Alfa Romeo C42 Specs & Facts

5th

Best Finish

5th

Best Quali

55

Points

1

Fastest Lap

Car Profile

Team Alfa Romeo Season 2022 Constructors' P7 55 pts Races 22 (44 starts)

Power Unit & Tyres

Power unit Ferrari 066/71.6 V6 turbo hybrid Also powered Ferrari F1-75, Haas VF-22 Tyres Pirelli

Drivers of the Alfa Romeo C42

77 ValtteriBottas P10 49 pts

24 ZhouGuanyu P18 6 pts

2022 Finishing Positions

5th 1

6th 2

7th 2

8th 2

9th 2

10th 3

11th 5

12th 3

13th 3

14th 3

15th 3

16th 4

20th 1

DNF 10

DNF Did Not Finish

2022 Race by Race

22 Grands Prix

Valtteri Bottas

6DNF85769117DNF111420DNFDNF131115DNF10915

Zhou Guanyu

10111115DNFDNF16DNF8DNF141613141610DNF1612131212

1Podium 7Points 14Outside the points DNFNot classified

Stats current as of: 10 Sep 2026

Alfa Romeo's Best Season in Years

The Alfa Romeo C42 delivered the team's most competitive campaign of the modern era, finishing sixth in the Constructors' Championship with 55 points, a result that surpassed expectations and demonstrated the potential of a completely revamped driver lineup operating within the new ground-effect regulations. The 2022 rules reset provided Alfa Romeo with an opportunity to reset its competitive position, and the C42 showed genuine aerodynamic merit from the very first races. The Hinwil-based team, with its Ferrari power unit advantage now fully relevant following Ferrari's 2022 resurgence, was ideally positioned to capitalise on the new formula.

Bottas Brings Front-Running Experience

Valtteri Bottas' arrival from Mercedes transformed Alfa Romeo's identity and technical capability overnight. After five seasons as Lewis Hamilton's teammate, winning ten races and contributing significantly to multiple Constructors' titles, Bottas brought world-class driver development expertise to a team that had previously operated without a driver of that calibre. His technical feedback was immediately impactful, helping shape the C42's development direction throughout the year, and his results, including a points finish in Bahrain and several top-ten results, gave Alfa Romeo the sustained performance they needed to move up the standings.

Zhou's Historic and Impressive Debut

Zhou Guanyu made history as the first Chinese driver to compete in Formula 1, an arrival that generated enormous excitement in one of the sport's most important emerging markets. His debut in Bahrain was immediately overshadowed by the spectacular opening-lap incident at Silverstone, where his C42 flew into the barriers and came to rest against the tyre wall, Zhou escaping unharmed in a testament to modern F1 safety standards. His recovery and continued performance across the season demonstrated resilience and natural pace, and he scored points on multiple occasions to contribute meaningfully to Alfa Romeo's sixth-place constructors result.

Alfa Romeo C42 – Technical Specifications