Unexplained tire damage costs Alfa Romeo Dutch GP F1 points – Giovinazzi | F1

After finishing seventh in qualifying at Zandvoort, Giovinazzi hoped to score his first points since Monaco.

The Italian dropped to tenth place on the first lap and shortly after his first pit stop, Alfa Romeo caught up with him again with a puncture.

After the race, Giovinazzi said he didn’t know how he suffered a puncture.

“We had a puncture in the right rear tire, but we don’t know why,” he said. “I think after that the race was over because we made one more stop than the others and then it was just difficult

“We were in the points at that moment. It’s hard to say, but up to that point we were on the points. “

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Giovinazzi was at the end of one of Fernando Alonso’s breathtaking starts when the Spaniard made up two places on the first lap.

Looking back at the start of the race, he said: “I tried [to defend the position]. It may be OK, it may not, but at least I’ve tried.

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“To be honest, I don’t know if he had someone on the right, but I’m sure a bit too aggressive.”

The Italian says overtaking was difficult because it was difficult to follow him at Zandvoort.

“It’s difficult to follow above all,” said Giovinazzi. “Turns seven, eight, nine at high speed were just terrible. No chance to overtake.

“To be honest, it was already so difficult to overtake in Formula 3 in 2015. It’s just a difficult stretch to overtake. “