Frederick Vasul of Al-Aromeo F1 team is not so impressed with the view that the double prize at the 2022 F1 opening round Bahrain Grand Prix is due to Ferrari’s F1 engine.
Alfa Romeo F1 team struggled with 9th place in the Constructors’ Championship last season, but Valtteri Bottas was 6th and rookie Guanyu Zhou was 10th in Bahrain, which was the first team in the new generation F1 car and new driver lineup. Earn 9 points.
This means that the Alfa Romeo F1 team has already abandoned the car update and focused on developing this year’s C42, with a total of 13 points in 2021 already approaching 4 points.
Just as Frederick Vasul did not blame Ferrari’s F1 engine when he was struggling last season, he said that even if he could score points, Ferrari’s F1 engine would not contribute. Told.
“You shouldn’t think separately when it’s difficult, and you shouldn’t think separately when it’s in good shape,” Frederick Vasul told F1 TV.
This season, Ferrari and its customers are equipped with completely new F1 engines. The updated Ferrari F1 power unit is said to have eliminated the 25 horsepower gap between Mercedes and Honda (now Red Bull).
Valtteri Bottas lined up Alfa Romeo on the 6th grid, but the former Mercedes F1 driver made a big mistake at the start. He dropped to 13th place and had a hard time recovering in the early stages.
The start of the season seemed disastrous, but as the number of laps progressed, Valtteri Bottas began to work to improve his position and eventually finished the race in 6th place, the same as the grid position. Guanyu Zhou, the first Chinese F1 driver, also finished in 10th place.
“It was a very good result. We had a decent qualifying and I think the pace was great,” said Frederick Vasul.
“The only problem was that Valtelli dropped to 13th on the first lap. It was difficult to recover.”
“Overall, it’s a very good result for the team. Two cars at the point, the first point for Zhou. He did a great job throughout the weekend and I’m very happy for him.”
Asked about what went wrong with Valtteri Bottas’ start, Frederick Vasul says he needs to investigate the problem, but is confident that it will be a quick solution.
“I think he was on the right side and had too much wheelspin, so I think he lost a bit of momentum on lap 1,” Frederick Vasul said.
“But you need to fix it and understand exactly what happened.”
“(In the test) I didn’t make a lot of starts with the car and Valtteri, but I think I can fix it soon.”
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