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Bottas: Qatar pace shows latest Alfa F1 upgrades working
Bottas and team-mate Zhou Guanyu finished eighth and ninth at Losail, with Zhou overtaking Sergio Perez in the final results. This moved Alfa Romeo up to eighth place in the constructors’ table, just seven points behind Williams. The team has been introducing a series of new parts in recent races, including a beam wing in Qatar. Bottas feels that they have made progress and understand the upgrades, although they still need to work on reducing drag. Both drivers had different strategies for the race, with Bottas doing three long stints and Zhou doing a long opening run followed by a brief stint on softs. Bottas credited the team’s good strategy and some luck for his clean race. Zhou was happy to score points for the team, but recognizes the need to improve qualifying performances.
Source: motorsport
