Antonio Giovinazzi

Antonio Giovinazzi
Giovinazzi in 2023
Born	(1993-12-14) 14 December 1993 (age 30) Martina Franca, Province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Ferrari – AF Corse
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	51
Former teams	Extreme Speed Motorsports
Starts	10
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podiums	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	4th in 2023
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2018, 2023–
Teams	Ferrari AF Corse
Best finish	1st (2023)
Class wins	1 (2023)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	2017, 2019–2021
Teams	Sauber, Alfa Romeo Racing
Car number	99
Entries	62 (62 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	21
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2017 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Website	Official website
Previous series
2012	Masters of Formula 3 Formula Pilota China

Antonio Maria Giovinazzi (Italian pronunciation:

Giovinazzi began karting in 2000.[5] In 2006, he became the champion in the Italian National Trophy 60cc and Euro Trophy 60 championships.^[6] He was champion of the WSK Master Series in the KF2 class in both 2010 and 2011.^[5]

Formula Pilota China

Giovinazzi began his single seater career by competing in

In 2013, Giovinazzi made his debut in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with the Double R Racing team.^[12] He scored his first points at the fourth round in Brands Hatch, finishing 11th in the first race.^[13] His best result of the season was at the final race in Hockenheim, where he finished 6th. Giovinazzi ended the season in 15th place in the championship with 45 points.

In 2014, Giovinazzi signed with

After the end of his European Formula 3 season, Giovinazzi entered the non-championship 2015 Macau Grand Prix with Carlin, qualifying in 4th place. In the qualifying race, he caused a multi-car pile up on the first lap after colliding with Daniel Juncadella. Giovinazzi went on to win the qualifying race, but was later handed a 20-second penalty for the incident, demoting him to 10th. At the main event, he recovered to finish in 4th place.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Giovinazzi had impressed

In the FIA World Endurance Championship, Giovinazzi took part in the 2016 6 Hours of Fuji alongside Gelael and Giedo van der Garde for the Extreme Speed Motorsports team, in which they finished 4th in the LMP2 class. He then took part in the following round in Shanghai alongside Gelael and Tom Blomqvist, finishing 2nd.

He took part at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Ferrari 488 GTE for AF Corse Ferrari factory team alongside Toni Vilander and Pipo Derani. He finished the race 5th in GTE category.

For 2023, Giovinazzi was named as one of Ferrari's factory drivers for their Hypercar program in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship.^[17]

GP2 Series

Giovinazzi joined the series with

After a poor start by finishing outside the points and losing reverse grid pole in the first two rounds, Giovinazzi scored victories in both the feature and sprint races in Baku, becoming the first driver to do 'the double' since Davide Valsecchi in 2012.

Giovinazzi took pole position from his teammate Gasly at

Had Giovinazzi won the championship, he would have been the first rookie champion since Nico Hülkenberg in 2009.^[25] He would also have been the last GP2 champion as the series would become FIA Formula 2 Championship for 2017.

Formula One career

On 5 September 2016, it was announced that Giovinazzi would perform simulator work for Scuderia Ferrari.^[26][27] In December, he was confirmed as Ferrari's third driver.^[28]

Race debut as reserve and test driver (2017–2018)

Giovinazzi participated in pre-season testing for the

Giovinazzi later participated in seven free practice sessions for the Haas F1 Team over the course of the 2017 season.^[32] Giovinazzi remained a reserve and test driver for Sauber and Ferrari in 2018. He took part in six free practice sessions for Sauber during the season.

Alfa Romeo (2019–2021)

2019

Giovinazzi drove for Alfa Romeo during the 2019 season, partnering Kimi Räikkönen and replacing Marcus Ericsson, who became the team's reserve driver.^[33][a]

Giovinazzi went eight races without scoring points until he scored his first at the Austrian Grand Prix, finishing 10th.^[35] It was the first points finish for an Italian driver in Formula One since Vitantonio Liuzzi finished sixth at the 2010 Korean Grand Prix. The next race in Britain saw his first retirement of the season, after a mechanical problem caused him to spin out into a gravel trap.^[36] He crashed out on the last lap of the Belgian Grand Prix, having been running in ninth place. It later emerged that the crash caused Alfa Romeo to consider Giovinazzi's future with the team, with team principal Frédéric Vasseur saying "We had a tough discussion with Antonio, because these kind of things can decide your career. We were thinking about the future."^[37] At this stage of the season, Giovinazzi had collected one point, whilst teammate Räikkönen had scored 31.

The second half of the season was more successful for Giovinazzi. He claimed points a week after the Belgian Grand Prix with a ninth-place finish at his first home race in Formula One. On lap 27 of the Singapore Grand Prix, Giovinazzi led the race for four laps after the leaders had pitted. It was the first time he had led a Formula One Grand Prix race in his career. For Alfa Romeo, it was the first time since Andrea de Cesaris led in the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix. Giovinazzi ultimately finished 10th, scoring points for the second consecutive race. At the Brazilian Grand Prix, he achieved his career best finish, crossing the line in sixth place before being promoted to fifth after Lewis Hamilton was penalised. Giovinazzi ended the season in 17th place in the championship with 14 points.

