Alfa Romeo

Although he had a difficult start to the year, the Italian's seat was never really in doubt after his form improved in the middle of the year, and because there was no obvious alternative for a seat that is reserved for a Ferrari junior driver.<br>The best result of his rookie season thus far was his ninth place in Monza, although he was eighth on the road in Germany before receiving a penalty for ...

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The works Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc are expected to take the new unit in Monza next weekend.<br>All three drivers who changed today took a new V6, turbo and MGU-H. None of them will receive any penalties, as they are still within their season allocation of three elements, and the works cars will also be penalty free when they change to the new unit.<br>However, Alfa's Kimi ...

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Motorsport.com understands Ericsson will be at Spa on duty for the Alfa Romeo team, with which he is official third and reserve driver.<br>Sources have indicated there may be an issue that could prevent the team's regular race driver Kimi Raikkonen from competing and Ericsson was understood to be travelling to Belgium on Thursday morning.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Raikkonen explains reason behind ...

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Raikkonen signed a two-year deal with Sauber, which morphed into Alfa Romeo for 2019, after learning he would lose his Ferrari seat once the 2018 season had ended.<br>The 2007 world champion is eighth in the championship with eight points finishes in 12 grands prix, and has scored 31 of Alfa’s 32 points so far in 2019.<br>Vasseur told Motorsport.com: “The advantage with Kimi is before he ...

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The team formerly known as Sauber ended 2018 fighting regularly for top-10 finishes, but had a small slip in performance at the start of this year.<br>New signing Kimi Raikkonen has led the team’s progress to the head of the midfield battle again, and Alfa only trailed McLaren in the races leading into F1’s summer break.<br>Vasseur told Motorsport.com he was splitting the championship ...

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With Alfa Romeo being part of the wider Ferrari family, in terms of corporate structure as well as a technical tie-up that means Alfa’s F1 operation utilises Ferrari technology and some ex-Ferrari personnel, being at this year’s race to cheer Alfa Romeo on will effectively make you a cheerleader for Ferrari’s F1 B-team.<br>Kimi Raikkonen was on pole position and briefly led last year’s ...

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In this video, Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell join Glenn Freeman to assess Raikkonen’s switch back to his old team and explain why he is performing so well.<br>Raikkonen currently has 31 points in eighth place in the 2019 standings compared to team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi’s one point in 18th place, which reflects the 2007 world champion’s ability to lead a team trying to move up the ...

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Correa, who races in Formula 2 for the Alfa-aligned Sauber Junior Team, will sample the 2013-spec, V8-powered machine at French Grand Prix venue Paul Ricard.<br>The American will take over from fellow F2 racer Tatiana Calderon, who will make her third F1 test appearance for Sauber/Alfa Romeo in the C32 on Friday.<br>"Driving a Formula 1 car is something I have dreamt about since I was seven years ...

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But the details of how the matter unfolded after the German Grand Prix has opened up a fascinating scenario where the Swiss-based team may have found itself actually better off getting disqualified from the Hockenheim race rather than getting a time penalty.<br>Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi finished seventh and eighth at Hockenheim last week, but a post-race technical inspection found a ...

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The International Court of Appeal hearing will take place on September 24, the Tuesday between the Singapore and Russian Grands Prix.<br>Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi finished seventh and eighth on the road at Hockenheim, but both were given 30-second penalties for a breach of F1's clutch regulations.<br>The drivers who benefitted, and who would thus lose points the points they gained if ...

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The Swiss team’s drivers dropped from seventh and eighth to 12th and 13th at Hockenheim after they were given 30-second time penalties for a breach of F1’s clutch regulations.<br>The FIA stewards ruled that the clutches of the two cars operated in a way that potentially gave the drivers an advantage at the wet standing restart following the formation laps behind the safety car.<br><br>Read ...

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The 44-year-old replaces Jan Monchaux, who was recently promoted to the role of technical director as Simone Resta is leaving this week to return to Maranello.<br>Cinelli will start work at Sauber Motorsport on August 19th after what appears to be a short gardening leave following his 17-year-stint at Ferrari.<br>A graduate of London’s Imperial College, Cinelli’s first job out of university ...

