Alfa Romeo has a grand history as a racing company, but its current involvement in F1 is functionally a branding exercise: The team that bears its name is operated by Swiss company Sauber, which raced under its own name from 1993 to 2018. Running a Ferrari-made power unit and an all-new driver lineup of veteran Valtteri Bottas and China’s Zhou …
If you are not familiar with Netflix’s Formula One-based docuseries “Drive to Survive,” here is a common tale: Maybe it starts when someone recommends it to you. Getting an opportunity to see inside the complicated dynamics between Mercedes teammates Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas — and Bottas’ absurdly good scheming during the 2020 Russian Grand Prix — really demonstrates how …