Definitely bitter race weekend for theAlfa Romeo in the Netherlandsfrom Saturday tests to Sunday GP: the Finn was the one who made the most of the expenses Valtteri Bottasfirst eliminated for the second consecutive time in qualifying and subsequently forced to withdraw due to a technical problem less than 20 laps from the checkered flag.
The number 77, who had had to finish the race prematurely also last week in Spa-Francorchamps, expressed his disappointment in this way, in the hope of being able to recover in view of the appointment in Monza, scheduled from 8 to 11 September: “It is always disappointing to finish a race ahead of time – commented – felt that the pace of the car was better than yesterday, we had continued to progress, even if it would have been difficult to score points anyway. The battle in midfield was pretty good and there was a lot of action, but then we had a technical problem and our game was over. I am waiting for a confirmation, but I think it was a power unit problem: there was no sign before, everything was fine and suddenly I lost power. I could see some flames in the rear, so now we will have to see what we find there ”.
The only small ‘consolation’ for the Swiss team came from Guanyu Zhou, reached the finish line unlike Bottas but still in 16th position: “It was a pretty difficult race, especially towards the end, because we were slowed down a lot by all the blue flags – explained the Chinese driver – also there Late safety car did not work in our favor (intervened following the withdrawal of Bottas, ed), because there was not much time available and we mounted the used soft that did not make the comeback easy. It was an overall challenging weekend for the team, we clearly lacked something compared to the rest of the midfield, so we will have to work hard these days: we have to make sure we improve ahead of Monza next week and for the rest of the season, to try to get back to where we were, in terms of performance, during the first races of the year ”.
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