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Giovinazzi admits he was too conservative on F1 debut

Sauber Formula 1 debutant Antonio Giovinazzi says a lack of experience with low-degradation tyres led to him taking it unnecessarily easy during the second stint of the Australian GP. Having been thrown in the deep end when Pascal Wehrlein declared himself not fit enough to race on Saturday morning, the Italian put in a 'super-sub' performance across Saturday and Sunday. He only narrowly missed out on a Q2 berth, and finished his debut race in a solid 12th spot, completing the full race distance. But the GP2 runner-up did admit to being a little too conservative during the race on Sunday. Giovinazzi explained that his experience on the high-deg GP2 tyres led to him 'taking it easy' during...
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