Antonio Giovinazzi: Alfa Romeo driver reveals he saw F4. Formula Renault videos from his past races at Imola helped him overtake 6 drivers on the first lap.
Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi celebrated their contract renewal with Alfa Romeo by scoring points with Imola. Giovinazzi was particularly impressive when he overtook 6 drivers on the first lap and finished the race P10. For the Italian this was the third end of the season. He explained the race for the breathtaking start – he watched his old F4 and Formula Renault videos in Imola.
“In an amazing first lap, I gained six positions again. Last night I worked quite a bit again and looked at all the starts, from Formula Renault to Formula 4 to all the stuff I had here on my laptop. And I put it all together in round one, a little luck and everything, and that’s it. We pushed quite a bit with the soft at the beginning of the race, and then we switched to medium and pushed to the end. “
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Alfa Romeo looks the best
Alfa Romeo leads its closest competitor Haas with 5 points, which is massive at the end of the overall standings. Both Kimi and Antonio scored 4 points each. With improvements over the next season, we could see the Italian team as a real midfielder.
“I think it was all good. I also think it’s great for the team and Alfa Romeo to score points with Kimi with two cars. “
P9-P10 (best result of the year)
Double points (3 points)
P8 in the championship with 8 points
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– Alfa Romeo F1 Team (@ AlfaRomeoF1Fan) November 2, 2020
Xevi Pujolar, technical manager at the trackside, explained the strategies behind both riders in Imola. It turned out that starting Antonio on soft was a feat. The six drivers he passed – Nicholas Latifi, Romain Grosjean, Lance Stroll, Kevin Magnussen, Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel – were all on media.
“We were a bit aggressive, not with Kimi, but with Antonio. But then we tried to cover both ends, with Antonio we covered the early pit stops, and then with Kimi the late ones, in case there were different safety career scenarios.
“We were surprised when Antonio boxed with the soft fairly early on. Then people who started the medium covered us up, tried to protect us as well, and left with the tough. “
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