Antonio Giovinazzi’s first full F1 season saw him finish P17 in the drivers’ standings, after scoring less than a third of the points of his Alfa Romeo team mate Kimi Raikkonen. And with the 2020 season looming, the Italian said he was aiming to find his way into the top 10 more consistently in his sophomore F1 year. Giovinazzi went without a point for the first eight races of 2019, with his 10th-place finish at round nine in Austria famously costing him a lock of hair, after he’d promised that Alfa Romeo Team Principal Fred Vasseur could cut it when he took his first career points.

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Ultimately, however, Giovinazzi would score on just a further three occasions in 2019, claiming 14 points as veteran Raikkonen – who scored nine times – took 43. And Giovinazzi was looking to redress the balance between himself and his team mate in 2020. “One [goal] for next year is to be in the top 10 more consistently,” said the Italian at the 2019 season-closer in Abu Dhabi. READ MORE: 10 things every F1 fan should be excited for in 2020 “Take maybe one, two points every race, and that will make the difference for the end of the season. Next year, I will be more ready. I know already everything from one season, so I need to just be more consistent and get more points. “When you start also [higher up the grid] it’s much easier to stay there, and I think this is [also] where we need to focus, on Saturdays,” he added. “Starting [higher up] on Sunday can be the key, and we need to do it.”

Giovinazzi crashed out of the points at Spa