Watch live: It’s Alfa Romeo launch day! See the unveiling of the new C43

Sam Cooper
The Alfa Romeo logo. Singapore, September 2022

The Alfa Romeo logo.

Alfa Romeo are set to launch their C43 challenger this morning and you can watch the show right here on PlanetF1.com.

Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu line-up once again for the Swiss outfit in what will be their final season with the Alfa Romeo branding. Sauber have agreed a deal to become Audi’s works team from 2026 onwards with the Alfa sponsorship of the team set to end in 2023.

Having started strongly in 2022, one of the big aims for the new car will be to improve reliability with the team suffering 12 retirements last season, the most of any team on the grid.

For Zhou, it is a pivotal year with Sauber waiting until late on to extend the contract of 2022’s sole rookie.

Bottas meanwhile is enjoying the freedom of the first multi-year deal of his career, but even he has some doubt over his long-term future with Audi yet to reveal who they would prefer as their drivers.

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The team also has a new management structure with Fred Vasseur leaving his CEO/team principal role to move to Ferrari. In his place, Sauber have appointed former McLaren man Andreas Seidl as CEO with Alessandro Alunni Bravi named as team representative.

The 2023 car will also be the first with new partner Stake.com. The online crypto casino announced a new title sponsorship with the Alfa team for the upcoming season.

The Australian firm is also currently being sued for $400m by a former associate.

The launch is set to get underway from 10AM CET (9AM GMT/4AM EST/1AM PST) and you can watch the unveiling in the video below.