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human
ELI5: why do racing cars have so many sponsors - what's the point or benefit to the companies?

I'm trying to understand this, even though cynical part of me says "tax writeoff". Why do racing cars have so many sponsorship decals on them. You might say "it's a great promotion if the car has T-Mobile livery" - that's fine, but what's with dozens and dozens small, almost invisible stickers and logos plastered all over the car.

Do people really see some miniscule bumper logotype on a photograph and think "wow I should google these guys".

Please explain.
gpt
It's not about the viewers immediately Googling the name. It's about getting viewers subliminally exposed to the name over and over.

It's the same reason they play the same commercial sometimes multiple times an hour, so the first thing you think about when you want oil is "Valvoline".