News Details

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...
Full Story »
9y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Giovinazzi: An amazing race weekend for me

Sauber rookie Antonio Giovinazzi finished 12th on his Formula 1 debut, at...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Giovinazzi surprised by debut F1 qualifying performance

Last-minute Sauber Formula 1 call-up Antonio Giovinazzi said his...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Wehrlein cleared to contest Australian Grand Prix

Sauber Formula 1 driver Pascal Wehrlein has been passed fit to contest the...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Dual-tone Chevy ZR1X pace car revealed for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has revealed the Chevrolet pace car for the...

Rookie Caio Collet fastest in two-day Indy 500 open...

The NTT IndyCar Series held its traditional two-day open test for the...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Arsenal have got a fantastic player, really...

Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard has claimed he's upset about his former...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal target two game-changers in huge 250 million...

Arsenal are preparing for a busy transfer window, and they have identified...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal target 35m-rated UCL semi-finalist with 21 G/A...

Serge Gnabry has been an outstanding performer for Bayern Munich since...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Atleti boss Diego Simeone provides Julian Alvarez...

Atletico Madrid will face Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.