The Alfa Romeo team announced that they would not present their car for the 2022 Formula 1 season until after the first tests in Barcelona, where they would bring a camouflaged car so as not to give clues to their rivals.
Gallery: Alfa Romeo C42 on track for the first time at Fiorano
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Photo by: Davide Cavazza
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Photo by: Davide Cavazza
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This was a disappointment for all the fans who wanted to see the Hinwil car earlier to satisfy their craving for the Grand Circus. The Swiss explained that they would continue the line of succession with the C42 , despite the fact that it was initially believed that they were going to name the single-seater the C40, which never competed because in 2021 they used the C41 distinction.
However, rather surprisingly, Alfa Romeo spent one of its two days of filming days, days in which the teams can film a maximum of 100 kilometers by regulation, to put the new car on the track for the first time.
As expected, they decorated the bodywork with special motifs so as not to give details, as they did in previous years with special themes for Valentine’s Day , but this time it was a camouflage very similar to that of street vehicles while they do their tests.
A few minutes before the official presentation of the Williams FW44 for the 2022 season, Motorsport.com cameras caught the Alfa Romeo car rolling around the Fiorano circuit, the Ferrari team’s private track next to its Maranello factory.
During this day, the Hinwil team put one of its two new drivers behind the wheel. In this way, Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a first contact with the C42 after getting on the C41 in the post-season tests that took place in Abu Dhabi in December to test the 18-inch Pirelli tyres.
The presentation of Alfa Romeo will take place on February 27, and it will be the day in which the single-seater is officially seen for the first time, with the duo formed by the Finn himself and by the rookie Guanyu Zhou, the first Chinese driver in Formula 1.
