Antonio Giovinazzi: “Ferrari will always remain a part of me”. Antonio turns 25 today.

Antonio Giovinazzi, who turns 25 today, talked about his experience as a development driver for Scuderia Ferrari, ahead of his move to Sauber next season:

“I have learned a lot by working with the Ferrari engineers. My feedback on the car has clearly improved. Ferrari always remains a part of me, they have taken me to where I am now. I will concentrate on myself and think from race to race. Only at the end of the year I want to draw a balance.” – he said.

Antonio Giovinazzi believes that there will be strong communication between himself and Kimi Raikkonen next season. The two will be teammates at Sauber, with Raikkonen returning on a two-year deal to the team he made his F1 debut with in 2001.

Giovinazzi already has two races under his belt with Sauber, as he stood in for an injured Pascal Wehrlein for the opening two races of the 2017 season. However, he has previously stated that he doesn’t believe his experience two years ago will aid him.

At the post-season test in Abu Dhabi, Giovinazzi revealed that he held extensive discussions with the Iceman: “Charles [Leclerc] said he talked to Vettel from time to time and Kimi a little,” Giovinazzi told Sky Italia.

“But on the day of testing I talked with him a lot, like never before. He is very motivated by this new experience, so as a world champion who is winning again he will help me to develop and will not deny me any help.”