As Motorsport.com’s exclusive photograph shows, the car is running in a camouflage livery that it is expected will also be used for testing.
New driver Valtteri Bottas was behind the wheel, but wearing a black helmet, as he completed the first laps just before midday in Italy on the wet track.
Alfa Romeo had not planned to hold a formal reveal for the car before next week’s first pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain.
Instead, the team only planned a launch event for the C42 on February 27, two days after the first test comes to an end.
The team has, however, decided to use one of its allocated promotional filming days to conduct a shakedown of the car, which will give it some valuable knowledge ahead of official testing.
Alfa Romeo has previously conducted shakedowns in February using a special Valentine’s Day livery, as seen in both 2019 and 2020.
2022 Alfa Romeo in action
Photo by: Davide Cavazza
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