“We won’t know the true performance of the AT03 until we put it on track at pre-season testing in Barcelona.“, added the 26-year-old Norman, who will meet the 19 other pilots from February 23 to 25 in Catalonia. Bahrain will then host three more test days (March 10-12) and then the first Grand Prix (March 20).
Winner of the Italian Grand Prix in 2020, Gasly started 86 races in the elite and signed his 3rd podium in 2021. He gave AlphaTauri its best season (6th team with 142 points) last year.
“natural leader” from AlphaTauri by his experience, according to his team, Gasly will still be accompanied by the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda21, who is entering his second year in F1.
F1 introduces new technical regulations to allow cars, with modified aerodynamics, to follow and overtake each other more easily, promising more spectacle.
In this new framework, AlphaTauri is the 5th team out of ten to present its single-seater after Haas, Red Bull, Aston Martin and McLaren. On the occasion of these presentations, each team more or less unveiled the developments carried out during the winter. Before Barcelona, Red Bull thus kept the final shape of its car secret.
Williams (Tuesday), Ferrari (Thursday), Mercedes (Friday), Alpine (Monday 21) and Alfa Romeo (Sunday 27) will follow in the coming days.