Robert Kubica to drive new Alfa Romeo first at F1 pre-season testing
Robert Kubica will be the first driver to get behind the wheel of Alfa Romeo’s 2020 Formula 1 car during pre-season testing at Barcel🃏ona.
Kubica, who🌌 was named Alfa Romeo’s F1 reserve and test driver last month, is comb♛ining a campaign in the DTM with customer BMW squad ART Grand Prix alongside his F1 commitments.
It will mark th🌱e 35-year-old Po🤪le’s first F1 outing since leaving Williams at the end of a tough comeback season in 2019.
Robert Kubica will be the first driver to get behind the whee♕l of Alfa Romeo’s 2020 Formula 1 car during pre-season testing at B🌳arcelona.
Kubica, who was named Alfa Romeo🌳’s F1 reserve and test driver last month, is combining a campaigꦏn in the DTM with customer BMW squad ART Grand Prix alongside his F1 commitments.
It will mark the 35-year-old Pole’s f🅷irst F1 outing sinc♈e leaving Williams at the end of a tough comeback season in 2019.
Kubica will be the first driver to sample Alfa Romeo’s new C39 machinery durin🤪g the🌠 first pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelone-Catalunya on Wednesday morning, before team regular Antonio Giovinazzi takes over for the afternoon session.
Kimi Raikkonen, who completed a shakedown run in Alfa Romeo’s 2020 car featuring a one-off ‘snakeskin’ livery last week at Fiorano, will complete running during the s♐econd day, with 𝔉Giovinazzi rounding out the first winter test action on Friday.
🐎Kubica’s primary backer PKN Orlen has followedඣ him from Williams to Alfa Romeo, where it has become the Swiss squad’s co-title sponsor for 2020.
The Polish petrol firm’s branding an𒉰d company logo is set to feature prominently on both Alfa Romeo’s car and teamwear during the upcoming campaign as part of the deal.
— Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN (@alfaromeoracing)
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