Antonio Giovinazzi will follow Kimi Raikkonen’s lead at Alfa Romeo: “My target is to learn from him”. Giovinazzi will follow Kimi Raikkonen’s lead at Alfa Romeo.

25-year-old Italian racing driver Antonio Giovinazzi admitted that he plans on paying close attention to his experienced team mate’s approach in Formula 1 this season. Giovinazzi, who will embark on his first, full season in Formula 1 with Alfa Romeo, completed 101 laps in total on Tuesday and clocked the fifth fastest time of the day, a 1:19.312, which was set on the second softest tyre compound, C4.

The Italian says he plans to model his driving style on Kimi Raikkonen’s: “I think it would be just a mistake to go on a different way of him. My target is to work with him and just learn from him. I think the right thing for the team as well is to go on the same way, and also maybe it’s better from my side to try to, you know, go on Kimi way and also driving on Kimi way, which would make it a lot more easy also for the team.” – he explained.

Antonio Giovinazzi said his first day behind the wheel of the Alfa Romeo Racing C38 was a positive experience as the FIA Formula 1 World Championship took to the track for the second day of testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The car proved just as reliable as it did on day one and thus allowed the team to carry out extensive set-up work and aerodynamic tests: “It was a great experience to drive my own Formula 1 car for the first time,” said Giovinazzi. “I look forward to developing it together with our team throughout this season. We are at the beginning of the testing process, so we tried out some different aerodynamic configurations to learn about the behaviour of the car. I felt very comfortable in it, and we put in a good number of laps. Overall, it was a positive day and I look forward to being in the car again on Thursday.” – he concluded.

Kimi Raikkonen will climb back in the car for day three where the team will aim for another day of strong running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.