Antonio Giovinazzi

Antonio Maria Giovinazzi (; born 14 December 1993) is an Italian racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Ferrari. Giovinazzi competed in Formula One between and . In endurance racing, Giovinazzi won the FIA World Endurance Championship in and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in , both with Ferrari.

Born in Martina Franca, Giovinazzi began competitive kart racing aged six, winning several national and international titles. Graduating to junior formulae in 2012, he won his first championship at the Formula Pilota China that year. After finishing runner-up to Jordan King in the 2013 British Formula 3 International Series, Giovinazzi moved to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in , finishing runner-up to Felix Rosenqvist the following season and winning the Masters of Formula 3. Giovinazzi then debuted in sportscar racing, contesting select rounds of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the Asian Le Mans Series and the European Le Mans Series. Giovinazzi progressed to the GP2 Series in 2016, finishing runner-up to Pierre Gasly in his rookie season with Prema.

A reserve driver for Sauber, Ferrari and Haas in , Giovinazzi made his Formula One debut for the former at the , replacing an injured Pascal Wehrlein for the opening two rounds of the season. Following another season as a reserve driver for Sauber and Ferrari in , Giovinazzi signed for Sauber—re-branded as Alfa Romeo—as a full-time driver for the season. He scored his maiden points finish at the , with a career-best fifth in Brazil. Giovinazzi remained at Alfa Romeo for his campaign, scoring several points finishes throughout the season. Retaining his seat for , he scored further points in Monaco and Saudi Arabia, before being dropped by Alfa Romeo at the conclusion of the season. Giovinazzi has since remained a reserve driver for Ferrari, a role he has held continuously since 2017.

Giovinazzi moved to Formula E for the season driving for Dragon, leaving the series after being the only non-scoring driver that season. Joining the Ferrari 499P Hypercar project in its inaugural season, Giovinazzi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi.

Early and personal life Antonio Maria Giovinazzi was born on 14 December 1993 in Martina Franca, Taranto, Italy. He has one child, a daughter.

Junior racing career Karting Giovinazzi began karting in 2000. In 2006, he became the champion in the Italian National Trophy 60cc and Euro Trophy 60 championships. He was champion of the WSK Master Series in the KF2 class in both 2010 and 2011. He finished as the overall champion in his debut season with a total of six wins. He also raced for the BVM team in the last round of the 2012 Formula Abarth season at Monza. Despite winning two races and finishing in second place in one, he did not receive any points since he was a guest driver.

Formula Three Giovinazzi competed in the 2013 British Formula Three Championship season with the Double R Racing team, alongside Sean Gelael and Tatiana Calderón. He won two races, at Silverstone and at Spa-Francorchamps, and ended the season as runner-up behind Jordan King. During the season, Giovinazzi entered the 2013 Masters of Formula 3, finishing the race in tenth place.

In , Giovinazzi made his debut in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with the Double R Racing team. He scored his first points at the fourth round in Brands Hatch, finishing 11th in the first race. His best result of the season was at the final race in Hockenheim, where he finished sixth. Giovinazzi ended the season in 15th place in the championship with 45 points.

In 2014, Giovinazzi signed with Jagonya Ayam with Carlin to compete in the 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship season. His first Formula 3 podium came with a second-place finish in Hockenheim. His first win came from pole position at the Red Bull Ring, before adding another win at the following round at the Nürburgring. He ended the season in sixth place in the standings with 238 points, recording two wins, seven podium finishes, two pole positions and three fastest laps.

Giovinazzi continued in the championship with Jagonya Agam with Carlin in 2015, in a field which included future Formula One competitors Charles Leclerc, Lance Stroll, George Russell and Alexander Albon. He was a championship contender for much of the season, eventually losing out to Felix Rosenqvist. Giovinazzi ended the season as the championship runner-up, with 412.5 points. He recorded six wins, twenty podium finishes, four pole positions and four fastest laps. During the 2015 season, he made his second appearance at the Masters of Formula 3 race, winning the race after starting from second on the grid.

After the end of his European Formula 3 season, Giovinazzi entered the non-championship 2015 Macau Grand Prix with Carlin, qualifying in fourth place. In the qualifying race, he caused a multi-car pile up on the first lap after colliding with Daniel Juncadella. Giovinazzi went on to win the qualifying race, but was later handed a 20-second penalty for the incident, demoting him to tenth. At the main event, he recovered to finish in fourth place.

