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Alfa Romeo cars have been delighting motorists for over a century with their beauty, Italian style, which evokes all the performance, technology and driving pleasure just waiting to be unleashed at a turn of the ignition key. This year, visitors to the Geneva International Motor Show will clearly perceive that the brand has evolved even further, in many different directions. Nothing could have expressed the centrality of the most extreme performance to the Alfa Romeo DNA better than the brand's return to Formula 1, and in the 2019 season the team will be competing at motorsports' highest level under the "Alfa Romeo Racing" name, lining up an Italian driver, Antonio Giovinazzi, alongside Kimi Räikkönen, former 2007 world champion. The Geneva stand will display the team's car, representing the unbreakable bond with the racetrack that underlies the Giulia Quadrifoglio and Stelvio Quadrifoglio "Alfa Romeo Racing" limited editions, with their own specific livery. Evolution, too, in the area of exclusiveness, with the return of the historic "Turismo Internazionale" name, awarded to Alfa Romeo Stelvio in the new Ti trim, representing the utmost in sportiness, next to Giulia Veloce Ti. The new Giulietta MY19 offers the market an even more tailored approach, with five trims and six accessory packs. Now, everyone will be able to express their personality through their car. On the stand, an elegant Giulietta Super with Visconti Green paintwork, and the sporty Giulietta Veloce.
For over a century, Alfa Romeo cars have fascinated motorists for their beauty, their Italian style capable of evoking at first glance the performance, technology and driving pleasure ready to be released by starting the engine. This year the audience of the Geneva International Motor Show will not be able to grasp a further evolution of the brand, in many different directions. Nothing better than the return in Formula 1 could have expressed the membership of the most extreme performance to the DNA of Alfa Romeo, and in the 2019 season the team will compete in the top league with the name "Alfa Romeo Racing" bringing to the start an Italian rider, Antonio Giovinazzi , next to Kimi Räikkönen, former world champion in 2007. Do not miss, on the stand, the team's car, and from the unbreakable link with the competitions come the special limited edition series Giulia Quadrifoglio and Stelvio Quadrifoglio "Alfa Romeo Racing" with dedicated livery. Evolution also in the sense of exclusivity, with the return of the historic abbreviation "Turismo Internazionale" to fuse Alfa Romeo Stelvio in the new Ti set-up, which represents the maximum of sportiness, alongside the Giulia Veloce Ti. The new Giulietta MY19 presents itself to the market with an increasingly tailored approach thanks to five fittings and six accessory packages. In this way, anyone can express their character through their car. On the stand, an elegant Giulietta Super in Verde Visconti livery and the sporty Giulietta Veloce.
The Alfa Romeo line-up representing the utmost in sportiness and beauty are there with the drivers: Giulietta Veloce, Giulia Quadrifoglio and Stelvio Quadrifoglio are present for a day on the Balocco proving grounds ahead of what is gearing up to be an extremely exciting racing seasonThe drivers of the “Alfa Romeo Racing” Formula One team experienced a day steeped in the Alfa Romeo brand ethos at the famous Balocco Proving Ground, the FCA group's iconic testing complex. It was here, at the famous Autodelta site, that the very first Alfa Romeo models were assembled. Since then, its sporting legend has been a string of victories and top-three finishes in many international championships, including Formula One. The brand won the very first edition of the Grand Prix championship in 1950, with Nino Farina driving an Alfa Romeo158. And the following year, Juan Manuel Fangio repeated this Formula One season victory in an Alfa Romeo 159.
Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi – Alfa Romeo Racing –ORLEN Formula 1 team drivers – participated in a day of real-world tests with Alfa Romeo’s new super sports sedans, the Giulia GTA and GTAm. Run at the famous Balocco Proving Ground, where all Alfa Romeo sports cars have undergone development and testing since the 1960s, the test session allowed the F1 drivers to test the cars to the limit and provide feedback in real time. Briefing and set-up sessions took place within the workshop of “Autodelta”, the historical Alfa Romeo racing department.
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.
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.
Interview with Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo Racing, about the new 2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia & Stelvio.
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