that's even more likely because I believe Liberty simply don't like Michael

but since there's lots of people willing to enter the sport now it's lucrative Gene might sell his assets to any shady character

Gene seems to have come out swinging publicly saying he doesn't want to be 10th anymore and basically throwing Steiner under the bus. Now he probably wasn't the root cause of their issues but like in hockey or other pro sports, sometimes you just need a change of voice behind the bench to get the team to respond. And it's saying something that Steiner seems to be best known for his "starring role in DTS" Good riddance, not going to miss him having him around.

Sooo Talladega Nights was supposed to be a comedy. But the team being named VisaCashAppRB powered by Honda isn't too far fetched. I would normally say it is an absurdity to even semi seriously take a team being called that, but with this retarded "franchise" mentality, I am not so sure anymore.

I doubt that the sponsors names are going to be part of the constructor name.

I'm not sure where the general hostility to sponsors in the team name has come from, seeing as it has been a thing since long before I started watching.

It is because a teamname lasts forever. It will always be McLaren or Ferrari.
A sponsor can buy a team and build a legacy like Red Bull. But other sponsors just pay a lot of money to give their name to a team and leave when the contract expires before they can settle down as a name with history.. I´m not going to call Sauber "Stake" as they will be gone again in a couple of years. Sauber is a name with history, Stake is not.

It is because a teamname lasts forever. It will always be McLaren or Ferrari.
A sponsor can buy a team and build a legacy like Red Bull. But other sponsors just pay a lot of money to give their name to a team and leave when the contract expires before they can settle down as a name with history.. I´m not going to call Sauber "Stake" as they will be gone again in a couple of years. Sauber is a name with history, Stake is not.

Except when it is 'West McLaren Mercedes' or 'Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro', which is what those team names were when I started watching. In fact, of the 12 teams that attempted a race when I started watching, only Minardi didn't have a sponsor in the team name.

The team name is not the same as the constructor name. The constructor name has always been Ferrari, McLaren, Williams etc., and I wouldn't blame anyone for not using Sauber's new one which has a sponsor in it (although, again, when I started watching, every time there was a Sauber on screen the caption said 'Sauber-Petronas', and I don't think Petronas make engines). As I said, I don't think Visa and CashApp are going to be in the constructor name. If they are, then just call them Racing Bulls. Or keep using Alpha Tauri (which is also a sponsor and not a race car constructor).