Antonio Giovinazzi thinks she had Turkey Grand Prix if it had been a lap longer, he could have passed Esteban Ocon and get the last point offered.
the Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Driver made up positions on lap one at Intercity Istanbul Park and waited until lap forty to make his only pit stop for fresh intermediate tires, but despite the benefit of the fresher rubber, he was too late to catch up with him Alpine F1 teamis ocon for the tenth.
Giovinazzi believes the race in Turkey was tougher than it could have been if he qualified better on Saturday afternoon, but the Italian thinks Alfa Romeo is showing good pace at this point in the year that he is of the kind hopes they are in the United States Grand Prix Later that month.
“We were only one lap away from the points and that’s really frustrating,” said Giovinazzi. “The race wasn’t bad, although yesterday’s qualifying started it from behind, which made everything even more difficult.
“We did our best, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough – for the smallest lead, just a second. We had good pace in the last few races, so we’re concentrating on getting back into the points for the next race in Austin. “
“We came very close to the points, but we don’t have any more laps to make it” – Kimi Raikkonen
Teammate Kimi Raikkonen The Finn also missed points in Turkey, with the Finn Giovinazzi following home in twelfth place after both found their way in front of each other McLaren F1 team‘S Daniel Ricciardo in the penultimate lap.
Like his team-mate, Raikkonen got off to a good start and won early, but when the track dried out, overtaking became much more difficult and he couldn’t get into the points.
“It was a good race, but in the end we didn’t get any of it,” said Raikkonen. “The conditions were okay, very consistent throughout the race and we had decent pace.
“Still, it was pretty hard to get past someone until the end when some really struggled with their tires. We came very close to the points, but we don’t have any more laps to make it. “
Kimi Raikkonen missed points in Turkey – Image: Xavi Bonilla / DPPI
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