‘Kick Sauber’ and ‘RB’ announced as new names for Alfa Romeo and AlphaTauri · RaceFans

The team previously known as Alfa Romeo will compete under the name Kick Sauber in the 2024 F1 season.

The change of name was announced by the team as the FIA published an updated entry list for next year’s world championship.

It confirmed Kick “has acquired the naming rights to the chassis of next year’s contender, which will be known as the Kick Sauber C44.”

The logos of streaming platform Kick have already appeared on Sauber’s car this year. It will give full chassis naming rights to the sponsor for the next two seasons before the team is rebranded by Audi in 2026.

Team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi described their rebranding as Kick Sauber as “the latest and boldest display of the philosophy that drives us.”

Red Bull’s second F1 team, AlphaTauri, previously indicated it would rebrand its junior squad for 2024. Its chassis name is listed simply as ‘RB’ on the 2024 entry list. The company previously filed a copyright application for the name ‘Racing Bulls’

Uniquely, all 20 drivers who participated in the final round of the 2023 F1 championship last month in Abu Dhabi will race for the same teams in the opening round of the following season.

All 10 teams will remain on the grid with no additional entries for 2024 as already known.

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Aston Martin’s official team name has also changed after it signed a new, five-year deal with title sponsor Aramco. Cognizant, previously a co-title sponsor, no longer features in the formal team name.

The FIA previously approved a bid from Andretti to enter a new F1 team in a future season. The earliest they can debut is 2025, but the team it yet to agree terms with the series promoters.

FIA 2024 Formula 1 world championship entry list