Antonio Giovinazzi on learning from Raikkonen, his unusual route to F1, and how fast food shaped his career

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Think you know Antonio Giovinazzi? Think again. Most of you will know that he’s an Alfa Romeo driver. You might also know he’s the only Italian driver on the grid – the first since 2011. But what else do you know about him? On this week’s show we get to know Kimi Raikkonen’s lion-maned team mate a little better, finding out about his unique path to F1 via a stint in China, the inside line on his sudden F1 call-up in 2017, the inner workings of his relationship with Ferrari, and why he owes his career to a certain fried chicken chain…

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0:00.0	Hello Albert Einstein here. Today I've popped into Dev's cafe. He's one of many business owners
0:07.3	who are already using a smart meter to feel more in control of their budgeting. A smart meter helps
0:13.4	you track your energy use and costs over time so you know how much you're spending on your energy
0:19.3	bills, meaning less time guessing and more time to focus on the other important... Do you want milk
0:24.3	with that? Pits of your business. Such can a smart meter today? A legibility may vary consumer
0:29.2	action required. For a few magical laps at Monza, Antonio Givernetzi ran comfortably third in
0:42.0	his home Grand Prix in an Alfa Romeo. Had there been a crowd at the Temple of Speed, the Tiff Fosi
0:48.8	would have been ecstatic. Hamilton then comes into the pits Pierre Gazzli for Alfa Talley and their
0:55.5	home race leads the Italian Grand Prix from the Alfa Romeo and Kimi Rican in second Joe Bonatti.
1:02.3	Sadly it wasn't to last, Antonio had to serve a 10 second stopgo penalty for a pit lane infringement
1:08.6	and he was to drop down the order but it was a reminder of what the 26 year old from Martina
1:14.4	Franca in the boot of Italy can do. And as the Formula One World embraces everything Italian this week
1:20.8	with back-to-back races at Monza and Magello, let's get to know the only Italian on the grid
1:26.4	a little bit better and I promise he'll surprise you. Welcome to Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson.
1:34.3	As has been the case for so many Italian drivers all of whom have had to fight to break from the
1:40.0	shadow cast by Ferrari, Givernetzi's route to Formula One wasn't easy. Coming from a family of
1:46.4	modest means he was forced at one point to pursue his junior career in China, not the most obvious
1:52.9	starting point on the road to Formula One. He eventually returned to Europe and went wheel-to-wheel
1:58.0	with the likes of Formula One's newest race winner Pierre Gazzli in GP2, narrowly missing out on
2:03.9	the championship in 2016. Antonio was long bean a member of Ferrari's driver development program
2:10.4	and he was championed by former Ferrari CEO Sergio Marquioni. Such high profile links led to him
2:18.4	briefly subbing for the injured Pascal Verline at Ferrari-powered Salber in 2017 before getting
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