Alfa Romeo closes the round of presentations that Haas began with a render after showing its lines in all their splendor in Barcelona on the occasion of the first tests of the preseason, lacking in reliability and filming.
Now yes, yes: we had to wait for the first week of testing of the 2022 winter preseason to conclude, held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but the decorations of the ten single-seaters on the Formula 1 grid has already come to light.
After Alpine rushed to Monday, Alfa Romeo has been the latest in discord to reveal the design of its car. Until now, those commanded by Frédéric Vasseur had used the same camouflage livery that they wore on their first time on the track at Fiorano, trying to make it difficult for the photographers on the track.
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complete renovation
After Kimi Räikkonen said goodbye to Formula 1 after 19 years in the top category of motorsport, Alfa Romeo offered Valtteri Bottas the possibility of having a seat in the ‘Great Circus’ when leaving Mercedes, thus replacing a fundamental pillar in his project.
In the same way, those based in Hinwil chose not to renew Antonio Giovinazzi’s contract with the team to go on to bet on Guaunyu Zhoua Chinese driver who will debut in F1 at the age of 22, so the experience-novelty contrast will be guaranteed in his duo.
13 points in 2021 and just 8 in 2020 They testify to a team trajectory that the inner core of the formation wants to leave behind to start from scratch thanks to a new generation of single-seaters that will make the most of it to, at least, insert themselves in the middle zone of the grid.
work to do
However, what was appreciated in the pre-season tests at Alfa Romeo does not encourage optimism, at least for now: only 175 laps and a questionable reliability that led them to cause red flags and consequently see their time on the track reduced.
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Bahrain will be the one that finally passes sentence, presumably already in Q3 of qualifying on Saturday, but for now Alfa Romeo’s objective is to arrive as well prepared as possible to the first race of the year.