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Charting Alfa Romeo’s slide down the order

Alfa Romeo side details


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Alfa Romeo side details

Alfa Romeo teased everyone with its launch render at the start of the season, as the floor edge featured a series of winglets, a design that would never actually see the light of day.


Alfa Romeo C43 front suspension comparison

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Alfa Romeo C43 front suspension comparison

The C43’s front suspension featured a chassis blister around the front suspension elements to work better with the fairings and improve flow downstream.


Alfa Romeo C43 rear detail

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Alfa Romeo C43 rear detail

Detached from the car we’re able to better see the detail of the rear crash structure, brake duct winglet, rear suspension and rear wing.


Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

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Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

The C43 presented without the sidepod and engine cover bodywork exposes the packaging of the radiators, the power unit and many of the other ancillaries.


Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

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Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

This shot of the floor left unattached to the car gives us a nice view of the floor fences and the geometry of the forward section of it.


Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

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Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

The view from inside the front brake drum, with a tightly packaged brake disc fairing and the caliper mounted at the rear of the assembly.


Alfa Romeo Racing C43 detail

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Alfa Romeo Racing C43 detail

A similar arrangement at the rear of the car, with the fairing enclosing the brake disc and the caliper mounted in the lower half.


Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

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Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

The novel blade-style airbox arrangement on the C43, with four inlets built up around the blade.


Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

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Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

The forward portion of the floor is stepped to give more height at the inboard end, as can be seen by the contour line.


Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

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Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

A close up of the rear floor cutout and the tab-like wing that juts out from beneath the floor.


Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

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Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

An overview of the C43’s steering wheel with the various rotary switches, buttons and paddles that allow the driver to control the various functions of the power unit and chassis.


Alfa Romeo C43 front wing and nose comparison

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Alfa Romeo C43 front wing and nose comparison

Changes were made to the nose and front wing architecture early-on, with an elongated nose tip and mainplane redesign introduced at the Australian Grand Prix.


Alfa Romeo C43 technical detail

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