🗣️'The handling is the improved from last year, but it's lacking that pure performance compared to the others. Valtteri Bottas says Alfa Romeo's current F1 pace woe is harder to address than fixing specific balance issues as he awaits Imola upgrades ⬇️
For the second year running Alfa Romeo missed the mark at the start of the season. But unlike in 2022 when it had to work through various teething problems, this year Alfa's C43 challenger has been a well-balanced platform.
While Bottas appreciates that the car is much more benign and balanced than its predecessor, he said on Thursday ahead of this weekend's Miami Grand Prix that it was arguably"worse" to lack downforce than to have a clear balance issue that can yield quick lap time gain once addressed. "The nice thing is that it's super close. Obviously, we're not where we want to be, but at least we know that if we can find some lap time, then that can actually make decent gains in the results. And that's of course the target.
"So, having that efficiency we still need to work on. Also, we're lacking pure load as well, so we definitely need to get rid of some drag and get some downforce, that's easier said than done." According to Bottas, the new package will give a good indication of how far his team can come this season.
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