The pilots market of F1 is incredibly still open when there are exactly two weeks left before the first Grand Prix of the 2022 season. Obviously, the situation that materialized was unimaginable: the invasion of Ukraine by Russia triggered sanctions and reactions involving Nikita Mazepin , who lost his seat in Haas, a team that wanted to distance itself clearly from its Russian component or the title sponsor Uralkali who guaranteed Mazepin the opportunity to race in F1. In Abu Dhabi, the 1999 class did not take part in the last race of the season due to Coronavirus positivity. Without knowing it, Nikita did not start in what most likely would have been his last career race in F1 unless there were short-term reversals that were difficult to predict at this time.
Haas is therefore forced to turn the page and look for a replacement to work alongside Mick Schumacher at the wheel of the VF-22 which performed well in the pre-testing in Barcelona. Pietro Fittipaldi, reserve driver of the team led by Gunther Steiner, is in pole position to bring Brazil back to F1 after the farewells of Felipe Massa and Felipe Nasr. The grandson of the great Emerson knows Haas very well and can bring the sponsorship guaranteed by Banco do Brasil as a dowry. In the shortlist, however, there is also Antonio Giovinazzi, who in turn has had several opportunities in the past to take to the track behind the wheel of the Haas in Friday’s free practice sessions. The driver born in 1993 is in orbit Ferrari, which supplies the power units to the US team, which lately is more and more closely tied to Ferrari, as evidenced by the genesis of the VF-22 practically built in Maranello.
Giovinazzi has been named third Ferrari driver alongside Mick Schumacher for 2022, a season in which the former Alfa Romeo competes in Formula E with the Penske team. Today’s edition of The Gazzetta dello Sporthowever, reports that the agreement with the team registered in the electric series provides an exit clause in the event of a call by an F1 team. Giovinazzi’s manager, Enrico Zanarini, obviously did not want to put any obstacles in sight in view of imponderable twists on the drivers market and now that these have occurred it is not unthinkable that Giovinazzi will be able to return to racing in F1 much sooner than usual. could imagine.
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