Alfa Romeo’s Barcelona F1 test struggles behind us

The Swiss outfit endured a difficult time in the first pre-season F1 test as its car was hampered by excessive porpoising that could not be fixed on location in Spain.

But after extensive work back at its factory, Alfa Romeo made improvements to its car and set-up that allowed it to complete a full day of running for Bottas and team-mate Guanyu Zhou in Bahrain.

With both drivers completing a total of 120 laps, and Bottas ending up seventh overall on the timesheets, he said…