Listen to this article The Swiss outfit has faced struggles in the early part of the season trying to find a level of consistency with its getaways from a standing start. While some of its starts are okay, others are affected by a clutch vibration and can be poor – as happened when Valtteri Bottas slumped down the order off the grid in Bahrain. Finding a solution to the problem is not easy though, with Alfa Romeo technical director Jan Monchaux thinking that the problems are being triggered by a host of factors coming together with the 2022 cars. “It seems many teams, apart from maybe two or three, are struggling currently with drivetrain oscillating at the start,” he explained. “It’s not just us. “When the cars are queuing and you look at them, you will see they’re all vibrating a bit. So it’s something that is not going to be fixed very quickly, in my view, because it’s the driveline, which means that it might be a topic of stiffness, weight, position of the clutch, new tyres, or a heavier car. “At the moment it’s a bit early to say and personally I ha …

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