New chances for Alfa Romeo: "Can fight with anyone in the midfield"

The Alfa Romeo team is still empty-handed after two races. Although Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi were in the midfield both weekends, they failed to score any points. The Finnish driver is convinced that this will not last long.

Räikkönen belonged to the Ferrari team until 2019, after which he made the switch to Sauber. That team then changed its name and has since gone through life as Alfa Romeo. Together with Giovinazzi, Räikkönen will have to take care of the points this season, but that won't be easy with the wide midfield that Formula 1 has.

The Finn saw his team having a good chance at the points during the first two races. "We went really close to in the opening events of the season," Räikkönen commented in the Alfa Romeo preview. "We are not miles off, we are right in the middle of this scrap and we can fight with anyone in the midfield if we do our job properly and we have a little luck, which we missed so far this season."

New opportunities for Räikkönen

In Portugal, Räikkönen has another chance to perform. The driver is therefore looking forward to that. "Last year I had a fun first lap in Portugal, but it’s not going to be on my mind: in the end, it doesn’t really matter how you start a race, but where you finish it and we need to finish it in the top ten to achieve our objective.”