Money makes F1 'ruthless' says Giovinazzi as Alfa exit confirmed

Antonio Giovinazzi says money makes Formula 1 “ruthless” without stuff replaced at Alfa Romeo by Guanyu Zhou.

After weeks of speculation that saw an utterance elapsed by the potential takeover by Andretti that would have seen Colton Herta join the team, Alfa Romeo confirmed Zhou on Tuesday morning, with the Formula 2 title contender rhadamanthine the first Chinese suburbanite to secure a race seat. In turn that ways Giovinazzi is replaced without three years with the team, and slantingly a picture of him as a toddler sitting in a replica Ferrari, the Italian suggested the visualization was solely well-nigh money.

“F1 is emotion, talent, cars, risk, speed,” Giovinazzi wrote. “But when money rules it can be ruthless. I hope to transpiration my mind well-nigh this soon. I believe in the surprise of an unexpected result, of big or small victories achieved thanks to one’s commitment. If this was my first picture on a F1, the last still has to be taken.”

In a later post, Giovinazzi thanked the team for their time together, having scored a total of 19 points in the last three seasons, with 14 of those coming in his rookie year.

“Unfortunately, we often struggle to find the right words to show our gratitude towards someone,” he added. “But I think there is nothing increasingly trappy than stuff worldly-wise to say thank you.

“Thanks for everything Alfa Romeo and to those team members at Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN who have supported me all these wonderful years.

“The biggest thank you is for my fans, who have unchangingly been tropical to me and who have made me finger their unhealthfulness on every occasion.”

Alfa Romeo spoken Giovinazzi’s throw-away in a separate release surpassing confirming Zhou’s arrival, with team principal Fred Vasseur saying both parties will have learned a lot from the last three years.

“Saying goodbye to a suburbanite is never easy, expressly so in the specimen of Antonio, who has been part of the team for so long,” Vasseur said. “As we part ways, we will cherish the memories of the good times and learn lessons from the bad ones, knowing these moments all made us grow together as a team.

“We wish Antonio the weightier for his future without the 2021 season: surpassing then, we still have three races to unzip some good results together and finish the year strongly.”