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Remember the simplicity and elegance of Toro Rosso? Remember how Red Bull jettisoned that entirely to prop up its designer clothing brand not one person would know about, had it not been emblazoned on their Formula 1 cars? Silly as AlphaTauri was, we all got used to it, but now the Austrian energy drink/motorsports empire has given up on that experiment. We knew the team's name was due to change a third time this coming season, and a recently registered domain has, unfortunately, given fans a view of what to expect. Prepare for Visa CashApp Racing Bulls.
We can all wish it didn't sound like the subject line of a phishing attempt delivered directly to your junk folder, but this is what happens when money starts flowing in fast and free: team names become ever-longer parodies of themselves.If nothing else, Visa CashApp Racing Bulls sounds more identifiably like an F1 crew, I suppose, than Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber. And almost anything's better than parading around Saudi Aramco as your title sponsor. I still think Andretti Cadillac would sound pretty badass, but I'd wager the paddock disagrees. The Racing Bulls can recover some good faith if they show up for winter testing with a really sweet livery, as Toro Rosso used to have. But something tells me it's going to be hard to elegantly work in CashApp green, like when Aston Martin was supported by that one water company that has quickly overtaken global motorsport. At least pink goes slightly better with Alpine blue.
The team formerly known as AlphaTauri hasn't yet publicized when it plans to reveal its 2024 challenger, but considering there's an entire brand relaunch wrapped up in there, too, it's possible we hear official word on the team name ahead of the car's introduction. Maybe there's even enough time to give a third payment platform top billing. Red Bull and Helmut Marko have reportedly come to an agreement over the conclusion of his Red Bull contract.
Marko's future had been uncertain with the world champions and there was speculation that he was on the cusp of reducing his role or even cutting his ties with them at the conclusion of his contract in 2023. But towards the end of December, Marko revealed he would stay with the team through the 2024 campaign - attending all 24 races for the season under a new deal. It put an end to speculation over his future but now reports of more details of his tenure with the team have been unveiled.According to the Mirror, Red Bull and Marko have agreed a new three-year deal meaning he will be staying with the team until he is at least 83.The report adds that Marko will continue to work as a key adviser to team principal Christian Horner.Given Marko is not an official employee of the racing team, his salary will not count towards the team's budget cap.Marko's extension at the team could be good news for the likes of Lawson, who he remains keen to promote to an F1 seat in the near future after starring as a stand-in for Daniel Ricciardo last term. Marko revealed that despite his advancing years, he has no intention of slowing down despite teams facing what could be a taxing record 24-race season. "My future has been clarified in a positive sense," he told OE24. "Everything will proceed as planned. What if I do all 24 races? Yes, and it won't be stressful for me. "If I said to myself that this is a crazy schedule, it would be difficult. "The reality is I tell myself that Australia is beautiful and I can't wait to be in Melbourne. "I will continue my work for Red Bull Racing from 11am on Friday morning to Sunday evening. I cannot wait." Gaston Glock, the reclusive engineer and tycoon who developed one of the world's best-selling handguns, died on Wednesday aged 94. The Austrian won loyal followings among police and military across the world with the weapons that bore his name. Forbes estimated his and his family's fortune at $1.1 billion in 2021. His rise began in the 1980s when the Austrian military was looking for a new, innovative weapon. Up until then, the Glock company had made military knives and consumer goods including curtain rods. But he assembled a team of firearms experts and came up with the Glock 17, a lightweight semi-automatic gun largely made of plastic. The revolutionary design - with a frame made of a high-strength, nylon-based polymer and only the slide made of metal - beat several other companies' blueprints and secured his upstart outfit the contract. Soon the easily assembled weapon became a global hit. "Get yourself a Glock and lose that nickel-plated sissy pistol," Tommy Lee Jones said in the 1998 movie "U.S. Marshals". Many U.S. police officers used them and U.S. rappers worked them into their rhymes, among them Snoop Dogg's "Protocol" and Wu-Tang Clan's "Da Glock". U.S. soldiers found toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein hiding with a Glock in a hole in the ground in 2003. They later presented that weapon to U.S. President George W. Bush, according to the New York Times. Gun-control advocates criticised Glock for popularising powerful guns that they said were easy to conceal and could hold more ammunition than other guns. A former U.S. Marine combat veteran armed with what police described as a .45 caliber Glock with a high-capacity magazine killed 12 people in a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, in November 2018. White supremacist Dylann Roof used a Glock pistol to kill nine African-American people during a Bible study session at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, in June, 2015. Glock himself rarely responded to criticism from activists, shunned public debate and, in 2000, refused to join other weapons manufacturers in signing a voluntary gun control deal with the U.S. government. He made few comments of any kind to the press, but the public got glimpses of a sometimes tempestuous private life through the courts. At the age of 70, in July 1999, he survived an attempt on his life when an investment broker who managed his assets hired a former wrestler to attack him with a rubber hammer, a court heard. Glock had grown suspicious of how the broker was managing his affairs and had flown to Luxembourg to confront him, lawyers said. He suffered seven blows to the head but fended off the assault. The broker, Charles Ewert, and the attacker, Jacques Pecheur, were both jailed.
His 49-year-old marriage with Helga Glock ended in divorce in 2011 and the pair embarked on a lengthy legal battle over alimony. Soon after, he married his second wife, Kathrin, more than 50 years his junior. He owned a lakefront mansion and a state-of-the-art equestrian sport centre in the province of Carinthia, where celebrities showed up for parties. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons.
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