"Frustrating" Giovinazzi has the talent

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13:49, 20 Apr 2019

byJoseph Tyrrell

Alfa Romeo driver Antonio Giovinazzi has had a tough start to his second spell in F1 but Frederic Vasseur has insisted the Italian does have the talent to succeed in Formula 1 and the team will do what they can to help.

Having been tipped for promising things in the sport, Giovinazzi has struggled since becoming a full-time driver at Alfa Romeo for the 2019 season, being out-performed by his teammate Kimi Raikkonen at every race so far. The Italian’s best result of the season was P11 in Bahrain.

Despite the slow start Alfa boss Vasseur knows the talent is there and with a bit of support, the results will come.

“It’s frustrating for everyone because Antonio showed from the beginning that he has the talent,” Vasseur told Motorlat.

“He was very fast in Melbourne Q1, faster than Kimi or more or less the same.

“In Bahrain, the pace was there, but in qualifying, he made a small mistake at the end of the lap, but he was also a little faster than Kimi.

“If we look at last year, the start of the season was also difficult for our drivers, but we gave them a lot of support and they were able to improve during the season.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	51
2	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	47
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	34
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	33
5	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	17
6	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	15
7	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	9
8	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	8
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	8
10	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	4
11	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	4
12	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	3
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	2
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
15	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	1
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	0
17	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
18	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

"Frustrating" Giovinazzi has the talent

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