Antonio Giovinazzi
Antonio Giovinazzi is an Italian racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Alfa Romeo Racing. He was the 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship runner-up and raced with Prema in the 2016 International GP2 Series, again finishing runner-up with five wins and eight overall podiums. Giovinazzi was chosen by Scuderia Ferrari to be their third and reserve driver for the 2017 season. He made his competitive debut for Sauber at the 2017 Australian Grand Prix, replacing the injured Pascal Wehrlein. He also replaced Wehrlein at the following Chinese Grand Prix as Wehrlein continued his recovery. Giovinazzi signed a contract to race full-time for Alfa Romeo Racing in.
Early career
Karting
Giovinazzi began karting in 2000. In 2006, he became the champion in the Italian National Trophy 60cc and Euro Trophy 60 championships. He was champion of the WSK Master Series in the KF2 class in both 2010 and 2011.Formula Pilota China
Giovinazzi began his single seater career by competing in Formula Pilota China in 2012. He finished as the overall champion in his debut season with a total of six wins. He also raced for the BVM team in the last round of the 2012 Formula Abarth season at Monza. Despite winning two races and finishing in second place in one, he did not receive any points since he was a guest driver.Formula Three
Giovinazzi competed in the 2013 British Formula Three Championship season with the Double R Racing team, alongside Sean Gelael and Tatiana Calderón. He won two races, at Silverstone and at Spa-Francorchamps, and ended the season as runner-up behind Jordan King. During the season, Giovinazzi entered the 2013 Masters of Formula 3, finishing the race in 10th place.In 2013, Giovinazzi made his debut in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with the Double R Racing team. He scored his first points at the fourth round in Brands Hatch, finishing 11th in the first race. His best result of the season was at the final race in Hockenheim, where he finished 6th. Giovinazzi ended the season in 15th place in the championship with 45 points.
In 2014, Giovinazzi signed with Jagonya Agam with Carlin to compete in the 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship season. His first Formula 3 podium came with a 2nd-place finish in Hockenheim. His first win came from pole position at the Red Bull Ring, before adding another win at the following round at the Nürburgring. He ended the season in 6th place in the standings with 238 points, recording two wins, seven podium finishes, two pole positions and three fastest laps.
Giovinazzi continued in the championship with Jagonya Agam with Carlin in 2015, in a field which included future Formula One competitors Charles Leclerc, Lance Stroll, George Russell and Alexander Albon. He was a championship contender for much of the season, eventually losing out to Felix Rosenqvist. Giovinazzi ended the season as the championship runner-up, with 412.5 points. He recorded six wins, twenty podium finishes, four pole positions and four fastest laps. During the 2015 season he made his second appearance at the Masters of Formula 3 race, winning the race after starting from 2nd on the grid.
After the end of his European Formula 3 season, Giovinazzi entered the non-championship 2015 Macau Grand Prix with Carlin, qualifying in 4th place. In the qualifying race, he caused a multi-car pile up on the first lap after colliding with Daniel Juncadella. Giovinazzi went on to win the qualifying race, but was later handed a 20-second penalty for the incident, demoting him to 10th. At the main event, he recovered to finish in 4th place.
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Giovinazzi had impressed Audi Sport Team Phoenix during a DTM test in 2015, before being called up to replace the suspended Timo Scheider for the round at Moscow Raceway during the 2015 DTM season. He finished the races in 19th and 21st.Endurance racing
In 2016, Giovinazzi took part in the Asian Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class alongside Sean Gelael. They entered the final two rounds at Buriram and Sepang, winning both races. Giovinazzi then entered the Silverstone round of the European Le Mans Series alongside Gelael and Mitch Evans for SMP Racing, in which they came 5th.In the FIA World Endurance Championship, Giovinazzi took part in the 2016 6 Hours of Fuji alongside Gelael and Giedo van der Garde for the Extreme Speed Motorsports team, in which they finished 4th in the LMP2 class. He then took part in the following round in Shanghai alongside Gelael and Tom Blomqvist, finishing 2nd.
He took part at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Ferrari 488 GTE for AF Corse Ferrari factory team alongside Toni Vilander and Pipo Derani. He finish the race 5th in GTE category.
