Andretti-owned team would be “the best news” for F1

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Within the round-up: Fernando Alonso says he hopes Michael Andretti’s bid to enter a brand new staff in System 1 is profitable

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Alonso hopes Andretti’s System 1 staff bid succeeds

Fernando Alonso says he hopes Michael Andretti’s bid to enter a brand new staff in System 1 is profitable.

Alonso raced within the Indy 500 in 2017 with a McLaren staff closely supported by Andretti, main 27 laps of the race earlier than an engine failure pressured him into retirement. Michael Andretti is at present lobbying for a future entry for the Andretti title into System 1, which Alonso says he helps totally.

“It might be an enormous factor,” stated Alonso. “I do know Michael very nicely, I do know the Andretti household and they’re clearly an enormous a part of motor sport generally and they’re legends. So if we are able to have them in System 1 that would be the greatest information, I believe for each.

“System 1 would profit from that and clearly Michael and his staff will profit from the game and from being in System 1. And I believe they’ve the capabilities, the assets, they’ve the expertise to be in System 1 and be aggressive as nicely. So I hope this factor comes true within the subsequent few years, and I’ll comply with very intently.”

Alfa Romeo impressed by Zhou’s racecraft

Alfa Romeo’s head of trackside engineering, Xevi Pujolar, says that he’s impressed by Zhou Guanyu’s racecraft and talent to overhaul in races.

Rookie Zhou has scored one level thus far this season on his debut within the Bahrain Grand Prix and has but to succeed in Q3 thus far in 2022, which means he has needed to makes his method by the sphere in races. Pujolar says that Zhou has proven he has the flexibility to overhaul regardless of his lack of expertise.

“He has been proven that in each race, when he’s combating with somebody, he’s overtaking the man,” Pujolar stated.

“He’s not somebody that will get caught for 15 laps behind a competitor. He will get there and he overtakes. So on that one, I believe it’s encouraging, the racecraft he’s displaying. And for Barcelona with all of the updates, we hope we can have two robust factors contenders.”

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