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Good Job in Testing no Guarantee of 2019 Race Seat – Giovinazzi

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Antonio Giovinazzi - Scuderia Ferrari - Hungaroring
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Antonio Giovinazzi knows that his performances for both Scuderia Ferrari and the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team during the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test may still not be enough for him to earn a full-time drive in Formula 1 in 2019.

The Italian showed good pace on both days of the test, setting the pace on Tuesday whilst with Ferrari before finishing fourth fastest with Sauber on Wednesday, and he felt he did a good job for both outfits at the Hungaroring.

Giovinazzi, who is the test and reserve driver for Sauber as well as an official Ferrari test driver, hopes he has done enough to at least put himself into a position to gain a race seat for next season, although he knows there is still plenty of time for things to change.

“I’m really happy,” said Giovinazzi to Motorsport.com.  “Tuesday was a good day with Ferrari, Wednesday also with Sauber.

“But because I did a good job is not for sure I will have the seat next year.  Everything will change, what I will do is my best and we’ll see if it will happen or not.”

Giovinazzi is eager to get back into a race seat after experiencing two starts with Sauber at the start of 2017, with the Italian stepping into the car of Pascal Wehrlein for the Australian and Chinese Grand Prix as the German recovered from injury.

“You cannot imagine! I really want to go back,” said Giovinazzi, who is looking to become the first Italian to race full-time in Formula 1 since Jarno Trulli and Vitantonio Liuzzi in 2011

“Now we’ll see. I still have four FP1s with Sauber.  At the end of the year I hope I can have the seat I want.”

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