GP2 Series
Giovinazzi joined the series with Prema Powerteam for the 2016 season alongside Red Bull Junior and 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series runner-up Pierre Gasly.After a poor start by finishing outside the points and losing reverse grid pole in the first two rounds, Giovinazzi scored victories in both the feature and sprint races in Baku, becoming the first driver to do 'the double' since Davide Valsecchi in 2012.
Giovinazzi took pole position from his teammate Gasly at Spa, and won the Sprint Race after Gasly had won the feature race on Saturday. At Monza, he took pole position, but was disqualified from the session due to a technical infringement. Despite starting from the back of the grid, he won in the Feature Race after a mix up involving the safety car that worked in his favour.
Giovinazzi took the lead of the championship at Sepang by overtaking Sergey Sirotkin late on for his 5th win of the season. However, Pierre Gasly's victory in the Abu Dhabi feature race meant that Gasly led by 12 points into the final race. Giovinazzi finished the final race ahead of Gasly as Alex Lynn won the race, however, after making a poor start, he was unable to overturn the 12-point gap, and Gasly won the championship by 8 points.
Had Giovinazzi won the championship, he would have been the first rookie champion since Nico Hülkenberg in 2009. He would also have been the last ever GP2 champion as the series would become FIA Formula 2 Championship for.
Formula One career
On 5 September 2016, it was announced that Giovinazzi would perform simulator work for Scuderia Ferrari. In December, he was confirmed as Ferrari's third driver.Sauber and Haas (2017)
Giovinazzi participated in pre-season testing for the season with Sauber. In a similar fashion to his DTM debut two years prior, he substituted for the injured Pascal Wehrlein at the Australian Grand Prix. Wehrlein did not feel fit enough for a complete race distance due to his training deficit as a result of a crash at the 2017 Race of Champions. Giovinazzi finished 12th on his debut. His debut meant he was the first Italian driver to start a Formula One race since Jarno Trulli and Vitantonio Liuzzi at the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix. Sauber announced that Giovinazzi would again replace Wehrlein for the Chinese Grand Prix, where he crashed out during both qualifying and the race..
Giovinazzi later participated in six free practice sessions for the Haas F1 Team over the course of the 2017 season.
Sauber and Ferrari (2018)
Giovinazzi remained a reserve and test driver for Sauber and Ferrari in. He took part in six free practice sessions for Sauber during the season.Alfa Romeo (2019-present)
2019
On 25 September 2018 it was announced that Giovinazzi would race for Sauber during the season, partnering Kimi Räikkönen and replacing Marcus Ericsson, who became the team's reserve driver.Giovinazzi went eight races without scoring points until he scored his first at the Austrian Grand Prix, finishing 10th. It was the first points finish for an Italian driver in Formula One since Vitantonio Liuzzi finished 6th at the 2010 Korean Grand Prix. The next race in Britain saw his first retirement of the season, after a mechanical problem caused him to spin out into a gravel trap. He crashed out on the last lap of the Belgian Grand Prix, having been running in 9th place. It later emerged that the crash caused Alfa Romeo to consider Giovinazzi's future with the team, with team principal Frédéric Vasseur saying "We had a tough discussion with Antonio, because these kind of things can decide your career. We were thinking about the future." At this stage of the season, Giovinazzi had collected one point, whilst teammate Räikkönen had scored 31.
The second half of the season was far more successful for Giovinazzi. He claimed points a week after the Belgian Grand Prix with a 9th place finish at his first home race in Formula One. On lap 27 of the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix, Giovinazzi led the race for 4 laps after the leaders had pitted. It was the first time he had led a Formula One Grand Prix race in his career. For Alfa Romeo, it was the first time since Andrea de Cesaris led in the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix. Giovinazzi ultimately finished 10th, scoring points for the second consecutive race. At the Brazilian Grand Prix, he achieved his career best finish, crossing the line in 6th place before being promoted to 5th after Lewis Hamilton was penalised. Giovinazzi ended the season in 17th place in the championship, with 14 points.
