Alfa Romeo F1 Group Stake returns to motion with the primary of the flyaway races, the Singapore Grand Prix. Following a points-scoring efficiency final outing in Monza, the workforce will purpose to proceed its run of type below the lights of the Marina Bay circuit.
Momentum is an exquisite factor. It is a power, invisible however highly effective, that may drive individuals, issues and occasions in sudden methods, constructing as much as outcomes few would have predicted. Momentum can’t be defined in easy phrases: it defies being put in a field. It’s exhausting to pinpoint: it simply occurs, typically from a small stimulus.
The purpose scored by Valtteri Bottas in Monza may be simply such stimulus. After a couple of races on the sting of the highest ten, bringing house a reward, particularly in entrance of a supportive crowd and in an occasion as necessary for our season as Monza, was necessary for the workforce. It supplied the increase for these trackside to maintain pushing for the proper weekend; it supplied further motivation for the workforce again house in Hinwil, who work tirelessly to enhance the vehicles – and who produced a brand new package deal of upgrades that can make its debut in Singapore.
The following eleven weeks might be a headlong rush to the top of the season. With races spanning each finish of the globe, there’s a lot at stake: it is going to require stamina, ability and willpower to come back out on high of this problem. The workforce, again in Hinwil and trackside, is dedicated to carry out – and the increase a outcome just like the one in Italy could make the distinction between success and failure.
As we head to Singapore for the primary of the closing flyaways, we’ll purpose to harness this vitality in our pursuit of factors. It can take all now we have, good execution – and a little bit of luck. However then once more, that is the place momentum typically is available in – and momentum, we all know, is such an exquisite, mysterious factor.
Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Group Consultant: “The European season is behind us, and it’s now time to move abroad for the ultimate eight races of the season. We head to Singapore with nice motivation: returning to the highest ten in Monza gave us a terrific confidence increase, having executed a flawless race that turned the tide from a difficult begin to the weekend. That is how we should always strategy each race: if we’re on the high of our efficiency, we’ll have the ability to maximise each alternative. We’re bringing a brand new, necessary package deal to Singapore, which requested quite a lot of effort from our house workforce over the previous months: hopefully it will assist us within the chase for extra factors finishes. It’s going to be essential, on a observe like Singapore with its peculiar format and local weather situations, to get the sensation proper from the beginning, and enhance our performances all through the classes.”
Valtteri Bottas: “It was good to get again into the factors in Monza: all of us wanted that, after a couple of troublesome races, and being at our house Grand Prix with the help of our colleagues on the grandstands made it much more particular. Some extent, nonetheless, just isn’t sufficient, and I’m hungry for extra: we nonetheless have eight races to go earlier than the top of the season, and we’ll push till the very finish to attain our targets. Singapore is a singular observe, and each the climate situations and it being a avenue observe make it much more difficult. We’re set to deliver a brand new package deal this weekend, which ought to assist us make an additional step ahead, and I’m trying ahead to testing it on observe. The workforce again on the manufacturing facility is working actually exhausting to enhance our automobile and we simply have to preserve pushing for any alternative to attain.”
Zhou Guanyu: “Singapore is the closest to a house race for me this season and that makes it a particular race. Final yr, the help from followers on the grandstands was wonderful: I may also be joined by household and associates trackside, however the focus is firmly on doing effectively on observe. It was good for the workforce to be again within the high ten in Monza: that is proof we nonetheless have it on us to do effectively, and that we will preserve pushing for our acknowledged targets. I’ve some unfinished enterprise in Singapore after final yr’s race by which I used to be taken out: it could be nice to do effectively right here and produce extra factors to the workforce. Now we have new components coming this weekend, they usually’ll hopefully permit us to make that further step to problem our rivals: with eight races left, together with three Dash occasions, we nonetheless have many possibilities so as to add extra factors to our tally and transfer up within the standings.”
