Italian racing driver Antonio Giovinazzi is not ready to step up to a race seat at Scuderia Ferrari according to the Italian side’s team boss Mattia Binotto after the FDA driver’s first full season in Formula 1 this year at Alfa Romeo Racing. In a recent interview with ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’, Mattia Binotto said of the young Italian:
“At the moment it is premature to talk about it. I have positive words for Antonio because we believe he grew a lot in 2019. It was two years since he raced, which is not trivial for a driver. In the second part of the season, he was often very close or ahead of Raikkonen. I think the mistakes or difficulties he had at the beginning of the season very slowly disappeared. So he is growing. Antonio can be a Ferrari driver, let’s just see how he goes in 2020. If I had to judge only on 2019, then no. We need to see a further step” – the Scuderia’s Team Principal explained, as reported by the earlier today by the Italian media.
Meanwhile, it has emerged from Maranello that Pascal Wehrlein will continue to spearhead Ferrari’s F1 simulator program.
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