The Swiss outfit endured a difficult time in the first pre-season F1 test as its car was hampered by excessive porpoising that could not be fixed on location in Spain.
But after extensive work back at its factory, Alfa Romeo made improvements to its car and set-up that allowed it to complete a full day of running for Bottas and team-mate Guanyu Zhou in Bahrain.
With both drivers completing a total of 120 laps, and Bottas ending up seventh overall on the timesheets, he said that Alfa Romeo was in a completely different situation to where it was in Spain.
“All the issues we had in Barcelona seems like they are now behind us,” explained Bottas. “So that’s positive. To be able to do that in one week, and for the team to be able to do that in one week, it was crucial actually that we got those laps.
“We finally managed to do some set-up work, and actually finding out how the car responds and what it needs and how it behaves. And it was nice to feel and to see the progress…
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