Alfa Romeo’s 2022 Formula One car will not be officially launched until after the opening test of the season, but it will still appear at the three-day session in Barcelona in an interim livery.
On Wednesday, Alfa Romeo announced that its new car, the C42, will not launch until February 27, two days after the first pre-season test. However, the team quickly confirmed to media that the C42 would be present at the opening test in Barcelona, only in a special interim paint scheme before the race livery is revealed at the launch.
There will be just two pre-season tests ahead of the opening race of the season this year, one in Barcelona, which is being marketed by F1 as a “shakedown”, and an official pre-season test in Bahrain, which is also the location of the first race.
F1 has overhauled its technical regulations this year in the hope of improving the quality of wheel-to-wheel racing, meaning test time is at a premium as teams aim to understand their all-new designs.
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