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Giovinazzi sees Ferrari role a small step for Italian drivers

 XPB Images Italy, the country that gave F1 its greatest team and so many great champions, is missing not having a driver at the pinnacle of motorsport, says Ferrari hopeful Antonio Giovinazzi. The 23-year-old is doing his part to try to correct that deficit, having been nominated as the Scuderia's official reserve driver for 2017. The last Italians to contest a F1 Grand Prix are Jarno Trulli and Vitantonio Liuzzi who lined up on the grid of the 2011 Brazilian GP. "I think yeah, we miss Italian drivers," Giovinazzi explained in Barcelona last week. "But this is already one small step," he acknowledged. Last year's GP2 runner-up ran in pre-season testing in...
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