GP2 Series

Giovinazzi joined the series with Prema Powerteam for the 2016 season alongside Red Bull Junior and 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series runner-up Pierre Gasly.

After a poor start by finishing outside the points and losing reverse grid pole in the first two rounds, Giovinazzi scored victories in both the feature and sprint races in Baku, becoming the first driver to do 'the double' since Davide Valsecchi in 2012.

Giovinazzi took pole position from his teammate Gasly at Spa, and won the Sprint Race after Gasly had won the feature race on Saturday. At Monza, he took pole position, but was disqualified from the session due to a technical infringement. Despite starting from the back of the grid, he won in the Feature Race after a mix up involving the safety car that worked in his favour.

Giovinazzi took the lead of the championship at Sepang by overtaking Sergey Sirotkin late on for his fifth win of the season. However, Pierre Gasly's victory in the Abu Dhabi feature race meant that Gasly led by twelve points into the final race. Giovinazzi finished the final race ahead of Gasly as Alex Lynn won the race, however, after making a poor start, he was unable to overturn the twelve-point gap, and Gasly won the championship by eight points.

Had Giovinazzi won the championship, he would have been the first rookie champion since Nico Hülkenberg in 2009. He would also have been the last GP2 champion as the series would become FIA Formula 2 Championship for .

Formula One career On 5 September 2016, it was announced that Giovinazzi would perform simulator work for Scuderia Ferrari. In December, he was confirmed as Ferrari's reserve driver.

Sauber/Ferrari/Haas reserve driver (2017–2018)

Giovinazzi participated in pre-season testing for the season with Sauber. In a similar fashion to his DTM debut two years prior, he substituted for the injured Pascal Wehrlein at the . Wehrlein did not feel fit enough for a complete race distance due to his training deficit as a result of a crash at the 2017 Race of Champions. Giovinazzi finished 12th on his debut. His debut meant he was the first Italian driver to start a Formula One race since Jarno Trulli and Vitantonio Liuzzi at the 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix. Sauber announced that Giovinazzi would again replace Wehrlein for the , where he crashed out during both qualifying and the race.

Giovinazzi testing for Haas during the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix. Giovinazzi later participated in seven free practice sessions for the Haas F1 Team over the course of the 2017 season. Giovinazzi remained a reserve and test driver for Sauber and Ferrari in . He took part in six free practice sessions for Sauber during the season.

Alfa Romeo (2019–2021) 2019

Giovinazzi drove for Alfa Romeo during the season, partnering Kimi Räikkönen and replacing Marcus Ericsson, who became the team's reserve driver.

Giovinazzi went eight races without scoring points until he scored his first at the , finishing tenth. It was the first points finish for an Italian driver in Formula One since Vitantonio Liuzzi finished sixth at the 2010 Korean Grand Prix. The next race in Britain saw his first retirement of the season, after a mechanical problem caused him to spin out into a gravel trap. He crashed out on the last lap of the , having been running in ninth place. It later emerged that the crash caused Alfa Romeo to consider Giovinazzi's future with the team, with team principal Frédéric Vasseur saying "We had a tough discussion with Antonio, because these kind of things can decide your career. We were thinking about the future." At this stage of the season, Giovinazzi had collected one point, whilst teammate Räikkönen had scored 31.

The second half of the season was more successful for Giovinazzi. He claimed points a week after the Belgian Grand Prix with a ninth-place finish at his first home race in Formula One. On lap 27 of the , Giovinazzi led the race for four laps after the leaders had pitted. It was the first time he had led a Formula One Grand Prix race in his career. For Alfa Romeo, it was the first time since Andrea de Cesaris led in the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix. Giovinazzi ultimately finished tenth, scoring points for the second consecutive race. At the , he achieved his career best finish, crossing the line in sixth place before being promoted to fifth after Lewis Hamilton was penalised. Giovinazzi ended the season in 17th place in the championship with fourteen points.

2020

Giovinazzi and Räikkönen were retained by Alfa Romeo for the season.