2020
Giovinazzi and Räikkönen were retained by Alfa Romeo Racing for the 2020 season.Racing record
Career summary
† As Giovinazzi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | DC | Points |
| 2013 | Double R Racing | Mercedes | MNZ 1 22† | MNZ 2 12 | MNZ 3 13 | SIL 1 DSQ | SIL 2 DNS | SIL 3 11 | HOC 1 12 | HOC 2 Ret | HOC 3 24 | BRH 1 11 | BRH 2 16 | BRH 3 9 | RBR 1 15 | RBR 2 23 | RBR 3 Ret | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 23 | NOR 3 Ret | NÜR 1 18 | NÜR 2 16 | NÜR 3 10 | ZAN 1 14 | ZAN 2 Ret | ZAN 3 11 | VAL 1 9 | VAL 2 7 | VAL 3 13 | HOC 1 17 | HOC 2 7 | HOC 3 6 | 17th | 31 | |||
| 2014 | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | Volkswagen | SIL 1 12 | SIL 2 8 | SIL 3 5 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 2 | HOC 3 5 | PAU 1 7 | PAU 2 4 | PAU 3 10 | HUN 1 23† | HUN 2 6 | HUN 3 5 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 9 | SPA 3 11 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 9 | NOR 3 7 | MSC 1 13 | MSC 2 16 | MSC 3 10 | RBR 1 2 | RBR 2 16 | RBR 3 1 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 1 | NÜR 3 Ret | IMO 1 5 | IMO 2 3 | IMO 3 Ret | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 2 | HOC 3 5 | 6th | 238 |
| 2015 | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | Volkswagen | SIL 1 2 | SIL 2 3 | SIL 3 2 | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 3 | HOC 3 3 | PAU 1 2 | PAU 2 3 | PAU 3 1 | MNZ 1 4 | MNZ 2 Ret | MNZ 3 4 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 9 | SPA 3 15 | NOR 1 2 | NOR 2 22 | NOR 3 1 | ZAN 1 1 | ZAN 2 2 | ZAN 3 2 | RBR 1 3 | RBR 2 2 | RBR 3 1 | ALG 1 9 | ALG 2 8 | ALG 3 8 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 2 | NÜR 3 13 | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 1 | HOC 3 3 | 2nd | 412.5 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2015 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | SPL 1 | SPL 2 | MSC 1 19 | MSC 2 21 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 25th | 0 |
Complete GP2 Series results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
| 2016 | Prema Racing | CAT FEA 18 | CAT SPR Ret | MON FEA 11 | MON SPR 18 | BAK FEA 1 | BAK SPR 1 | RBR FEA Ret | RBR SPR 5 | SIL FEA 2 | SIL SPR 4 | HUN FEA 2 | HUN SPR 17 | HOC FEA 8 | HOC SPR Ret | SPA FEA 6 | SPA SPR 1 | MNZ FEA 1 | MNZ SPR 3 | SEP FEA 1 | SEP SPR 4 | YMC FEA 5 | YMC SPR 6 | 2nd | 211 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Complete Formula One results
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Points | |
| Sauber F1 Team | Sauber C36 | Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 t | AUS 12 | CHN Ret | BHR | RUS | ESP | MON | CAN | AZE | AUT | 22nd | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Haas F1 Team | Haas VF-17 | Ferrari 062 1.6 V6 t | GBR TD | HUN TD | BEL | ITA | SIN TD | MAL TD | JPN | USA | MEX TD | BRA TD | ABU TD | 22nd | 0 | |||||||||||
| Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team | Sauber C37 | Ferrari 062 EVO 1.6 V6 t | AUS | BHR | CHN | AZE | ESP | MON | CAN | FRA | AUT | GBR | GER TD | HUN TD | BEL | ITA | SIN | RUS TD | JPN | USA | MEX TD | BRA TD | ABU TD | – | – | |
| Alfa Romeo Racing | Alfa Romeo Racing C38 | Ferrari 064 1.6 V6 t | AUS 15 | BHR 11 | CHN 15 | AZE 12 | ESP 16 | MON 19 | CAN 13 | FRA 16 | AUT 10 | GBR Ret | GER 13 | HUN 18 | BEL 18 | ITA 9 | SIN 10 | RUS 15 | JPN 14 | MEX 14 | USA 14 | BRA 5 | ABU 16 | 17th | 14 | |
| Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN | Alfa Romeo Racing C39 | Ferrari 065 1.6 V6 t | AUT 9 | STY 14 | HUN 17 | GBR | 70A | ESP | BEL | ITA | TUS | RUS | EIF | POR | EMI | 14th* | 2* |
Did not finish, but was classified as driver had completed more than 90% of the race distance.