Serious problems with Ferrari engine persist in France

For Alfa Romeo, the French Grand Prix did not really go according to plan. Again no points were scored. Moreover there were again problems with the Ferrari engine. The Italian engine supplier doesn't seem to be able to get a grip on the problem. Every weekend there are (new) problems.

Alfa Romeo has so far collected 51 points in the Constructors' Championship, but many of these were scored in the first six Grands Prix of the season. The last six weekends have been a little disappointing for Frederic Vasseur's men. In Canada, Bottas and Zhou both finished in the points, but that was about it if we go back to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Zhou's fifth retirement in 2022

Vasseur in his employer's press release. " We had decent pace – Zhou showed it when running in clean air after his stop – but that was not enough to make up ground today. In the end, we brought one car home outside the points and had to retire the other with a power unit issue: definitely not the result we hoped for, but at least we’ll have an opportunity to bounce back immediately in Hungary."

Zhou himself says of his DNF:"“About 10-15 laps to the end I was suffering with a power unit issue; I tried to do some switching, but eventually that put an end to my race. It was a technical issue, and we will investigate that ahead of Budapest to avoid having it happening again. It was definitely not a day to remember for us, but having another back-to-back race means a whole new weekend of opportunities to get competitive again and put ourselves back where we belong.” The engine will head to Maranello to be examined. There it will be assessed whether the power unit can be used again later this year.