2020

Giovinazzi and Räikkönen were retained by Alfa Romeo for the 2020 season.^[38]

Giovinazzi scored points at the first race of the season in Austria, qualifying 18th but finishing ninth after nine other cars retired from the race. On lap 11 of the Belgian Grand Prix, Giovinazzi lost control and crashed at turn 14. A stray wheel from his car hit the Williams of George Russell, causing both to retire from the race.^[39] He was involved in a high-speed accident at the Tuscan Grand Prix during the safety car restart, in which four cars were eliminated from the race. Two point-scoring finishes came at the Eifel Grand Prix, where he held off the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel to finish tenth, and at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, where he scored another tenth-placed finish after starting from last on the grid. At the Turkish Grand Prix, Giovinazzi reached the third qualifying session (Q3) for the first time since the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix, qualifying 10th. He went on to retire from the race with gearbox problems.

Giovinazzi ended the season in 17th place in the drivers' championship. He scored four points, the same number as teammate Räikkönen, however Räikkönen placed above Giovinazzi by virtue of having more ninth-placed finishes. Giovinazzi outqualified Räikkönen at nine of the season's 17 races.^[40]

2021

Giovinazzi and Räikkönen were retained by Alfa Romeo for the 2021 season.^[41] Giovinazzi qualified 10th for the Monaco Grand Prix, his first Q3 appearance of the year. He finished the race in 10th place, scoring Alfa Romeo's first point of the season.^[42] He would follow this up with eleventh in Azerbaijan.^[43][44]

Giovinazzi left Alfa Romeo at the end of the 2021 season,^[45] and became reserve driver for Ferrari, sharing duties with Mick Schumacher. As part of his 2021 contract, he also acted as a reserve driver for Ferrari's customer teams, Alfa Romeo and Haas.^[46]

Tests with Ferrari and Alpine, free practices with Haas (2022–present)

In September 2022, Giovinazzi participated in a test at the Fiorano circuit with the Ferrari SF21 together with the Russian-Israeli driver Robert Shwartzman, in order to prepare them both for free practice sessions throughout the season.^[47]

Giovinazzi was a test driver for Haas in 2022, and competed in free practice sessions at the Italian and United States Grands Prix for the team,^[48] though in the latter session the Italian could only run four laps before crashing and did not take further part in that practice.^[49][50] He later apologised to his team for the mistake.^[51][52] He took part in a test session with Alpine at the Hungaroring in late September, alongside Nyck de Vries and Jack Doohan.^[53][54]

Giovinazzi retained his reserve roles with Ferrari for 2023 alongside his main campaign in the World Endurance Championship.^[1]

Formula E

After losing his full-time Formula One seat in 2021, Giovinazzi was signed by

On 10 January 2023, it was announced that Giovinazzi would drive the #51 Ferrari 499P LMH for Ferrari AF Corse in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship alongside drivers James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi,^[1] with the #50 sister car being made up of drivers Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen.

Giovinazzi's first victory as a factory Ferrari driver came at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[4] His performance forms part of a historic win for the Italian marque, as it was 50 years after their last top-class entry in 1973.

24 Hours of Le Mans

2018

In 2018, Giovinazzi made his inaugural appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 5th in the LMGTE PRO category and finishing 20th overall in his #52 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE, with teammates Toni Vilander and Pipo Derani. He finished 5t in his category. This would be his last appearance at the race until 2023.

2023

Later in his career, Giovinazzi returned to Le Mans in 2023, driving the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar for AF Corse alongside his teammates, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi. Overall they finished 1st with the #50 sister car finishing 5th in the Hypercar category, giving both Ferrari and Antonio their first-ever win in the FIA World Endurance Championship and Ferrari's first victory at Le Mans since 1965.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Giovinazzi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
^* Season still in progress.

Single seater racing results

Complete Formula Pilota China results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete British Formula Three Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (races in bold indicate pole position) (races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

^† Did not finish, but was classified as driver had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Sports car racing results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	AF Corse	Toni Vilander Pipo Derani	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	341	20th	5th
2023	Ferrari AF Corse	James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi	Ferrari 499P	Hypercar	342	1st	1st

Notes

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Mathéo Tuscher	2012	Succeeded by Aidan Wright (Formula Masters China)
Preceded by Max Verstappen	Masters of Formula 3 Winner 2015	Succeeded by Joel Eriksson
Preceded by Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryō Hirakawa	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2023 With: James Calado & Alessandro Pier Guidi	Succeeded by Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Valtteri Bottas	Lorenzo Bandini Trophy 2019	Succeeded by Charles Leclerc