Zhou pleased with Alfa Romeo reliability

Within the round-up: Zhou Guanyu is inspired by the progress Alfa Romeo have made with their automobile’s reliability.

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Alfa Romeo has made “large step” in reliability – Zhou

Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu says his group has made a “large step” with the group’s reliability, regardless of a pair of regarding moments throughout testing.

Zhou was quickest within the second day of working however deserted a follow begin within the pit lane within the remaining minutes after an issue. Within the early session of yesterday’s remaining day, Zhou’s group mate Valtteri Bottas stopped on observe with a suspected energy unit downside.

Regardless of the issues, Zhou believes the group have made an unlimited enchancment in reliability from 2022, the place they have been suffering from technical issues in races and follow periods.

“Now we have finished a large step ahead, along with additionally the Ferrari guys, in reliability points,” Zhou mentioned.

“Firstly beginning with the cooling system, which was type of our fundamental half that we tried to enhance in the course of the 12 months. It additionally slowed our different package deal growth all through the season for different components to achieve downforce. So we have been specializing in making the automobile end to the road. So we’re undoubtedly aiming for a lot much less DNFs between the drivers, as a result of final 12 months we had rather a lot.”

Alpine misplaced no downforce from anti-porpoising measures – Ocon

Alpine haven’t misplaced any downforce from new technical rules launched to curb porpoising, says Esteban Ocon.

The FIA enforced rule adjustments to the 2023 technical rules in a bid to scale back aerodynamic porpoising in F1’s present floor impact automobiles. Automotive flooring have been raised barely, together with different minor adjustments to scale back the excessive pace bouncing impact.

After three days of working within the group’s new automobile, Ocon says Alpine have already clawed again the efficiency naturally misplaced from the brand new measures.

“In the event you take the rules, we must always have misplaced downforce and I don’t really feel that’s been the case,” Ocon mentioned. “In order that’s fairly good.

“I really feel numerous all of the various things between final 12 months’s automobile and this 12 months’s automobile when it comes to the way it handles, when it comes to steadiness stability and braking stability as nicely, which is improved.”

‘Value sacrificing qualifying for higher tyre put on’ – Magnussen

Kevin Magnussen believes it’s price his Haas group sacrificing one-lap tempo to try to make its automobile simpler on its tyres throughout races.

Groups ran all six of Pirelli’s dry tyre compounds throughout testing, with Magnussen saying the group particularly centered on the C1, C2 and C3 compounds they’ll run in subsequent weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix.

“We tried the compounds that we’re going to make use of on the race,” Magnussen mentioned. “I believe that’s one space that you just need to at all times enhance on and try to get much less degradation and take care of the tyres within the race.

“You’ll be able to even commerce a little bit of quali efficiency to try to get a greater tyre administration or a neater automobile on the tyres, as a result of that’s a very powerful level within the race. So I believe that will be one of many issues we try to concentrate on.”

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