Antonio Giovinazzi, Formula 3 Championship runner-up in 2015, expects no help from his early race experiences of Formula 1 in 2017. He expects that his debut full F1 season to be a lot easier than his earlier experiences.
Earlier, Giovinazzi was launched as a backup for Pascal Wehrlein who had got injured. Two years after racing as a backup he will be launched through Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team platform for a full season.
The Italian was provided an opportunity to driver Wehrlein’s car for Australian Grand Prix in 2017. He tested his skills in Australian qualifying round and then he performed through a race at Chinese Grand Prix.
Since then, he was hired as a test and reserve driver by the sister firms Sauber and Ferrari.
Giovinazzi rejected the idea that his past experience on track might help him in 2019. He said, “Unfortunately it’s already a long time ago. It’s the beginning of last year!
“It was not a full weekend [in Australia], it was only on Saturday.
“In China I missed FP1 and FP2 because of the weather so I started again from FP3.
“I will have the winter tests in Barcelona and I will be a lot more ready when I arrive in Melbourne.”
After racing in China, Giovinazzi raced for a Ferrari team, titled AF Corse Ferrari GTE, at Le Mans 24 Hours this year.
The 24-years-old Italian driver raced for full season in 2016 at GP2 series, where he was a contender for the Championship title.
“I can’t wait to be honest,” he said.
“I miss the pressure of the race weekend and also the race on Sunday.
“For now, I’m relaxed in FP1, doing my job. I can’t wait until next year for the real pressure.
“It will be quite tough for the first races. I have a world champion [Kimi Raikkonen] beside me, who has a lot of years in F1.
“I need to do my job, try to improve race-by-race, and we’ll see at the end of the year if we did a good job or not.”
