The first round of the 2022 world championship reserved a more than satisfactory result for theAlfa Romeo, with both drivers finishing in the points: Bottas in 6th place and Zhou in 10th. However, regardless of the outcome of the race, the Swiss team was the protagonist of one departure from the starting grid absolutely to be forgotten, so much so that both the Finnish and the Chinese were the drivers to have lost the most positions when the red light goes out. While Hamilton’s former teammate slipped to the 14th place after the 6th time obtained in qualifying, this season’s rookie ended up in the most remote areas of the ranking – 19 ° – after a start from the 15th position.
On the eve of Saudi Arabian GPwhose race weekend will officially start tomorrow, the Hinwill team is analyzing the last details in order to solve this defect highlighted in Sakhir, as confirmed by the Technical Director of Alfa Romeo Xevi Pujolar: “We are still facing some problems with starting this new car – admitted the Catalan engineer – we thought we had made some progress, but we still have to solve them. Both cars had a very complex start, combined with the need to find grip and avoid accidents on the first lap. So, it is definitely an area that we will have to work on to try to understand a little more, to see how we can stem this difficulty or try to mitigate it as much as possible for Jeddah. In Bahrain – he added – We weren’t the only ones to have had this type of problem, but we paid the most for the consequences ”.
#Pujolar #Alfa #Romeo #problems #departures #FormulaPassionit