The Ferrari Driver Academy steerer is in his third consecutive year alongside the man who won Ferrari's most recent world championship, Kimi Raikkonen; the modern-day Finn isn't the same driver who won that 2007 crown, but he and the Italian have been evenly matched as teammates.

Giovinazzi's bigger ambitions – understandably – are to wear the famous red overalls, but the odds are stacked against him with the likes of Mick Schumacher already driving for Ferrari-powered Haas, and Carlos Sainz now locked in at the Scuderia alongside Charles Leclerc.

Italy's desperation for another F1® winner – no Italian has won since Jarno Trulli at Monaco in 2004 – may prove a task too tall for the lanky Giovinazzi.