Antonio Giovinazzi says he felt compelled to give it his all in qualifying at Zandvoort on Saturday to thank his Alfa Romeo crew for swiftly turning his car around in Q2 after a wheel issue almost thwarted his efforts. The Italian driver, who is fighting to hold on to his seat with Alfa Romeo for 2022, had performed steadily since the start of the weekend. Giovinazzi's form extended into qualifying but in Q2, a recalcitrant wheel nut put his Q3 prospects in jeopardy. The issue was similar to the problem encountered by Valtteri Bottas at Monaco earlier this year, and which took the Mercedes team the better part of 24 hours to solve! But Alfa's crews got to work and succeeded in...
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