Antonio Giovinazzi

Antonio Giovinazzi

Nation:	Italy
Formula 1 world championship
Status:	active
Start number :	99
First start:	2017 Australian Grand Prix
Constructors
2017, 2019-2020  Sauber / Alfa Romeo Racing
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-17. ( 2019 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 30th - - -
World Cup points :	16
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	4 over 20.3 km
Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020
DTM
First race:	Volokolamsk 2015
Last race:	Volokolamsk 2015
Teams (manufacturers)
2015 Phoenix ( Audi )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 2 - - -
Podiums:	-
Overall wins:	-
Points:	-

Antonio Giovinazzi (born December 14, 1993 in Martina Franca ) is an Italian racing driver . He competed in the European Formula 3 championship from 2013 to 2015 . In 2016 he drove in the GP2 series . In 2017 he made his debut in Formula 1 , which has been a regular driver for Alfa Romeo Racing since 2019 .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport

Giovinazzi began his motorsport career in karting in 2001 , where he was active until 2012. Among other things, he was third in the 2011 CIK-FIA-KF2 World Cup. In 2012, the family of his teammate Sean Gelael began to support him financially. The two competed for the same teams in the same championship for the next three years. 2012 changed Giovinazzi in Formula racing and entered in the Formula Pilota China Series for Eurasia Motorsport on. At the first event in Sepang , Giovinazzi managed to win the race from pole position in each of the three races and set the fastest race lap. With a total of six wins and thirteen podium finishes, Giovinazzi won the championship in his debut season. With 229 to 179 points he prevailed against Dan Wells . He also made three guest starts in Formula Abarth for BVM . Giovinazzi won two races and finished second once. Since he was a guest starter, he received no points for these results.

Formula 3

Antonio Giovinazzi at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship

In 2013 Giovinazzi switched completely back to Europe and started for Double R Racing in the European Formula 3 championship . He finished the season in 17th place overall and was the only driver on his team to score points. In addition, Giovinazzi was active for Double R Racing in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2013 . There he won two races and was on the podium a total of seven times. With 135 to 176 points he was runner-up behind Jordan King . In 2014 Giovinazzi contested his second season in the European Formula 3 championship for Jagonya Ayam with Carlin . The racing stable was looked after by Carlin and financed by the Gelael family. Giovinazzi and Gelael received Tom Blomqvist as teammates and mentors. Giovinazzi won two races and was on the podium five more times. While Blomqvist finished second, Giovinazzi improved to sixth place in the drivers' standings.

In 2015 Giovinazzi stayed with Jagonya Ayam with Carlin in the European Formula 3 Championship. Although Gelael was no longer his teammate, his family continued to support him. He was always on the podium in the first nine races and won a race in Hockenheim and the Grand Prix de Pau . This was followed by further victories in Nuremberg , Zandvoort , Spielberg and Hockenheim. He finished the season with 412.5 to 508 points behind Felix Rosenqvist in second place. In 2015 , Giovinazzi also took part in a DTM race weekend as a substitute for the suspended Timo Scheider for Audi Sport Team Phoenix . In the winter of 2015/16 , Giovinazzi and Gelael contested two races in the Asian Le Mans Series , which they both won. They came third in the LMP2 drivers' championship.

GP2

In 2016 Giovinazzi moved to Prema Racing in the GP2 series with the support of the Gelael family . He won both races in Baku and one each at Spa-Francorchamps , Monza and Sepang . With five wins, no driver has won more races than him. In the championship he was nevertheless defeated by his teammate Pierre Gasly with 211 to 219 points and was second overall.

formula 1

Giovinazzi at the Austrian Grand Prix 2019

In the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship , Giovinazzi was the third driver of Scuderia Ferrari . He also completed test drives for Sauber and was also active there as a substitute pilot. In this role he made his Grand Prix debut as a substitute for Pascal Wehrlein at the Australian Grand Prix and finished twelfth. He also represented Wehrlein in China , but resigned. He also took part in six free training sessions for Haas. In 2018 Giovinazzi was a test and development driver at Ferrari .

