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THIRD TIME PLUCKY

So long, AlphaTauri. The team formerly known as Minardi has now assumed its third new guise since Red Bull bought out the Italian squad at the end of 2005; it spent 14 seasons as Toro Rosso before the Red Bull-owned AlphaTauri fashion arm became the garb of choice for the cars from 2020 through to 2023.

The rebranding exercise appears to have been a case of selecting short and generic to cram as many title-sponsor nouns in as possible: Visa Cash App RB F1 Team appears on the official entry

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