Giovinazzi scored points at the first race of the season in Austria, qualifying 18th but finishing ninth after nine other cars retired from the race. On lap 11 of the , Giovinazzi lost control and crashed at turn 14. A stray wheel from his car hit the Williams of George Russell, causing both to retire from the race. He was involved in a high-speed accident at the during the safety car restart, in which four cars were eliminated from the race. Two point-scoring finishes came at the , where he held off the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel to finish tenth, and at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, where he scored another tenth-placed finish after starting from last on the grid. At the , Giovinazzi reached the third qualifying session (Q3) for the first time since the 2019 Austrian Grand Prix, qualifying tenth. He went on to retire from the race with gearbox problems.

Giovinazzi ended the season in 17th place in the drivers' championship. He scored four points, the same number as teammate Räikkönen, however Räikkönen placed above Giovinazzi by virtue of having more ninth-placed finishes. Giovinazzi outqualified Räikkönen at nine of the season's seventeen races.

2021

Giovinazzi and Räikkönen were retained by Alfa Romeo for the season. Giovinazzi qualified tenth for the , his first Q3 appearance of the year. He finished the race in tenth place, scoring Alfa Romeo's first point of the season. He would follow this up with eleventh in Azerbaijan.

Giovinazzi left Alfa Romeo at the end of the 2021 season, and became reserve driver for Ferrari, sharing duties with Mick Schumacher. As part of his 2021 contract, he also acted as a reserve driver for Ferrari's customer teams, Alfa Romeo and Haas.

Test driver roles (2022–present) In September 2022, Giovinazzi participated in a test at the Fiorano circuit with the Ferrari SF21 together with the Russian-Israeli driver Robert Shwartzman, in order to prepare them both for free practice sessions throughout the season.

Giovinazzi was a test driver for Haas in 2022, and competed in free practice sessions at the Italian and United States Grands Prix for the team, though in the latter session the Italian could only run four laps before crashing and did not take further part in that practice. He later apologised to his team for the mistake. He took part in a test session with Alpine at the Hungaroring in late September, alongside Nyck de Vries and Jack Doohan.

Giovinazzi retained his reserve roles with Ferrari for alongside his main campaign in the World Endurance Championship.

Giovinazzi continued as a reserve driver for , alongside then-Formula 2 driver Oliver Bearman. Giovinazzi maintained his reserve role for the season, a fourth consecutive year, alongside former Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu. He completed a test at the end of January with the Ferrari SF-23 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Sportscar racing career

Le Mans Series In 2016, Giovinazzi took part in the Asian Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class alongside Sean Gelael. They entered the final two rounds at Buriram and Sepang, winning both races. Giovinazzi then entered the Silverstone round of the European Le Mans Series alongside Gelael and Mitch Evans for SMP Racing, in which they came fifth.

FIA World Endurance Championship ESM (2016) In the FIA World Endurance Championship, Giovinazzi took part in the 2016 6 Hours of Fuji alongside Gelael and Giedo van der Garde for the Extreme Speed Motorsports team, in which they finished fourth in the LMP2 class. He then took part in the following round in Shanghai alongside Gelael and Tom Blomqvist, finishing second.

AF Corse (2018) Giovinazzi took part at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Ferrari 488 GTE for AF Corse Ferrari factory team alongside Toni Vilander and Pipo Derani. He finished the race fifth in LMGTE PRO category, and 20th overall.

Ferrari (2023–present) 2023

On 10 January 2023, it was announced that Giovinazzi would drive the No. 51 Ferrari 499P LMH for Ferrari AF Corse in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship alongside drivers James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi, His performance forms part of a historic win for the Italian marque, as it was 50 years after their last top-class entry in 1973.

2024 Giovinazzi retained his seat for the 2024 season, in the same No. 51 lineup. The season would be less successful for Giovinazzi with the No. 51 lineup finishing eighth in the drivers championship with 59 points scoring their best finish of third place at Le Mans.

2025

In July 2025, Giovinazzi signed a multi-year deal to remain to drive for Ferrari AF Corse for the 2026 season and beyond.

Other racing Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Giovinazzi had impressed Audi Sport Team Phoenix during a DTM test in 2015, before being called up to replace the suspended Timo Scheider for the round at Moscow Raceway during the 2015 DTM season. He finished the races in 19th and 21st.