For the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship , Giovinazzi received a regular cockpit at Sauber. The racing team started as Alfa Romeo Racing due to title sponsorship . He chose 99 as his permanent starting number. At the Austrian Grand Prix , he scored his first point in Formula 1 in tenth. In Brazil , he achieved his best result so far in fifth. At the end of the season he finished 17th overall with 14 points.

In 2020 he will start again for the team. As in the previous year, Kimi Räikkönen is his team-mate. After the seventh race, he is currently 15th in the drivers' standings with two points.

statistics

Career stations

2001–2012: karting 2012: Formula Pilota China Series (champion) 2013 : European Formula 3 (17th place) 2013 : British Formula 3 (2nd place)

2014 : European Formula 3 (6th place) 2015 : European Formula 3 (2nd place) 2015 : DTM 2016 : AsLMS , LMP2 (3rd place)

2016 : GP2 series (2nd place) 2017 : Formula 1 (22nd place) 2019 : Formula 1 (17th place) 2020 : Formula 1

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2013	Double R Racing	Mercedes	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						31	17th
			22nd	12	13	14th	DNF	11	12	DNF	24	11	16	9	15th	23	DNF	DNF	23	DNF	18th	16	10	14th	DNF	11	9	7th	13	17th	7th	6th
2014	Jagonya Ayam with Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			238	6th
			12	8th	5	DNF	2	5	7th	4th	10	23 *	6th	5	DNF	9	11	DNF	9	7th	13	16	10	2	16	1	3	1	DNF	5	3	DNF	4th	2	5
2015	Jagonya Ayam with Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			412.5	2.
			2	3	2	1	3	3	2	3	1	4th	DNF	4th	DNF	9	15th	2	22nd	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	9	8th	8th	10	2	13	6th	1	3

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	Points	rank
2016	Prema Racing	ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE		211	2.
		18th	DNF	11	18th	1	1	DNF	5	2	4th	2	17th	8th	DNF	6th	1	1	3	1	4th	5	6th

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: Belgian Grand Prix, August 30, 2020

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2017	Sauber motorsport	Clean C36	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	2	-	-	-	-	-	0	22nd
2019	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	-	14th	17th
2020	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo Racing C39	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	7th	-	-	-	-	-	2	15th
total				30th	-	-	-	-	-	16

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
2017
	12	DNF								PO	PO			PO	PO			PO		PO
2019
	15th	11	15th	12	16	19th	13	16	10	DNF	13	18th	18 *	9	10	15th	14th	14th	14th	5	16
2020
	9	14th	17th	14th	17th	16	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2018	AF Corse	Ferrari 488 GTE	Toni Vilander	Luís Felipe Derani	Rank 20

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2015	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2		0	-
													19th	21st

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Antonio Giovinazzi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics from Antonio Giovinazzi (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Valentin Khorounzhiy: “A new winner in European F3: Antonio Giovinazzi”. paddockscout.com, August 20, 2014, accessed December 28, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Annika Kläsener: "Formula 3 EM - Double R Racing enters with three cars". Provide surprises. Motorsport-Magazin.com, February 22, 2013, accessed March 3, 2013 . 
3. ^ Peter Allen: Antonio Giovinazzi to remain in European F3 with Carlin. paddockscout.com, January 21, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Officially: Antonio Giovinazzi represents Timo Scheider. Motorsport-Total.com, August 28, 2015, accessed on August 28, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Gruz David Giovinazzi to secure GP2 graduation with Prema. paddockscout.com, January 19, 2016, accessed January 19, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Ben Anderson: Ferrari Formula 1 team signs Antonio Giovinazzi as 2017 reserve. autosport.com, December 19, 2016, accessed December 19, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Giovinazzi and Kvyat for the first time in the new Ferrari . In: sport.de . ( sport.de [accessed on July 2, 2018]).
8. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Official: Antonio Giovinazzi replaces Charles Leclerc in 2019 at Sauber. Motorsport-Total.com, September 25, 2018, accessed September 25, 2018 .