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Alfa Romeo “not alone” in suffering F1 start oscillation problems

Alfa Romeo "not alone" in suffering F1 start oscillation problems

The Swiss outfit has faced struggles in the early part of the season trying to find a level of consistency with its getaways from a standing start.

While some of its starts have gone as planned, others are affected by a clutch vibration – which contributed to Valtteri Bottas slumping down the order off the grid in Bahrain after he’d qualified sixth.

Finding a solution to the problem isn’t proving easy however, with Alfa Romeo technical director Jan Monchaux thinking that the problems are being triggered by a host of factors coming together with the 2022 cars.

“It seems many teams, apart from maybe two or three, are struggling currently with drivetrain oscillating at the start,” he explained prior to the Australian Grand Prix weekend on Thursday.

“It’s not just us. When the cars are queuing and you look at them, you will see they’re all vibrating a bit.

“It’s something that is not going to be fixed very quickly, in my view, because it’s the driveline, which means that it…

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