‘Trouble-free weekend crucial’ for Bottas in Baku

Valtteri Bottas says it is vital Alfa Romeo eradicate the issues that have plagued their season so far at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Alfa Romeo’s pace has been an impressive feature of the 2022 campaign, for they are among the teams that have hauled themselves up the pecking order as a result of the new F1 regulations.

Having scored a miserable eight points in 2020 and 13 last year, Alfa Romeo have already easily eclipsed those combined totals with 41 this time around – all but one from Bottas – to sit fifth in the Constructors’ standings.

But it could have been even better. It is not the C42’s competitiveness that has prevented the Swiss-based squad from bagging more points, instead reliability and pit-stop errors proving costly.

There has been the occasional on-track incident too, with some free practice woes leaving the team playing catch-up and Bottas to joke: “I told Fred [Vasseur, team principal] already that for Baku I should maybe come on Friday night.”

"We are heading to Baku with the aim to continue our team’s progression this season. I do expect our car to suit this track but, then again, our C42 has been performing well in all kinds of circuit so far."

Team Boss, Fred Vasseur, shares his insight on the #AzerbaijanGP. pic.twitter.com/Jq9JswtC8i

— Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN (@alfaromeoorlen) June 8, 2022

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