F1: Alfa Romeo launch new Formula 1 car

Alfa Romeo shares an image of the confident and outstanding red and white livery which enhances their 2022 challenger - the C42.

During three days of pre-season racing in Barcelona, Alfa Romeo drivers come out in their new C42 with a special camouflage design. A sequence of mechanical glitches restricted the car to the garage for a long time which then resulted them only completing 175 laps. 

“The C42 is a car we look forward to seeing racing, not just because it is the first, we built in these new regulations cycle, one in which racing should be closer and more thrilling, but because we have the utmost confidence in this car helping the team make a big step forward towards the front of the grid.”

Bottas, who joined from Mercedes and completed only 54 laps in Barcelona, said: “What is exciting is that we have no idea how that first race is going to pan out. Testing helped us confirm our expectations of where we stand, the progress we have made with the car, but now we are getting closer to the moment that really matters.

Zhou, who finished third in F2 last year before stepping up to F1 with Alfa Romeo, said: “I am fully pumped up for the season and seeing the C42 in the livery in which I will race it makes it real. We are at the beginning of a new era, with new cars and new regulations, and this creates an opportunity for all teams to make progress since we are all starting from scratch."

Alfa Romeo, along with their rival nine teams, will get the chance to gain more mileage with the new cars at the Official Pre-Season Test in Bahrain, which takes place on March 10.