Alfa Romeo will arrive last: the new single-seater will be unveiled in the official colors only on February 27 at 9:00 am, that is to say two days after the conclusion of the pre-season tests in Barcelona.
Alfa Romeo Racing 2022 F1 car
Photo by: Alfa Romeo
The team from Hinwil, not betraying a tradition that more than once saw it take to the track in the shakedown with a camouflage livery designed by the Alfa Romeo Style Center, the last time in 2020, will regularly participate in tests on the Montmelò track since 23 to 25 February, but will show the new car only on Sunday after the tests in the definitive configuration with which it will compete in the 2022 season.
In this case, the team led by Fred Vasseur would line up with the F1 requests that he would have preferred for the teams to present themselves to their debut on the track with a test color, to show the official colors only on the occasion of the second collective session that will be scheduled in Bahrain from 10 to 13 March. Many teams turned down this opportunity, but in Hinwil they went along with the promoter’s plan.
The single-seater curated by Jan Monchaux will represent a discontinuity compared to previous years because it will maintain the power unit and gearbox of the Ferrari, while it will give up the gearbox and the rear suspension of Maranello, suggesting that the Swiss ground effect car will have a different construction philosophy. from F1-75.
It will be interesting to discover in Spain which special livery Alfa Romeo has designed to celebrate the debut in Catalunya of Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou.
Team | Car | Submission date |
---|---|---|
Mercedes | W13 E Performance | February 18 |
Red Bull Racing | RB18 | ? |
Ferrari | F1-75 | February 17 |
McLaren | MCL36 | February 11th |
Alpine | A522 | February 21 |
AlphaTauri | AT03 | February 14 |
Aston Martin Racing | AMR22 | February 10 |
Williams | ||
Alfa Romeo Racing | C42 | February 27 |
Haas F1 |
Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo Racing
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