Visa Cash App RB Formula 1 Team, How did we get there…
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By: Bishoy William
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Gentlemen, a short view back to the past.
Once upon a time, precisely in 1979, Giancarlo Minardi founded a Formula One team and named it Minardi. Minardi maintained a modest but passionate presence in the F1 scene, becoming known for their underdog spirit and operations on a smaller budget compared to their larger competitors. Although they didn't achieve many wins, they did develop some great talents such as Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, and Jarno Trulli.
Red Bull Acquisition and Toro Rosso Era (2006-2019)
The Red Bull Group purchased the Minardi team in September 2005. Following the acquisition, the team was rebranded as Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2006 Formula 1 season. By the way, "Toro Rosso" translates to "Red Bull" in Italian. It wasn't much effort to maintain the connection to their number one team, yet it gave a distinct identity to the name that sticks till now; Sebastian Vettel, for example, still calls them Toro Rosso :D. Also, Toro Rosso, with that name, produced two World Champions, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, alongside other big names such as Daniel Ricciardo, Pierre Gasly, and Carlos Sainz Jr.
AlphaTauri Transition (2020-2023)
After the fans got used to the Toro Rosso identity, Red Bull took a significant step in 2020 by rebranding the team to AlphaTauri, inspired by the brightest star in the Taurus constellation. It was mainly a decision to promote a fashion line owned by the Red Bull Group, and, to be honest, it paid off very well.
Visa Cash App RB Era (2024 and Beyond)
It didn’t end there. The rumors were not true; it's not at least RacingBulls. Now, we got to deal with the masterpiece name Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team.
With Franz Tost succeeded by former Ferrari Racing Director Laurent Mekies, and as we hear about more extensive collaboration between the two sister RB teams, we anticipate a strong presence and fighting in the top midfield in the 2024 season. Notably, the team has already demonstrated significant improvement, having started as the slowest in the first half of the 2023 season with great progress to 8th place.
Here we go, a little background. Warm welcome to the Visa RB Cash App F1 Team, and let’s wait to see how Crofty will start calling them so we can follow the path 😀
