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HINWIL quietly asks: Is the C41 better than the RACERS?

The Alfa Romeo team can only solve this year's failed season by eliminating the gap of 12 points behind Williams in the last four races and thus finishing the championship in eighth place.

Photo: HB Press

V Hinwil they still quietly believe that they will be in Interlagos, where this weekend is the next race GP of Brazil and then managed to reach the remaining three in the Arabian Peninsula a miracle.

But after it is Williams won in Hungary and Belgium 20 points, this mission will be very difficult. And lately, in the factory in Hinwil quietly or louder they ask: Is this year’s race car Alfa Romeo, which sounds like a name C41, better than sticking to the reputation - or even better from both racers Chemistry Raikkonen in by Antonio Giovinazzi? Team boss Frederic Vasseur I would certainly avoid this issue widely. But seven eleven places it certainly settled in his stomach. “We know we can still score points by the end of the season."

In other tests before this year's season in Bahrain, the Alfa Romeo car named C41 turned out to be a "rocket", but during the season we saw a completely different picture - Photo: HB Press

Interesting that it is on three-day testing before the season in Bahrain race car C41 flew like rocket. The racers were thrilled and Alfa Romeo received good reviews from the world public for its car. Experts predicted the team good ranking in the middle of the Formula 1 field. But after 18 races season, the reality is completely different. Already in the opening race in Bahrain, where other tests took place, the racers took their places 11 in 12. It's only in Monaco Giovinazzi won the first point - the only one so far this season.

He seems to be young Italian easily overloaded as v Monza in Zadvoort wasted two excellent starting places (both times he started as seventh) already in the first turn. This year he became famous with errors and collisions, which cast doubt on his ability. V Mexico however, it was the team that deprived him of the opportunity to score points with the wrong strategy.

At the team factory in Hinwil, meanwhile, they are increasingly wondering if maybe this year’s C41 race car is better than both Raikkonen and Giovinazzi racers? - Photo: HB Press

It is better to v Mexico with eighth place cut off Kimi Raikkonen, but they also often sneaked up on the Finnish routine incomprehensible errors, such as in Spielberg. And the world champion of the year 2007 is probably still frustrated because he is Giovinazzi in Turkey, he squandered important points on the team because he ignored team command.

But the race car C41 by racers during the season developed in the right and good direction, can only be assumed. He's supposed to be here Valtteri Bottas, the team's new first racer in the 2022 season, better technically savvy. But the problem could pose quite new C42 race car. It is possible that the engineers in the new season 2022 will not be able to make a car as fast as it was C41 eight months ago in the desert of Bahrain.                         

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