Alfa Romeo

One-time grand prix winner Kubica joined Alfa Romeo as its reserve and test driver for the 2020 season after making his full-time F1 return with Williams last year.<br>The Pole featured in opening practice for the Styrian Grand Prix and the Hungarian Grand Prix last month as part of his agreement with the team.<br>Alfa Romeo has announced that Kubica will get more time in the cockpit this weekend ...

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Raikkonen dived into pitlane for a new set of tyres when the safety car was called with around 17 laps remaining after Williams' George Russell ground to a halt on the exit of Turn 4.<br>Rejoining the race in 12th as the safety car peeled into the pits at the end of lap 54, Raikkonen's front-right wheel detached as he rounded Turn 9 and came off completely as he exited the corner.<br>The Finn was ...

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McLaren announced its withdrawal from the Melbourne race late on Thursday evening after a team member was tested positive for the coronavirus.<br>The other nine team bosses met with Ross Brawn later in the evening, and Alfa Romeo was one of the teams that push for a cancellation, joining Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault in sending letters to the FIA explaining their rationale.<br>“As a racer it’s ...

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<br>Alfa Romeo C39 front wing<br>Photo by: Giorgio Piola<br><br>The team tested a new variant of its front wing, which looks to build upon its ‘unloaded’ concept introduced in 2019.<br>The design of its mainplane has essentially been inverted, with a raised section used at the inboard end to encourage flow under the wing, while the outboard section now dips to discourage it (green highlight ...

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While Sauber Motorsport invested in a state-of-the-art wind tunnel many years ago, it held back on investing in a driver-in-loop simulator, creating an obvious handicap compared to its main rivals.<br>Technical director Jan Monchaux admitted that honing the new system will be a lengthy process.<br>"I think we have to be realistic," he said. "Some big teams took 10 years to get it right. Obviously ...

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<br>Alfa Romeo C39 detail<br>Photo by: Alfa Romeo<br><br>Alfa led the charge last year when it came to the ‘unloaded’ style front wing, perhaps with even the most aggressive variant on the grid. It’s business as usual on that front for 2020 too, with the team still employing a very lowly hung outboard section.<br>However, where we do see change is in the curled mainplane and secondary flap ...

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The team formally launched its 2020 challenger in the pitlane at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, having previously given it a maiden run in a camo livery in a Fiorano shakedown last week.<br>Drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi were on hand to lift the covers off the new livery, which remains largely unchanged from last year’s design.<br>The white base colour remains with red trim ...

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Kubica was announced as Alfa's reserve F1 driver last month, shortly after he left Williams at the end of the 2019 season.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Alfa Romeo F1 team rebranded as Kubica joins in reserve role<br><br><br>The 2008 Canadian Grand Prix winner will drive Alfa's 2020 challenger on the first morning of winter testing on Wednesday, before handing over to Antonio Giovinazzi for the ...

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Kimi Raikkonen conducted the running of the car at Ferrari's official test track. The running is likely being classified as an official filming day.<br>The Swiss team is due to hold an official unveiling of the car ahead of pre-season testing at Barcelona in Spain next week.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Mercedes launches its 2020 Formula 1 car<br>Gallery: Mercedes's new W11 from all angles<br>Mercedes ...

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The outfit, which is operated by the Swiss Sauber squad in Hinwil, will wait until February 19, the first day of pre-season testing, to publicly show off its new C39 car for the first time. The launch will take place at 8.15am local time at Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona.<br>Along with its 2020 race drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi, the team's new reserve driver Robert ...

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The outfit will wait until February 19, the first day of pre-season testing, to publicly show off its new C39 car for the first time.<br>The launch will take place at 8.15am local time at the venue of the test, Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, in front of the team's pit garage.<br>Along with its 2020 race drivers Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi, the team's new reserve driver Robert Kubica ...

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The Alfa team started 2019 brightly with new signing Kimi Raikkonen scoring points in the first four races and had eight top-10 finishes in 12 grands prix by the summer break.<br>However, in Azerbaijan, Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi were eighth and ninth fastest but neither was able to take those positions on the starting grid, and the team left Baku with just a single point as Raikkonen ...

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Kubica made his return to the F1 grid with Williams in 2019 following a long absence triggered by his life-threatening rally crash eight years prior.<br>The 35-year-old scored Williams' sole point in what proved a miserable season for the Grove-based team, and made way for Nicholas Latifi in Williams' driver line-up for 2020.<br>Kubica was instead courted by the likes of Haas and Racing Point for ...

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Ahead of the 2019 season Sauber's F1 entry was rebadged in the name of the Italian car manufacturer, to grow the partnership that started in 2018.<br>Alfa's 2019 car retained Sauber's long-standing 'C' designation but the Sauber name itself dropped off the grid for the first time since its made its debut in 1993.<br>At the end of the first season as the Alfa team, Vasseur told Motorsport.com he ...

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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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