Antonio Giovinazzi
![]() Antonio Giovinazzi in 2014 | |
Born | Martina Franca, Italy | 14 December 1993
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Active years | 2017 |
Teams | Sauber |
Entries | ( starts) |
Championships | 0 |
First entry | 2017 Australian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2017 Chinese Grand Prix |
2017 position | 22nd (0 pts) |
Previous series | |
2016 2015–16 2015 2013–15 2013 2012 2012 | GP2 Series Asian Le Mans Series DTM European Formula 3 British Formula 3 Formula Pilota China Formula Abarth |
Championship titles | |
2015 2012 | Masters of Formula 3 Formula Pilota China |
Antonio Giovinazzi (born 14 December 1993) is an Italian racing driver. 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 début for Sauber at the 2017 Australian Grand Prix, replacing Pascal Wehrlein. He also replaced Wehrlein at the following Chinese Grand Prix as Wehrlein continued his recovery.[1] Giovinazzi signed a contract to race full-time for Sauber in 2019.
Career
Karting
He raced in karting from 2006 to 2012 and became the champion in the Italian National Trophy 60cc and Euro Trophy 60, both in 2006.[2]
Formula Pilota China
Giovinazzi began his single seater career by competing in Formula Pilota China in 2012.[3] 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.[4]
FIA Formula 3 European Championship
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In 2013, he participated in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with the Double R Racing team.[5] He scored his first points at Brands Hatch after finishing 11th and 9th in two out of three races.[6] In 2014, he signed with Carlin to compete in the 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship season.[7]
British Formula 3 Championship
He also competed in the 2013 British Formula 3 season alongside Sean Gelael.[8] He claimed his maiden win in F3 at Silverstone.[9]
Masters of Formula 3
He made his debut in the 2013 Masters of Formula 3 on 7 July 2013, finishing in the 10th position.[10]
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.[11]
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.[12][13] 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.[14]
Giovinazzi took the lead of the championship at Sepang by overtaking Sergey Sirotkin late on for his 5th win of the season.[15] However, Pierre Gasly's victory in the Abu Dhabi feature race meant that Gasly led by 12 points into the final race.[16] 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.[17]
Had Giovinazzi won the championship, he would have been the first rookie champion since Nico Hülkenberg in 2009.[18] He would also have been the last ever GP2 champion as the series would become FIA Formula 2 Championship for 2017.
Formula One
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In September 2016, it was announced that Giovinazzi would perform simulator work for Scuderia Ferrari.[19] In December, Giovinazzi was confirmed as Ferrari's third driver.[20] He participated in pre-season testing for the 2017 season with Sauber. During the Australian Grand Prix, Giovinazzi substituted for Pascal Wehrlein, who did not feel fit enough for a complete race distance due to his training deficit[21] as a result of a crash at the 2017 Race of Champions. Giovinazzi finished 12th on his debut.[22] 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 Wehrlein would again be replaced by Giovinazzi for the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix, where he crashed out during both qualifying and the race.[23] He will partner Kimi Räikkönen at Sauber for the 2019 season.[24]
Racing record
Career summary
† As Giovinazzi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
(key)
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
(key) (races in bold indicate pole position) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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
(key) (races in bold indicate pole position) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | SMP Racing | LMP2 | BR Engineering BR01 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 5 |
IMO | RBR | LEC | SPA | EST | 24th | 10 |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Extreme Speed Motorsports | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ 4 |
SHA 2 |
BHR | 20th | 30 |
Complete Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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 | WDC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 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 |
|||||||||||||
2018 | 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 | BRA | ABU | –* | –* |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | ![]() |
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Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Pro |
341 | 20th | 5th |
References
- ^ "Chinese Grand Prix: Antonio Giovinazzi replaces Pascal Wehrlein for second race". 3 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Antonio Giovinazzi". eurasiamotorsport.com. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Giovinazzi 2012 Formula Pilota China Champion". eurasiamotorsport.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
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- ^ "Double R confirms three car FIA F3 European Championship Entry". doublerracing.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
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- ^ Arnau, Viñals Vendrell (19 December 2013). "Giovinazzi, King, Blomqvist and Gelael with Carlin at F3". FormulaRapida.net. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "European F3 runner-up Antonio Giovinazzi gets Prema GP2 seat". Autosport. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Beer, Matt. "GP2 Spa: Giovinazzi snatches pole from Prema team-mate Gasly". Autosport.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ Beer, Matt. "Spa GP2: Antonio Giovinazzi completes clean sweep for Prema". Autosport.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "GP2 Monza: Giovinazzi storms from back to win with last-lap pass". Autosport.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "GP2 Malaysia: Antonio Giovinazzi takes championship lead with win". Autosport.com. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Gasly braced for 'tough' GP2 title showdown". GPUpdate.net. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Gasly crowned GP2 champion, Lynn wins race". GPUpdate.net. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "The path to F1: how Prema Powerteam conquered the 2016 junior single seater scene". www.jamesallenonf1.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Giovinazzi gets Ferrari simulator run". 5 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ "Giovinazzi joins Ferrari F1 team as third driver". 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Pascal Wehrlein not to start at the Australian Grand Prix". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Wehrlein suffers scary Race of Champions crash as Vettel wins again". Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ^ SauberF1. "Preview – 2017 Formula One Heineken Chinese Grand Prix & Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix". Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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External links
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- Official website
- Antonio Giovinazzi career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Italian racing drivers
- Formula Masters China drivers
- Formula Abarth drivers
- FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
- Asian Le Mans Series drivers
- Italian Formula One drivers
- Sauber Formula One drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers