“Beat Everyone”: Alfa Romeo Affirm High Hopes Amidst Game-Changing Updates for Spanish GP

2022 F1 season has been a dominant one for the underdogs. Alfa Romeo, who usually dabbled at the back of the grid, currently stands as the best of the rest.

With Ferrari engines to support the Switzerland-based team, they’ve managed to find the ideal pace. As a result, the team currently stands at P5 in the constructors’ championship.

A few months ago, who would’ve thought that this team would improve so much since last year? Driver Valtteri Bottas and rookie Guanyu Zhou locked in points in their very first races and competed with the likes of Mercedes. However, this performance was not a one-time wonder, as the team went on to stay competitive and ahead of many midfield teams.

Package Updates incoming for Alfa Romeo

The Italian team confirmed Bottas as their new driver a while back. The Finn has since performed incredibly well, giving tremendous competition to the likes of many top teams. In order to maintain this level, the team will see some updates soon.

Xevi Pujolar, who is responsible for the track engineers, commented, “The pack has worked well. We’ve never had as much downforce as we did in Miami and we found a good compromise between top speed demands and downforce in slow corners,”

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“So we’re confident in the updates we’ll introduce in Barcelona, ​​another important step in our development. And there are more things that will come in the future.”

With package updates in Barcelona, we can definitely anticipate the team to maintain a P5 at least. However, they do have Alpine F1 right on their tail with just 5 points behind. With Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso looking strong, the Italian manufacturers could be in trouble. The team, however, is far ahead of Haas or AlphaTauri and faces threat only from Alpine for now.

Xevi further went on to comment on the team’s motive and said, “As in all the previous Grands Prix, the objective is to beat everyone. We’ve had decent performances on all tracks and we hope to be back in the front pack, but we’re keeping our feet on the ground.”

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Moreover, with Bottas producing jaw-dropping performances, the swiss team can look forward to achieving their targets. The Finn currently stands P8  with 30 points. In fact, at Imola Valtteri was right behind George Russell’s gearbox and might’ve caught up with him too. But despite the unsuccessful attempt, the effort was admirable.

With Bottas leading the pack, we can expect Alfa Romeo to become capable of threatening McLaren.