Alfa Romeo ppresented his new car this Tuesday 2023, the C43 that they will be piloting Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou in Formula 1. He did this by presenting two cars: a physical model, where only the decoration could be obtained, and he went one step further than the other groups that have presented their cars so far, delivering car ‘rendered’ images. concept that the team worked on this winter. There may be changes to that car, but the ‘render’ concept will be very similar to whatever the new car is, and on that basis you can start to see some ideas incorporated from other cars in grid from last year.
He Alfa Romeo C43 It is a car with a more optimized and narrow lower belly (1), a more compact and perfected design, with a different upper air intake (2). A car that at first glance seems to be a significant evolution compared to the 2022 car.
Last year new technical regulations were released, which meant a radical and total change of single-seaters. This led to many differences being seen between the different concepts designed by all the teams, but for the second year of this regulation it is expected that the teams will evaluate the solutions presented by the other competitors in 2022 and that they fit the ones they consider the best for your new car of 2023.
That’s what’s been done with the new Alfa Romeo C43, where you’ll find the same details as the rest of the set from last year, as lower cut pontoons (3) in pure style red bull in a vehicle area that looks narrower than last year’s C42.
Another concept similar to that of other competitors is that of cools the gills (5), very similar to the 2022 Alpine.
Maintaining regulations should make ideas and vehicles increasingly converge over time, which may lead to greater equality in the future.
In this field, the technical director of Alfa Romeo, Jan Monchaux emphasized how focused the team was on improving the rear of the car and admitted apparently the team is “stuck in a corner” on the design they chose for last year’s car. Proof of this was the lack of evolution compared to its rivals throughout the year, which diluted his car’s performance in relation to the excellent course start his car starred in. Monchaux emphasized that they had to wait until this winter to introduce the “better solution” they found to their opponents. All, to create a car with “more evil”, as recognized by the technical director of the team, understanding “evil” as a strong and aggressive character with respect to its opponents.
However, the most surprising thing about the new Alfa Romeo car is the end of its floor, with many cutouts (4). It should not be forgotten that the ground is the most important part of today’s cars, the one that provides most of the downforce. In this sense, the structure of the Sauber presented a cut floor that was very different from the previous course. Despite this, we have to see if this is just a ‘render’ design or if they finally go to those extremes with so many cuts on their real car.
Now, the big question is knowing what ideas from other teams the other teams manage to incorporate into their car concepts in 2023. Haas, Williams and Red Bull have also shown their decoration, but on models from last year, so we will have to wait to see how their cars actually look in the upcoming pre-season test in Bahrain (23-25 February). ‘Copy and paste’ can be key to everyone.
Source: La Verdad
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