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Alfa Romeo hope the busy second part of the season will bring a change of fortune after a miserable July.

What had been shaping up to be an excellent campaign for the Swiss-based squad left them with pangs of regret during the summer break over failing to score any points in the four July races.

A total of 51 points for sixth place in the Constructors’ Championship is still probably above what Alfa Romeo had dared to hope for, even with the new regulations designed to shake up the order.

And yet reliability issues for Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, which took the team’s number of retirements for the year to eight, and of course the Chinese driver’s terrifying Silverstone crash brought clouds to the team’s previously sunny skies.

“The summer break was a much-needed pause after a busy first part of the season and now we are back on track refreshed and motivated, ready to take on the triple-header and the remainder of the season,” said team principal Fred Vasseur of their preparations for the Belgian, Dutch and Italian Grands Prix.

“Nine races in 13 weeks will be a challenge for everyone in the team but we are keen to finish the job we started.

“Our July was tough, but our spirits are high and our approach remains the same – we are determined to turn the tide and place ourselves back where we belong, putting up a good challenge in the midfield and scoring important championship points.

“We will give it our very best and I’m