Alfa Romeo was the final team to officially launch its all-new 2022 F1 chall൲enger ahead of the new season, choosing to do so after the conclusion of the first test in Ba♍rcelona.

Speaking shortly after the launch of the Alfa Romeo C42, Bottas spoke about how he expects to continue to improv💟e as a driver, particularly as he’s the natural team leader given his wealt♚h of experience compared to new teammate Guanyu Zhou, who is a rookie.

“I absolutely feel that I have so much more to do to get better and so much more to give to this spo🔜rt,” Bottas said. “As a driver, I think you never stop learning, as long as you want to. 

“So of course, I'm always looking at areas that I can be better, and it truly feels like now I can just b♒e the best version of myself instead of trying to be something else and trying to hard. But in the end, it's goi🌞ng to be a team effort and I don't see me as the only leader of the team. 

“We're in this together. That's the feeling. And of course I can guide the way th꧂ey can go if I gel like I have experiences from the past. But in the end, we're in this together with Guanyu and the whole team, and with Robert as well. But for now it's been a nice atmosphere and I'm more ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthan happy to be here and again, I want to thank the team for this opportunity.”

The first test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was a tricky one for the Swiss-based out𒁏fit with a number of reliability issues hampering its running.

Despite the limited ওrunning꧑, Bottas sees potential in the new Alfa Romeo package.

“The nice feeling is that I definitely feel that there is potential,” Bottas explained. “There's some stro🐬ng areas in the car in certain type of corners. But also of course immediately, points to work on, with the balance, with some of the behaviour, but nothing that we shouldn't be able to fix. 

“So it feels like we're still in the very early stages of a💦ctually discovering the car. For me it was quite limited running that we hღad, only with two different compounds, only with very few set-up changes, so there's still so much more to discover, so that's what I'm really aiming to do in the test and get a better understanding in Bahrain. 

“There's work to dඣo, I'm not saying anything against that, but also I feel there is potential in this package, and I'm looking forward to discover more about it with the team.”