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Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi face their fifth Formula One Grand Prix in Barcelona this weekend as official drivers of the Alfa Romeo Racing team and do so with the aim of continuing to improve race by race. The team has scored in all the great prizes of the season played so far and in Barcelona are especially optimistic, given the good results they got in this circuit a few months ago in the pre-season tests.The team's drivers, Räikkönen and Giovinazzi, in a meeting with the press in Barcelona with their respective street cars, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Alfa Romeo Giulia, were optimistic for the race in Spain and for the rest of the season.
The Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN has officially presented the racing car for the 2022 Formula 1 season. After the week-long test drives in camouflage colors on the Grand Prix circuit in Barcelona, the Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 appeared in the official livery for the first time.The Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 was developed at the Hinwil team location under the new rules of budget limitation and the new technical regulations. Designed by a team led by Technical Director Jan Monchaux, the race car represents a radical departure from previous design principles. The Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 pushes the boundaries of the car's new ground-effect underbody, updated aerodynamic package and now 18 inches large low-profile tires. The Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 is powered by an optimized Ferrari engine.
The members of the Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN spent the past few days in the beautiful alpine landscape of La Thuile, a winter sports paradise in the Italian Aosta Valley. In an atmosphere of team spirit and camaraderie, the team focused on its strategies and goals for the upcoming Formula 1 World Championship. Jean-Philippe Imparato, CEO of Alfa Romeo, and Frédéric Vasseur, Team Principal Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN, were present along with the entire management and communications department, as well as Formula 1 drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu.In the 2022 season, Bottas and Guanyu will pilot the newly designed racing cars called the C42. You face the competition in a Formula 1 World Championship, which is facing major changes due to fundamentally new technical regulations and therefore promises high tension.As the guest of honour, just a few days after the official online presentation, the Alfa Romeo Tonale celebrated its premiere in Italy. Alfa Romeo's first electrified SUV represents the metamorphosis of the brand. Alfa Romeo remains true to the Italian sportiness embedded in its DNA since 1910. But the new Alfa Romeo Tonale marks the beginning of a radical evolution of the brand in the areas of connectivity and electrification.
To follow the testing session on the Giulia GTA and GTAm last fall, the Finnish world champion was back at the Balocco Proving Ground a few days ago to personally evaluate the work done on the highest-performing sports sedan the Italian brand has ever produced. His words leave no doubts in the mind: “I really like it. We’re looking at a car that can be used on an everyday basis, but that can also be taken onto the track, one in which you can really enjoy yourself.”Kimi Räikkönen analyzed the changes made to the car, specifically in terms of the aerodynamics. He had already worked on this aspect in the first session, providing invaluable advice on the new appendages added both to the front – the new adjustable splitter built into the new front bumper – and to the rear – the addition of the new manually adjustable wing. More general changes have also been made to the overall balance guaranteed by the interaction of these new components with the extractor and the underbody fairing. Kimi’s judgment? “Of course, it's better at high speeds in terms of balance. It seems the front of the car is lower, making the steering faster. It’s fast, easy to drive, and responsive.” Once he takes off his racing suit and is away from the spotlight, Kimi Räikkönen is back playing the role of father, taking his children to school. He therefore believes that the Giulia GTA represents the ideal mix for use every day and on the track.
A ceremony in the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, Poland, saw the attendance of a limited number of senior personnel from the Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Formula One team – with media, fans and employees being invited to watch virtually in respect of the local COVID-19 regulations. Team drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi and reserve driver Robert Kubica entered the stage as the C41, in a striking new livery, was shown for the first time.Featuring a new color scheme designed by Alfa Romeo’s Centro Stile and featuring the now traditional red and white colors of the team, the car, designed under the coordination of Technical Director Jan Monchaux, represents an evolution of the C39 that competed in the 2020 season. Owing to the restrictions imposed by the regulations, the car carries over many of the components of its predecessor, while still standing out with its renewed appearance, in particular in regard to the nosecone, an area on which the team chose to focus its development tokens. Under the bodywork lies a new Ferrari engine, ready to rev in less than a week when the team embarks on a new season with the C41’s shakedown in Barcelona on Friday.
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