Aiming to continue the good
presence in the first race of the year, in Bahrain, the Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN preparing for the
race on the track in Imola next Sunday 18 April. In relation to the
last year, the team has made significant progress and is now
is among the teams fighting for the middle positions.
But with the differences being very small, every detail plays an important role
role, while even the slightest mistake can be disastrous for the final
result.
This year's Championship has just started
and so the initial encouraging signs of improvement of the team remain to be
confirmed afterwards, since a race cannot ensure that the
the road is now paved for the team. The beginning has been made, but there is a big
room for improvement and the fight for points will be continuous and
all members of the team are well aware of this.
It will require unremitting dedication to
and the race at the legendary Imola circuit will be a very important
attitude for the team, which will play a crucial role in terms of psychology, but
and performance.
The people of Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN talk
for the upcoming race:
Friédéric Vasseur - Head of the team Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN and CEO of Clean Motorsport AG
"We have had a good start this year and this is a basis on which we can
to rely on. We have made significant steps of improvement, perhaps the biggest in relation to
with all the other groups. The goal for Imola is to be in the ranking
10. Last year on this track we had our best result of the year and
so we can be optimistic. We have seen how difficult
overtakes on this track and so our performance in qualifying will
is critical to the final outcome of the race."
Kimi Räikkönen (number
monolithic 7 - "GTA")
"We are confident that we can claim
points in Imola, but we have no illusions that it will be an easy
Case. We also saw in Bahrain that a good performance is not enough to
gain points and we should push from Thursday to Sunday.
The difference between finishing inside or marginally outside the top ten
will be very small. We hope that we will prepare properly and perform well
as we know we can."
Antonio Giovinazzi (number monolithic 99 - "GTAm")
"Our performance in Bahrain gave us a strong
injection of confidence and we look forward to seeing how competitive we will be
in Imola. We know that we can be in the fight for points, but we'll be
we need to maximize our performance, especially in qualifying
tests where every little detail counts. I would love to start the
this year's point haul from my country. It is always very special to compete
in Italy and that is certainly the case this time."
