First pictures: Bottas, Zhou and Kubica on-track in Alfa Romeo's race-liveried C42

Alfa Romeo’s drivers had their first chance to drive the team’s new C42 in its definitive livery at the Circuit de Catalunya yesterday.

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Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou were joined by test driver Robert Kubica at the home of the Spanish Grand Prix.

The team revealed its new car for the 2022 F1 season at testing, where it ran in an interim camouflage livery. It presented its definitive look for the upcoming championship yesterday and conducted a 100 kilometre filming run at the venue.

Bottas, who joined the team from Mercedes, said the new car looks “really beautiful”.

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

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Alfa Romeo C42 on-track in pictures

77 BOTTAS Valtteri (fin), Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42, during the Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen filming day prior the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, from February 27, 2022 in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain – Photo Antonin Vincent / DPPI

77 BOTTAS Valtteri (fin), Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42, action during the Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen filming day prior the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, from February 27, 2022 in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain – Photo Antonin Vincent / DPPI

24 ZHOU Guanyu (chi), Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42, action during the Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen filming day prior the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, from February 27, 2022 in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain – Photo Antonin Vincent / DPPI

Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42, mechanical detail during the Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen filming day prior the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, from February 27, 2022 in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain – Photo Antonin Vincent / DPPI

Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo, Circuit de Catalunya, 2022

Robert Kubica, Alfa Romeo, Circuit de Catalunya, 2022

Guanyu Zhou, Alfa Romeo, Circuit de Catalunya, 2022

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9 comments on “First pictures: Bottas, Zhou and Kubica on-track in Alfa Romeo’s race-liveried C42”

Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
28th February 2022, 15:12

Love the painted wheel cover. Looks like a spinning Pokeball
1. Qeki (@qeki)
  28th February 2022, 16:37
  
  I wanna be the very best
  Like Schumi one was..
  1. Qeki (@qeki)
    28th February 2022, 16:37
    
    …once…
János
28th February 2022, 21:03

Toyota vibes, anyone? :)
1. antybuc
  28th February 2022, 23:01
  
  Yeah Toyota was also quite nice looking back in the day.
2. Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
  28th February 2022, 23:39
  
  Yes and 80’s Alfa.
Chris Horton
1st March 2022, 6:35

Nice.
Mark Thomson (@melthom)
1st March 2022, 9:39

Easily the best looking car on the grid. Seems to have a slightly lower nose than most other cars, which looks better.
hamiledon
3rd March 2022, 1:54

Shortest wheelbase and best-looking car.