Alfa Romeo grow to be fourth staff to disclose their new search for the 2023 season, ditching their purple and white livery for the ‘aggressive’ purple and black; Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu type unchanged driver line-up for staff, who completed sixth final 12 months
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Alfa Romeo have revealed their new-look C43 automobile for the brand new System 1 season because the staff appears to be like to construct on a formidable 2022.
Describing the automobile as ‘lean and imply’ in a launch held collectively in Zurich and Sauber’s close by headquarters in Hinwil, Alfa have ditched their purple and white livery from earlier years in favour of an ‘aggressive’ purple and black look, with new title companion Stake distinguished all through.
“I actually like our new livery,” stated Valtteri Bottas, who once more companions Zhou Guanyu in 2023. “I believe it is gorgeous, and a superb evolution from final 12 months.”
The automobile will likely be shaken down in Barcelona this week earlier than it hits the monitor at pre-season testing on February 23-25 in Bahrain, all dwell on Sky Sports activities F1. The season begins every week later with the Bahrain GP on March 5.
2023 marks the ultimate season for the staff as we all know it, with Swiss-based Sauber – who’ve raced underneath the Alfa guise for the final 4 years – going it alone changing into the Audi works staff in 2026.
Alfa will likely be aiming for a repeat of final 12 months, once they rose from backmarkers to the midfield after F1’s guidelines refresh.
Bottas impressed alongside rookie Zhou to guide the staff to sixth within the standings, edging out Aston Martin.
Alfa are the fourth staff to have appeared in launch season to this point after Haas and Williams revealed their liveries, and Crimson Bull unveiled their RB19 automobile – albeit one which seemed virtually equivalent to final 12 months’s title winner.
The following launch takes place this Saturday, February 11, with AlphaTauri taking centre stage in New York.
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