Alfa Romeo became the final team to reveal their challenger's livery for the season, which they described to be a subtle nod to the past.
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Alfa Romeo shared images of the new C42’s bold and striking red and white livery. During three days of pre-season testing in Barcelona, the Swiss team used a special camouflage design, with Valtteri Bottas, rookie Zhou Guanyu, and reserve Robert Kubica sharing driving duties. A series of mechanical issues kept the car in the garage for extended periods of time, and they eventually managed only 175 laps, ranking them ninth out of ten teams in the mileage charts.
On Sunday, Alfa Romeo became the final team to reveal their challenger’s livery for the season, which they described to be a subtle nod to the past, recalling historical designs from years past as well as the heritage of Alfa Romeo and Sauber Motorsport in what will be the Hinwil team’s 30th year in F1.
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“The start of the season is always an exciting time, one in which we see the fruit of the work of hundreds of people over a long period of time,” said Team Principal Fred Vasseur. “The C42 is a car we look forward to seeing racing, not just because it is the first we built in this new regulations cycle, one in which racing should be closer and more thrilling, but because we have the utmost confidence in this car helping the team make a big step forward towards the front of the grid.”
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The team’s technical director Jan Monchaux opined that while C42 might mark the start of a new season, the launch was a milestone in what was a much longer journey. “As we unveil the C42, it may feel like the start of a new season: we know, however, that this launch is just a milestone in a much longer journey in which our whole staff in Hinwil has invested so much time, resource and energies,” he said.
“Designing and building this car has been a huge undertaking and we can be proud of what we have achieved, but our work is not finished. As always in a new rules cycle, the development curve will be at its steepest this season and we need to continue extracting new performance out of the C42 to make the progress we have set as an objective for ourselves,” Monchaux added.
