulls“ i would simply end my career pic.twitter.com/ok1ihqyTga