Antonio Giovinazzi says he had no doubt that he would eventually score a point in Formula 1, after securing his maiden top 10 finish at the Austrian Grand Prix.
Giovinazzi arrived in Austria without a point to his name while Alfa Romeo team-mate Kimi Raikkonen had amassed all 19 of the points scored by the squad.
The Italian secured a third Q3 appearance of the campaign in Austria and followed it up with 10th place in the race, following Raikkonen across the line.
“I think the pressure was more coming from you guys,” joked Giovinazzi to the media.
“Every race weekend was ‘when will you get the first point’ and finally we got this.
“I was relaxed because the performance was improving race by race.
“Now we finally got this point and now we need to keep working hard and be there each weekend.”
Alfa Romeo is set to introduce another upgrade package at next weekend’s British Grand Prix, having made gains in the midfield group with the updates it brought to France.
“We’re really happy with two cars in the top 10,” said Giovinazzi.
“I think McLaren so far is stronger than us. At Silverstone, we have a new upgrade and I hope we go in the right way like we went in Paul Ricard, we can do another step and be close to that.”
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