There was a hectic movement in the driver market in the week leading up to the Italian Grand Prix. With six seats for 2022 announced later this week, most of the starting grid looks like. Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi remains in doubt for the next season.
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While the Italian has performed well in recent races, his biggest threat right now is alpine junior Guanyu Zhou. In addition to a good record in Formula 2, the Chinese also has enormous financial support.
Recently, the President of the Automobile Club d’Italia, Angelo Sticchi Damiani, called for more support for the 27-year-old.
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Damiani calls on the Italian government, Antonio Giovinazzi. to support
A graduate of the Ferrari Drivers Academy, Giovinazzi has shown promising results since joining Alfa Romeo in 2019. Despite scoring little in the points, the Martina Franca-born driver had fairly consistent results for the team.
Indeed, his recent qualifying performances at Zandvoort and Monza spoke volumes of his talent. However, he was unable to convert these competitive starting positions into points, which could affect his chances of staying in the next year.
Formula 1 F1 – Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy – Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi during a press conference FIA / Handout about REUTERS
Earlier this week it was announced that Zhou’s sponsors would pay € 30 million to confirm his seat for the next year. Given that Giovinazzi may not be able to follow this proposal, Damiani believes the Italian government could help the 27-year-old in this regard.
He said, “Antonio is really good. We couldn’t give him a chance to show how good he is. I assume that there will also be a boost from the government in this sense, because governments from other parts of the world are moving, very heavy suitcases arrive. “(Quotes translated by Google)
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While asking for support, Damiani also mentioned their duty to enable Giovinazzi to shine.
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“It’s not like once that the best goes on,” he said. “The best goes on, but the richest goes on too. We have this duty: We have a good driver and we have to defend him and give him the opportunity to outdo himself. “
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With eight races remaining, Giovinazzi is running out of time to show Alfa Romeo its true worth. Can the Italian continue his good form and score more points for his team?
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