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Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi were stripped of their seventh and eighth place finishes respectively after there was found to be an infringement with the clutch settings on the Alfa Romeo which potentially mimicked traction control.<br>Specifically, the team was found to have breached Article 27.1 of F1's sporting regulations, which specifies “the driver must drive the car alone and ...

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The drivers were penalised for an offence related to the way the clutch of the cars operated during the wet standing start, which was deemed to have potentially mimicked traction control in the tricky conditions.<br>The penalty - equivalent to an in-race stop-and-go - was the same as that which which be given for a false start.<br>Alfa boss Fred Vasseur has confirmed to Motorsport.com that the ...

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Giovinazzi has been compromised by bad luck on several occasions this season, and at Silverstone last weekend he spun off due to an issue at the rear of the car.<br>Although the lack of points is not entirely the Ferrari protege’s fault – his only score was 10th in Austria – it has inevitably put him in the spotlight.<br>Vasseur has been encouraged by Giovinazzi's recent progress, especially ...

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Resta joined Alfa one year ago when it was entered in F1 as Sauber, after establishing himself as an important part of Ferrari's design team.<br>Heading up Sauber/Alfa’s technical department gave Resta more responsibility and experience but it was not expected to be a long-term appointment.<br>Alfa has now announced Resta will leave the team at the end of July, with current head of aerodynamics ...

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The test is one of a series organised by the Italian company, which allow all the teams to play a role in developing next year’s constructions and compounds with sessions at a variety of circuits.<br>Ericsson drove for the team formerly known as Sauber between 2015 and 2018.<br>Last September the Swede was announced as brand ambassador and third driver for what was to become Alfa Romeo Racing ...

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Kimi Raikkonen matched his best result of 2019 when he finished seventh at Paul Ricard, gaining a spot from Daniel Ricciardo when the Australian was penalised after their fraught last-lap battle.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Double penalty costs Ricciardo French GP points finish<br><br><br>Alfa Romeo had not scored any points since Baku, and the French GP result allowed it to overtake Toro Rosso and ...

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Alfa had at least one car in the top 10 in all three practice sessions. Kimi Raikkonen was ninth in FP1, and his teammate Antonio Giovinazzi earned eighth in FP2 and then an impressive sixth in FP3.<br>After making it out of Q1 the two drivers could manage only 14th and 15th in Q2, with Giovinazzi then picking up a three-place grid penalty for impeding Nico Hulkenberg.<br>Both men lost places on ...

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The Italian outfit fast-tracked the introduction of its upgraded power unit for the Spanish Grand Prix in the hope of adding more performance to its car.<br>Team principal Mattia Binotto said in Spain that the move to bring forward its introduction, which had been originally planned for the Canadian GP, had not been easy.<br>"It has been a big effort and not straightforward and not obvious," he ...

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Alfa and the Ferrari Driver Academy have confirmed that the Formula 2 rookie will complete one day in the Alfa Romeo C38 at the Barcelona circuit, following the Spanish Grand Prix, after Mick Schumacher drives for the team in Bahrain.<br>This fulfills part of the team’s requirement to field two ‘rookie’ drivers across half of its four days of official testing during the season.<br>Schumacher ...

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Correa will drive for the Sauber Junior Team in F2 this year – an outfit run by Czech team Charouz Racing System – having graduated from the GP3 Series in which he finished 12th in his rookie year. <br>He struggled in GP3 with the Jenzer team, but was ahead of his teammate David Beckmann, before the later switched teams and immediately began winning races with Trident Racing. <br>American ...

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Nowhere is that more apparent than by comparing Mercedes’ and Alfa Romeo’s designs, with the five-time world champion outfit taking a more conventional approach while the former Sauber squad opted for a radical solution.<br>Ahead of the start of the new season, Jake Boxall-Legge takes a closer look at the two concepts to explain the different ways in which their wings attempt to manage ...

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The former Sauber entry appears to be in the thick of the midfield battle, although not quite at the front of it as the first week of pre-season had indicated.<br>Raikkonen said he had yet to find the limit of Alfa’s C38 but believes the team has the same unclear picture of the competitive order as the rest of the field.<br>“It’s a big mystery,” he said of his team’s position. “We’re ...

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