March 20, 2022 will be the day in which the general wait for the first race of the season will definitively end, thanks to the appointment with the Bahrain Grand Prix. On the Sakhir track, the same track that will anticipate the event by becoming the site of the second and last pre-season test session, the first results of the new era of Formula 1 will be seen, characterized by an authentic revolution from a technical-aerodynamic point of view. and regulate. A significant change that could provide a valuable assist to teams that, in recent seasons, have not occupied places in the noble area of the standings, but which could take advantage of a correct interpretation of the new rules to complete the breakthrough.
Among the realities most interested in realizing these objectives, there is also theAlphaTauri, fresh from a 6th place in the constructors’ championship achieved above all thanks to the performances of Pierre Gasly. The Italian team also stood out particularly in the tests held in Barcelona, to the satisfaction of the team principal. Franz Tost. The Austrian manager, interviewed by racingnews365.comunderlined the strengths that emerged during the Montmeló tests, setting the team’s main goal for 2022: “It is very difficult in this initial phase to compare ourselves with the other teams – he has declared – because the first two days were more important than anything else to find out about the new car, understand it and put together the data. Luckily, we had no reliability problems, and this is very important. But also the other teams, I must say, have done several kilometers in the last two days. In any case – he added – it’s too early to tell where we are from a performance standpoint. In general, I expect a promising season, and I say this because the base of the machine is good. I am convinced that our engineers will go in the right direction at the development level. Furthermore, we have two very good drivers. Gasly has won a race, and has more experience. He has finished a few races on the podium and has the ability to repeat himself. Tsunoda is in his second season, which means he has a lot more experience now than last year, and I was really impressed with his first day of testing. He was fast, made no mistakes, and provided excellent feedback from a technical point of view, and the team also improved. I expect better results than last year – concluded Tost – and to end the season in the fifth position in the constructors’ championship. It is not forbidden to think so ”.
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