It's safe to say that Alfa Romeo‘s return to Formula 1 as a big-name player has been a steady success, although there is no certainty about its long-term future. A deal struck last year saw current-spec Ferrari engines, Alfa sponsorship, a new colour scheme and Scuderia Ferrari‘s prized protégé, Charles Leclerc, arrive in the well-educated, picturesque and tranquil Swiss municipality of Hinwil for 2018. Formula 1's tail-enders in 2017 have enjoyed the boost an extended Ferrari link has brought them, akin to the link-up between Peter Sauber‘s eponymous team and the Scuderia in the early to mid-2000s, the peak being fourth place in 2001. For now, there is no chance of a...
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