If we stick to the numbers, Alfa Romeo is the team that has experienced the greatest advance in pure speed. However, the results are not reflecting this improvement.
Performance analysis of Alfa Romeo in 2021 it is quite a roller coaster of sensations, since the numbers allow a large dose of optimism, but also a significant load of concern.
Own Frédéric Vasseur He admits it, noting that ‘it’s a bittersweet feeling, but I think we’ve made a good step forward in terms of pure performance, probably the biggest on the grid. If you look at the distance to the pole position, I think we are the ones who have advanced the most And this is for different reasons, with Ferrari doing a good job on the engine and us doing a good development as well.
“The most important thing for the future of the company is that we have taken a good step for the first time in a long time”
Indeed, Alfa Romeo has improved an average of 0.760 seconds per lap compared to 2021, but that is not preventing the Italian-Swiss formation from being the ninth slowest on the grid, only ahead of Haas.
«I have a mixed feeling, because the objective is not to make a good percentage, it is to score points, and we have failed. I would like to have many more points in the championship. I think we could have done more, but for different reasons we haven’t, and one of them is that a lot of cars are finishing races. When you are P12 or P13 in quali, you will finish P12 or 13 and you will not earn points ”, laments the Alfa Romeo director.
In 2020, Alfa Romeo finished in eighth position in the constructors’ championship with eight points, while in the 11 races of this 2021 it has only added three and is ninth, again only ahead of Haas.
“The most important thing for the future of the company is that we have taken a good step for the first time in a long time. The last two seasons were tough due to external circumstances, I would say. But we stayed focused on the objectives and continued to improve and, in the end, it is a good step forward for the team, ”concludes Vasseur, determined to be optimistic.