Formula E Giovinazzi at the 2022 Mexico City ePrix, his third Formula E appearance. After losing his full-time Formula One seat in 2021, Giovinazzi was signed by Dragon Penske Autosport to drive alongside Sérgio Sette Câmara in the 2021–22 Formula E World Championship. He was ruled out of the final race in Seoul due to a thumb injury, caused by contact with Alexander Sims. Giovinazzi finished 23rd in the championship with no points, being the only full-time driver to fail to score points. Giovinazzi left the team as they rebranded to DS Penske, with Stoffel Vandoorne and Jean-Éric Vergne replacing him and teammate Sette Câmara for the 2022–23 season.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles Podiums Points Position 2012 Formula Pilota China Eurasia Motorsport 18 6 7 6 13 229 1st Formula Abarth BVM 3 2 0 0 3 0 NC† 2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Double R Racing 30 0 0 0 0 31 17th British Formula 3 Championship 12 2 0 0 7 135 2nd Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 33 2 2 3 7 238 6th 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 33 6 4 4 20 412.5 2nd Masters of Formula 3 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Phoenix 2 0 0 0 0 0 25th 2015–16 Asian Le Mans Series Jagonya Ayam with Eurasia 2 2 1 0 2 51 4th 2016 GP2 Series Prema Racing 22 5 2 2 8 211 2nd European Le Mans Series SMP Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10 24th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Extreme Speed Motorsports 2 0 0 0 1 30 20th 2017 Formula One Sauber F1 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 22nd Scuderia FerrariReserve driver Haas F1 Team 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro AF Corse 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th Formula One Scuderia FerrariReserve driver Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team 2019 Formula One Alfa Romeo Racing 21 0 0 0 0 14 17th Scuderia FerrariReserve driver 2020 Formula One Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN 17 0 0 0 0 4 17th Scuderia FerrariReserve driver 2021 Formula One Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN 22 0 0 0 0 3 18th Scuderia FerrariReserve driver 2021–22 Formula E Dragon / Penske Autosport 15 0 0 0 0 0 23rd 2022 Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Reserve driver Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN Haas F1 Team 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Ferrari AF Corse 7 1 0 0 2 114 4th 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hypercar 1 1 0 0 1 N/A1st Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Reserve driver 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Ferrari AF Corse 8 0 1 0 1 59 8th Formula One Scuderia Ferrari Reserve driver 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Ferrari AF Corse 8 2 2 0 4 133 1st Formula One Scuderia Ferrari HP Reserve driver 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar Ferrari AF Corse 4 0 1 0 2 57 4th* Formula One Scuderia Ferrari HP Reserve driver † As Giovinazzi was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. Season still in progress.

Single seater racing results Complete Formula Pilota China results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2012 Eurasia Motorsport SHI1 SHI2 SHI3 ORD11 ORD12 ORD13 ORD21 ORD22 ORD23 GUA1 GUA2 GUA3 SEP11 SEP12 SEP13 SEP21 SEP22 SEP23 1st 229

Complete British Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2013 Double R Racing SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 2nd 135

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points Double R Racing Mercedes MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 17th 31 Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Volkswagen SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 6th 238 Jagonya Ayam with Carlin Volkswagen SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 2nd 412.5 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2015 Carlin Dallara F312 4th 10th 4th

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (races in bold indicate pole position) (races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2016 Prema Racing CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR BAKFEA BAKSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SEPFEA SEPSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 2nd 211

Complete Formula One results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Points Sauber F1 Team Sauber C36 Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 t AUS CHN BHR RUS ESP MON CAN AZE AUT 22nd 0 Haas F1 Team Haas VF-17 Ferrari 062 1.6 V6 t GBR HUN BEL ITA SIN MAL JPN USA MEX BRA ABU Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team Sauber C37 Ferrari 062 EVO 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN RUS JPN USA MEX BRA ABU – – Alfa Romeo Racing Alfa Romeo Racing C38 Ferrari 064 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR CHN AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN RUS JPN MEX USA BRA ABU 17th 14 Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Alfa Romeo Racing C39 Ferrari 065 1.6 V6 t Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Alfa Romeo Racing C41 Ferrari 065/6 1.6 V6 t Haas F1 Team Haas VF-22 Ferrari 066/7 V6 tBHRSAUAUSEMIMIAESPMONAZECANGBRAUTFRAHUNBELNEDITASINJPNUSAMXCSAPABU-- † Did not finish, but was classified as driver had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula E results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points Dragon / Penske Autosport Spark SRT05e Penske EV-5 DRH DRH MEX RME RME MCO BER BER JAK MRK NYC NYC LDN LDN SEO SEO 23rd 0

Sports car racing results

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2016 SMP Racing LMP2 BR Engineering BR01 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 24th 10

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results