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Giovinazzi surprised by debut F1 qualifying performance

Last-minute Sauber Formula 1 call-up Antonio Giovinazzi said his performance in Australian Grand Prix qualifying exceeded his expectations ahead of his surprise debut. The 2016 GP2 runner-up, who has been named Ferrari’s third driver for the 2017 season, has been drafted in by Sauber to substitute for the withdrawn Pascal Wehrlein. Giovinazzi drove the C36 in place of Wehrlein during the first Barcelona test but practice on Saturday morning was his first experience of the Melbourne circuit. He was on course to make it into the second phase of qualifying but missed out by less than two tenths of a second when he made a mistake on his final run and teammate Marcus Ericsson improved....
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