BREAKING: Alfa Romeo unveil new car for 2022 season as Valtteri Bottas falls in ‘love’

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Alfa Romeo have finally revealed their car for the 2022 F1 season. On Sunday morning, the team virtually launched their new C42 vehicle, signified by red and white livery and powered by a new Ferrari engine, to the delight of new driver Valtteri Bottas. 

While the other nine F1 teams showed off their new vehicles prior to pre-season test taking place in Barcelona last week, Alfa Romeo opted to delay matters by officially revealing their 2022 car after the three-day period in Spain.

After five years with Mercedes, Finn driver Bottas signed a multi-year deal with the Hinwil-based team last year and speaking on the Motorsports YouTube channel, was clearly impressed by what he saw.

“I think the livery is really beautiful, the Alfa Romeo Centro Stile did a brilliant job.” 

“It’s my first car at Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN, of course, which makes it special, and I am really looking forward to being on the grid in Bahrain with it.

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“What is exciting is that we have no idea how that first race is going to pan out.”

Bottas, 32, will line-up in Bahrain alongside Guanyu Zhou, who this season will become the first Chinese F1 driver in the history of the sport.

And the 22-year-old also lavished praise on the new car, saying: “I am fully pumped up for the season and seeing the C42 in the livery in which I will race it definitely makes it real.

“We are at the beginning of a new era, with new cars and new regulations, and this creates an opportunity for all teams to make progress since we are all starting from scratch.

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“I can’t wait to be on the grid with this car and work with my team to bring home the results we are targeting together.”

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