Van der Garde cracks down on Visa Cash App RB: 'Not an appropriate name'

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14:45, 24 Jan 2024

Ludo van Denderen is a motorsport journalist at GPblog, specializing in Formula 1 and international racing series.

The new name for AlphaTauri, Visa Cash App RB, is keeping the Formula 1 world pretty busy. On X, for example, Giedo van der Garde reacts to the name Visa Cash App RB. And his opinion is by no means positive...

Van der Garde, a former Formula 1 driver and currently an analyst at Viaplay, does not like the name at all. He says: "I know I’ve just retired so I don’t wanna sound like “everything in the past used to be so much better”, but to my opinion “Visa Cash App RB” isn’t an appropriate name for a Formula One team."

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I know I’ve just retired so I don’t wanna sound like “everything in the past used to be so much better”, but to my opinion “Visa Cash App RB” isn’t an appropriate name for a Formula One team.

12:38 PM · Jan 24, 2024

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In a follow-up tweet, Van der Garde added: "Anyway, maybe they prove me wrong - but I don’t see us talking in the future about that awesome team that’s called Visa Cash App RB."

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1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	219
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	169
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	160
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	138
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	128
6	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	109
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12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
16	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
17	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	2
19	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
20	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
21	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
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Van der Garde cracks down on Visa Cash App RB: 'Not an appropriate name'

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