Frédéric Wasser founded Alfa Romeo to achieve a consistent level of performance throughout the season, rather than trying to set specific targets for each individual race.
So far, the team from Hinvil really manages to earn points regularly thanks to the experience and skill of Valtteri Bottas and the speed of the C42 car: in three of the first four stages of the championship, the Finn finished in the top eight , and in Saudi Arabia he stopped for technical reasons, when he also rode eighth.
At the same time, Bottas took 5th place at Imola and, according to Vasseur, was faster in the closing stages of the race than Lando Norris and George Russell, who finished ahead of him. However, the head of the Alfa Romeo team believes that in the future it would be wrong to focus on the top five or top eight, as you should always strive to perform as well as possible.
“I don’t want to set such goals for the team. Maybe I’m wrong, but I’m just trying to do my job the best I can and I want the same from the team,” The Race quotes Vasser. – We are working on some new products which we will bring to Barcelona, and we have to do everything right, concentrate fully on our work, and then we will see how we look in the general background.
But I don’t want to specify the tasks that it should be 3rd, 5th or 7th. Let’s do our job well and the rest will become clear at the end of the season.”
After four Grands Prix, Alfa Romeo is fifth in the constructors’ championship with 25 points, of which 24 by Bottas and only one by debutant Guangyu Zhou. However, Vasser believes that when the car is competitive it is a bit easier for the team and Valtteri to show good results, and the team will pass the real verification when it encounters difficulties for some reason.
“When things go well, it’s easier to get things done – for Valtteri, for us, in short, for everyone,” said the head of the Swiss team. – This period should be enjoyed, and I hope it will remain so, and that we will be able to maintain this level.
But eventually, sometime in the season, the difficulties will begin, and it is during this period that it is necessary to maintain consistency and work as well as possible. I am very happy with the way the team is working now, but in the current situation such results are given to her much more easily.
Source: F1 News
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