2022 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix highlights

Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN

Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN brought home a well-deserved point from the Italian Grand Prix as Zhou Guanyu finished 10th on a busy afternoon of racing. Team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, saw his race compromised after suffering damage at the first corner and dropping to last but recovered to finish 13th at the chequered flag.

Valtteri Bottas (car number 77)

We had a good pace today, so it’s disappointing not to be in the points: in the end, my race was compromised at turn one when I was hit from behind, and I hit the car ahead. I had damage to the front wing, having lost the endplate, and then the car went into anti-stall: before I could get back going, I had lost a lot of ground, and I was last. The car was clearly good, as I was able to make a decent recovery, but the damage still made it quite tricky: at least the team got the point with Zhou, so we have something to show for today. I’m looking forward to the mini-break ahead of us now before we go full push for the end of the season. We know we can score points, and I want to finish the year in a more vital place than we are now.

Zhou Guanyu (car number 24)

I am really happy with today’s result and with the work that has been done in the past few weeks; it’s been a challenging journey since Montreal because we were very strong at the beginning of the season, and then our performances had a dip; but being back in the points today is a fantastic feeling, a great result both for the team and for Alfa Romeo. We knew we had a chance today, our pace was good, and it allowed us to be in the fight with the other teams. We have a couple of weeks off now, which will give us time to rest after the triple-header and, above all, analyze what worked this weekend and what went wrong in the previous races, and come prepared and motivated ahead of the next ones. I am looking forward to the Asian double-header, as the races will be closer to home, and several fans will be coming to support me.

Frédéric Vasseur, Team Principal

We had a positive weekend as a team, and the point we brought home with Zhou is a good reward. We had pace from Friday onwards, including in Q1, where Zhou was in P6, but we still had to get the job done today. We fought well in the midfield, even though overtaking was hard, and didn’t really make mistakes with Zhou so we could maximise our returns from the race. Unfortunately, Valtteri’s day was compromised by the damage he suffered at the start, but the key takeaway here is our performance: if we carry it over to the next rounds, we can aim to bring home more points to our name.

Alfa Romeo F1 Team best pictures:

Kimi Raikkonen portrait during the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2022, Italian Grand Prix 2022, 16th round of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship from September 9 to 11, 2022 on the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy

VASSEUR Frederic (fra), Team Principal of Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN, BEN SULAYEM Mohammed (UAE), President of the FIA, portrait during the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2022, Italian Grand Prix 2022, 16th round of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship from September 9 to 11, 2022 on the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy

Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN, fans in the grandstand during the 9th round of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, from September 9 to 11, 2022 on the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy 

ZHOU Guanyu (chi), Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42, portrait during the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2022, Italian Grand Prix 2022, 16th round of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship from September 9 to 11, 2022 on the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy

Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN, ambiance during the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2022, Italian Grand Prix 2022, 16th round of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship from September 9 to 11, 2022 on the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy

ZHOU Guanyu (chi), Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42, VASSEUR Frederic (fra), Team Principal of Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN, BOTTAS Valtteri (fin), Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42, portrait during the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2022, Italian Grand Prix 2022, 16th round of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship from September 9 to 11, 2022 on the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, in Monza, Italy

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