Alfa Romeo, Bottas optimistic ahead of Austin

THEAlfa Romeo Sauber she certainly emerged refreshed from the Qatar GP. The Swiss team, thanks to an excellent strategy, managed to finish in Lusail with both cars in the points, in eighth place with Valtteri Bottas and on the ninth with Guanyu Zhou, an important result from a Manufacturer perspective, useful for momentarily overtaking Haas in the standings.

In a season that proved to be more difficult than expected, Sauber never stopped trying to improve the C43, and the team will also bring new features to the car in the next United States GP. Bottas is confident he can replicate Qatar's top ten in Austin, on a track on which he also won in 2019.

“Returning to the points in Qatar, with such a good race, was what we needed. We will fight until the end to move up the rankings – Bottas' words –. Now we're going to Austin which is a track that I really like, where I also won in 2019 starting from pole, it's a fun track. The Sprint Race gives us a double opportunity to do well, also being the second consecutive weekend with this format we know how to maximize performance. We can do well and the updates introduced are working, we will also bring news to Austin. I trust that we will be able to score points."