AlphaTauri F1 is a team known for its vibrant poster designs for the races every season. Fans always love to see the varied combinations of art and graffiti they display on their social media. AlphaTauri released a new poster as per their traditions again, this time for Japanese GP.
However, this time they were met with a lot of resistance because of an erroneous and controversial point in their graphic imagery. The race holds a special place for AlphaTauri since their driver Yuki is famous in Japan. This new controversy could tarnish the image of the team.
Why did F1 fans outraged over AlphaTauri’s controversial rising sun banner before Japanese GP?
After AlphaTauri released their banner for the Japanese GP, people noticed that the rising sun logo of the banner resembled the logo used by Japan during World War 2. Given, that Japan was an aggressor in WW2 and it suffered a huge scar owing to the nukes dropped by America, fans clearly didn’t like this depiction.
josh??? (evil era) commented on it’s implications,
It seems like in the banner released earlier, AlphaTauri used 8 lines in the rising sun logo. The fact that this sign is owed to the war crimes of the times gone by, people didn’t receive it well at all. Japan is also the race of the Power Unit supplier Honda, which means the implications were much higher for the team even though they didn’t mean any harm.
AlphaTauri comment section was filled with criticism escalating the issue further.
AlphaTauri issues an apology after displaying the controversial rising sun banner
The team was quick to notice this issue prevailing on their posts, they immediately paid heed to the complaints and took down the notorious post. Furthermore, they issued a public apology for causing this misunderstanding.
“We have seen some comments over the last few hours, about our Japanese GP poster. We created this poster just for an aesthetic purpose without any intention of referencing any political movement or historic fact. We apologize with everyone who could be offended by such an error on our part.”
This was followed by a new poster which was aptly according to the suggestions of the fans.
This move on part of the team was appreciated by fans immensely and they applauded the team for their speedy addressal of the issue.
Were you able to see the controversial post and if so, what was your opinion about their erroneous Japanese GP banner, do let us know.
