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Barcelona, 23 February 2022 – #alfaromeo #f1 Team ORLEN started its 2022 season with the rst day of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Robert Kubica took the new C42 out for its rst laps in the morning, before #valtteribottas took over the cockpit in the afternoon.
The Finn will be back in the car tomorrow morning, with #zhouguanyu at the wheel of the C42 after lunch.
Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya / 4.675 km
Driver: Robert Kubica (morning); #valtteribottas (afternoon) Chassis / engine: Alfa Romeo #f1 Team ORLEN C42-01 / Ferrari Laps: 9, 42.08km (KUB); 23 laps, 107.56 km (BOT)
Fastest Lap: 1:25.909 (KUB); 1:22.572 (BOT)
Valtteri Bottas (Car 77): “It’s always nice to get back behind the wheel after the winter break, especially with a new car, a new team and a new generation of Formula One cars. I did enjoy my time in the car, even though we had some issues that turned out to be pretty costly in terms of time lost. The important thing, however, is that we were able to understand them completely and we know how to x them: we may have run out of time to do that today, but we still got some running under our belt and we know how to progress. Now I hope we can get two good days tomorrow and Friday to catch up on the time we lost today and complete our programme for the test. My rst impression of the car is positive, so far I did not feel massive differences between the old- generation cars and the new ones, denitely not night and day. Of course, one needs to adjust the driving a little bit, but nothing too drastic: still, we have a lot of learning to do and we’re keen to get back to work on track tomorrow.”
Robert Kubica (Car 88): “It wasn’t the best of mornings as we had a couple of issues that limited our running. The guys did a good job to solve them and it’s nice to see the spirit with which the team faced them, but in the end we lost a big chunk of time. The little running I did feels like an appetiser, but obviously I wanted more! That’s racing, though, the important thing is that we can recover some ground tomorrow and continue discovering our new baby. The rst impressions of the car are positive, but there’s so much more we need to nd out.”
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