Formula 1 2024

[Rare White Ape]

Let's kick this thread off in style:

"Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber"

That's the name... it's the actual name of Sauber next year.
https://www.sauber-group.com/motorsp...-2024-and-2025

[Kchrpm]

No. What? No.

[Fiat500]

And no driver changes, that's unusual.

[Crazed_Insanity]

Kick should sponsor Haas!

They could’ve been one Kick Haas team!

[Rare White Ape]

No. What? No.

To us it’ll always be Sauber.

[Tom Servo]

I can't tell if title sponsorship by an online gambling outfit and a streaming service is better or worse than the old Marlboro days.

[Rare White Ape]

Meanwhile I use that streaming service to deliver freebooted live racing content from IndyCar and the NASCAR lower divisions.

Kick is actually owned by the same people who own Stake. None of them are Australian but Kick is registered as an 'Australian' company. Wikipedia says it has reduced moderation compared to Twitch, and its UI is an almost exact copy of Twitch. It's fuckin weird. I wonder how all this will go down once it reaches into the realm of needing increased legitimacy.

But, hey. If Peter Sauber needs sponsorship dollars by the million, he's probably not going to bat an eyelid when he's told what sort of companies are providing those millions.

[Tom Servo]

"Reduced moderation" as in "enjoy our local nazi content" or as in "enjoy quasi-legal likely-pirated video feeds"? Or porque no los dos?

[Blerpa]

And no driver changes, that's unusual.

First time in F1 history, actually.
EDIT: although Alpha Tauri started 2023 with De Vries, now it will start 2024 with Ricciardo.

[FaultyMario]

MoneyGram Haas F1 Team has appointed Ayao Komatsu as its new Team Principal with Guenther Steiner departing the organization.

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