Although it will not be presented until after the pre-season tests in Barcelona, the new Alfa Romeo C42 of the Italian-Swiss team for the 2022 Formula 1 season has already rolled in Fiorano.
Valtteri Bottas has been the driver in charge of shooting with the new Alfa Romeo C42 for the first time and has done it today in Fiorano, according to reports motorsport.com.
The team Alfa Romeo He wanted to make a first contact at the Fiorano circuit, Ferrari’s headquarters, with the aim of verifying that all the systems of this new single-seater work correctly.
In this way, the new C42 You will be able to start the pre-season in Barcelona on February 23 with a good part of the initial work already done, thus maximizing your time on the track.
interim decoration
The new Alfa Romeo C42 has hit the track with a camouflage decoration very typical of production cars and it is possible that this will remain until the official presentation of the team of the next February 27.
In the image published by the Italian newsroom of the American media, you can see how the C42 has a pontoon configuration similar to that of the recently presented Aston Martin AMR22.
It chooses to create a double bottom through a pronounced undercut at the base of the pontoons, thus generating an aerodynamic channel that feeds the upper part of the large diffuser located under the rear wing.
In any case, we will have to wait to appreciate more details of this single-seater, which still has a lot of development ahead of it thanks to a completely new technical regulation.