This article includes first wind tunnel and sim photos from Andretti, as well as details on how their hiring and work on the car is going

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The Formula One grid is charging into the 2024 season with a new look and new support. Today, Red Bull F1 Teams and Visa (NYSE: V) announced an unprecedented multi-year agreement where Visa will become the first global partner of both Red Bull F1 teams, bringing a new look team to the F1 grid in the form of Visa Cash App RB, formerly Scuderia AlphaTauri.

Visa’s first new major global sports sponsorship in more than 15 years, the agreement encompasses the Visa Cash App RB team, corresponding title partnership on the F1 Academy team entry and the Oracle Red Bull Racing team. The Visa logo appearing on both the Oracle Red Bull Racing and Visa Cash App RB cars as well as the F1 Academy entries from the respective teams.

Visa Cash App RB Drivers Yuki Tsunoda of Japan and Daniel Ricciardo of Australia will sport a newly designed Visa and Cash App inspired car livery and driver’s kit when the F1 2024 racing series kicks off in Bahrain on February 29. The full livery unveil will take place during a special Las Vegas event on February 8.

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“Can I start with just something from my side?” Steiner began as he settled into a conversation with Sky Sports F1’s David Croft. “I didn’t have the chance to say thank you to a few people when I left Haas F1. I would just like to thank all the team members which I couldn’t give a proper goodbye [to] when I left.

“It stung [not being able to say goodbye to the team], but they all know me and that I still appreciate what they did. It would be nice to say, ‘Hey guys, thanks for all that you did’, because the team started very small, running on adrenaline a lot of times, and they did a good job. Obviously it doesn’t make you happy not saying thank you, but I think I did it now.”

Steiner then got down to the details of his departure and confirmed that team owner Gene Haas reached out between Christmas and New Year with the bombshell decision.

“It was a phone call,” Steiner stated. “Gene called me and said that he doesn’t want to extend the contract which was up at the end of the season, and that was it. I don’t know [if it was a surprise]. It’s always a little bit of a surprise, but then in the end, he owns the team, he can do what he wants and it’s his decision.

“I think [whether a change was needed] can be answered only in time. I cannot answer that one because otherwise I could say what is happening in the future. Gene thought that is the way he wants to take the team forward and, as I said, it’s his decision, not my one. He owns the place, so if you own something you’ve got the right to do what you want.”

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Formula1.com, Gene Haas made clear that the call to replace Steiner “came down to performance”, with the team slipping to the bottom of the constructors’ standings in 2023 – scoring just 12 points from 22 races – and not placing higher than eighth over the last five seasons. Haas even used the word “embarrassed” given his outfit’s relationship with Ferrari, which has been in place since the very start of their F1 journey and sees them take a host of components – including power units – from the famous Italian manufacturer.

If you look at all the other teams... they are not gearing up now, they started to gear up [already], some two years ago, some three years ago, some last year, so everybody is getting stronger, investing a lot in the future. F1, I think, is on a very good path where it is going at the moment, and that’s what is needed to do to stay competitive.

“I don’t know Gene Haas’s plans for the future. He didn’t share them with me – and he doesn’t have to, by the way! I want to make that one clear as well; I’m actually not really interested in that anymore. The model we started in the beginning, I think it was a very good model, but maybe it’s not time relevant anymore. But who am I to say that?”

Name changes for Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo/Stake Sauber and AlphaTauri compared to the 2023 season.

Aston Martin drops Cognizant from the team name, Sauber has a completely new team and chassis name, AlphaTauri adds "RB" to the team name and has a new chassis name.

The relevant point here is that it would be an odd thing for an F1 team principal to be concerned about. Because FOM and the teams are almost perfectly aligned; so close it’s almost impossible to see the joins. Together they are making way more money than F1 has ever made before and on virtually every matter of consequence they sing from the same hymn sheet.

If it’s bubbling ill-feeling you are looking for, it’s to be found between FOM and the FIA