Alfa Romeo targetting double-points finish in Baku
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Alfa Romeo boss Frederic Vasseur believes that both of his cars have the ability to finish in the points this weekend. Kimi Raikkonen has scored all of the teams points so far but they are hopeful that this weekend Antonio Giovinazzi will have a strong weekend without any technical or mechanical failures.
"Kimi is doing a great job, his feedback to engineers is as precise as it can be and as soon as he sits in the car, he gets the job done,” said Vasseur to thecheckeredflag.
"Antonio so far couldn’t show his real potential, but that’s completely down to the team,” admits Vasseur. “Some technical issues and therefore missed track time meant that he could never get comfortable and get the best out of the car, but especially in Australia in Q1 he showed how fast he is.
“Everyone just needs to be a bit patient and I’m sure he’ll come around.”
“Baku means crashes and safety cars and overtaking so you’ll never know what to expect from the race, but our target is clear: we’ve put a lot of work into the development of our performance since the race in China so we want to finish in the points with both cars."
In what is one of the most competitive midfield Formula 1 has seen for a while, Alfa Romeo will need the help of both drivers if they are to score the most points that they can and improve on last years standings.