Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN Mexico GP qualifying – Optimistic for tomorrow

30.10.2022: FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE LA CIUDAD DE MXICO 2022 Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City 28-30 October 2022 Saturday, October 29th 2022

FORMULA 1 GRAN PREMIO DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO 2022
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City
28-30 October 2022
Saturday, October 29th 2022

Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN was in great form in qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix, as Valtteri Bottas set the sixth fastest time to book a spot on the third row for tomorrow’s grid. Zhou Guanyu only missed out on a place in the top ten for a small margin, and will line up in P12, with a good chance to make his way into the points.

Frédéric Vasseur, Team Principal: “Today was a very good day, we did our job really well – but the challenge is to finish the job tomorrow. It’s our best Saturday result since Miami, nearly six months ago, and it shows that everyone in the team is still pushing hard to finish the season on a high.

We made the most of the upgrades we brought in the last couple of races and we gave ourselves a good chance for tomorrow. Zhou also had a good qualifying, missing out on Q3 by a small margin: still, this is his best qualifying since the summer break and he’ll have a good opportunity to add some points to his tally in the race.

Now we have to focus on tomorrow: doing our best job, both on track, on the pitwall and in the garage, to bring home a good result.”

Valtteri Bottas (car number 77):
Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 (Chassis 01/Ferrari)

FP3: 8th / 1:19.390 (28 laps)
Q1: 1:19.523 (6 laps)
Q2: 1:18.762 (6 laps)
Q3: 6th / 1:18.401 (6 laps)

“We had a really good qualifying, on top of a weekend in which we have consistently been in the top ten. It’s a good result ahead of tomorrow and I’m personally pleased with having delivered the best lap of the whole weekend when it mattered, at the end of Q3.

The car was good from the get-go, all we needed was to refine the setup to extract even more performance; the track layout did help, with slow-speed corners that really work well for us.

 I’m optimistic for tomorrow: we need points for our battle in the championship and we’re in an excellent position to have a good fight. It’s F1, so everything can happen, but we’re up there and that’s what matters today.”
 

Zhou Guanyu (car number 24):
Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN C42 (Chassis 03/Ferrari)

FP3: 12th / 1:20.019 (25 laps)
Q1: 1:20.283 (6 laps)
Q2: 12th / 1:19.476 (6 laps)

“In terms of today’s qualifying, I feel I did the best I could: in the end, I was very close to getting into Q3 again, being just two tenths off. I struggled the whole weekend so far and it hasn’t been easy to have a smooth, trouble-free session, especially on a track that is not among the easiest ones to drive.

Sector one has been the toughest one for me to face today, so to get this close to Q3 with my final lap was a positive: I tried and eventually I didn’t make it, but at least this time I feel there was nothing left out there. It’s great to see Valtteri being so fast today, and overall, the progress both cars have been making.

The gap for the top ten is quite close, and I think we will be in a good position for fighting for points tomorrow, so let’s see how it goes.”

Will Ponisi, photos Sauber

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