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Ferrari bracing for ‘race of survival’ after robust Fuji qualifying – Giovinazzi
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Ferrari bracing for ‘race of survival’ after robust Fuji qualifying – Giovinazzi

By Miles Cooper November 1, 2024
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Antonio Giovinazzi believes Ferrari can finest hope to “survive” in Sunday’s World Endurance Championship race at Fuji after a tricky qualifying for the 2 manufacturing unit crews.

Giovinazzi struggled to twelfth within the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar within the opening section of qualifying on Saturday, lapping virtually seven tenths off the tempo set by Alex Lynn within the #2 Cadillac V-Collection.R.

The sister #50 Ferrari pushed by Antonio Fuoco did progress to Hyperpole, however the 28-year-old by no means featured within the battle for pole place both, ending up a distant seventh on the grid.

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Ferrari had a troublesome outing at Fuji Speedway in its debut season final 12 months with each its automobiles ending a lap down on the successful Toyota, and Giovinazzi fears that the Italian marque is about for an additional irritating end result on its return to the 4.5km circuit.

Requested to clarify Ferrari’s poor displaying in qualifying, Giovinazzi instructed Motorsport.com: “Simply no tempo. I did the utmost I may do however the automotive was troublesome to drive at the moment in quali. We do not begin from a [good] grid place however it’s an extended race so let’s examine what we will do tomorrow.

“It was not the tempo which we had in Austin and which was higher. For some motive final 12 months, we struggled right here and identical this 12 months. So it is not our observe.”

He added: “We’ve got many automobiles which are higher than us – BMW, Alpine, in fact Toyota and Porsche – so it will likely be a troublesome race tomorrow. Let’s survive and see the place we are going to end.”

The #50 Ferrari shared by Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen is contending for the championship, with the trio trailing the #6 Porsche 963 of Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Andre Lotterer by 12 factors with two races to run.

Ferrari bracing for ‘race of survival’ after robust Fuji qualifying – Giovinazzi

#50 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, Nicklas Nielsen

Photograph by: Andreas Beil

Estre certified the #6 Porsche in fifth place, whereas the #7 Toyota crew that’s degree on factors with the #50 Ferrari ended up fourth within the fingers of Kamui Kobayashi.

Fuoco mentioned that Ferrari’s aim must be to take the battle to its closest title rivals to place itself in one of the best place for the Bahrain season finale in November.

“As all the time we’re right here to attempt to do the utmost, and tomorrow we attempt to combat,” he mentioned. “Fortunately the rivals which is able to combat for the championship are simply in entrance of us and we [will] attempt to combat with them if now we have the prospect.”

Requested what can be a great end result for Ferrari on Sunday, Fuoco mentioned: “Surviving. Attempt to end within the prime 5.”

Pressed additional on whether or not that was reasonable, he added: “Not likely however all the time we attempt to make it work.”

Extra reporting by Gary Watkins

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