The Sauber team which has raced in Formula One as Alfa Romeo since 2019 has confirmed its new name for the next two seasons.
Alfa Romeo’s deal with Sauber expired at the conclusion of the 2023 season.
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The Swiss team, which will join forces with Audi from 2026, has confirmed a new naming partnership with streaming service Kick.com for the interim two years.
‘The team’s full name on the FIA entry list was Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber’, meaning it has retained a partnership with Australian casino company Stake, but it is unclear what the team will be referred to as next season.
The team confirmed the new partnership with a picture of the Kick logo on the Halo cockpit protection device
Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will drive the new-look cars, which will be a departure from the liveries of the past few seasons.
Red Bull’s junior team has been lodged on the entry list as ‘Scuderia AlphaTauri RB’ — the RB may well stand for Racing Bulls, which has been rumoured to be the new name or part of the new name for some time.
Sources have told ESPN Red Bull was in advanced discussions with JP Morgan and Hugo Boss about a naming deal, similar to that of Sauber and Kick.com, but that has not yet come to fruition.
Red Bull has been in discussions with potential partners having opted against selling the junior outfit, which runs out of a base in Faenza, Italy.