Antonio Giovinazzi

Antonio Giovinazzi
Giovinazzi at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans
Born	Antonio Maria Giovinazzi (1993-12-14) 14 December 1993 (age 31) Martina Franca, Taranto, Italy
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Ferrari AF Corse[1][2]
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	51
Former teams	ESM
Starts	17
Championships	0
Wins	1
Podiums	4
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	4th in 2023 (HY)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Italian
Active years	2017, 2019–2021
Teams	Sauber, Alfa Romeo
Car number	99[a]
Entries	62 (62 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	21
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2017 Australian Grand Prix
Last entry	2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2018, 2023–2024
Teams	AF Corse, Ferrari
Best finish	1st (2023)
Class wins	1 (2023)
Previous series
2022 2016 2015–2016 2015 2013–2015 2013 2012 2012	Formula E GP2 Series ALMS DTM FIA F3 European British F3 Formula Pilota China Formula Abarth
Championship titles
2015 2012	Masters of F3 Formula Pilota China
Website	www.antoniogiovinazzi.com

Antonio Maria Giovinazzi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈtɔːnjo dʒoviˈnattsi]; 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 2017 and 2021.^[b] In endurance racing, Giovinazzi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2023 with Ferrari.

Born in Martina Franca, Taranto, 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 in the 2013 British Formula 3 Championship, Giovinazzi moved to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2014, finishing runner-up to Felix Rosenqvist the following season and winning the Masters of Formula 3. Giovinazzi then 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 2017, Giovinazzi made his Formula One debut for the former at the Australian Grand Prix, 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 2018, Giovinazzi signed for Sauber—re-branded as Alfa Romeo—as a full-time driver for the 2019 season. He scored his maiden points finish at the Austrian Grand Prix, with a career-best fifth at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Giovinazzi remained at Alfa Romeo for the 2020 season, scoring three points finishes throughout the season. Retaining his seat for 2021, 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.

Outside of Formula One, Giovinazzi has competed in the 2021–22 Formula E World Championship with Dragon, and in the FIA World Endurance Championship since 2016. Joining the Ferrari 499P Hypercar project in its inaugural 2023 season, Giovinazzi won the 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi. Giovinazzi has also competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the Asian Le Mans Series and the European Le Mans Series.

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