Alpha drops the latest Italian driver and picks up a Chinese. “Sponsor Holder”

By Leo Turini

This is the story of one of us who was accidentally born into the Via Clock of capitalism known as Italy. This is the story of Antonio Giovinci, born in 1993 in Apulia, Martina Franca. Until yesterday, he was the only Azure behind the wheel at the opening stage of the Grand Prix. The only heir to a tradition that refers to Farina, Ciccio Askari, Patrice, Alberto, Trulli and Piccella, well, he lost his job. He will be replaced by Guanyu Chow, the first Chinese driver in Formula One history. This is not Geo’s fault as we all call him. This is the fault of globalization: business and interests are worth more than merit. Not just inside the race track box. The story will be instructive if you try to read it with the mirror of realism. Although it sometimes resembles vague humor, it seems almost like an international maneuver.

It starts when Sergio Marcione, who is not yet afflicted with the disease, decides that the time has come to try to restart Alfa Romeo. So the best manager is bringing the famous Biscion brand to the cars of the Swiss group of sabers that already use Ferrari engines. In the name of Italy, which he cared more about when he grew up in Canada than many who never left the borders of Bell Bay, Marchion expects at least one comrade to drive a car called the Alpha. Geovinaci, really. Very good so far. That’s when Fiat Chrysler’s CEO dies, meanwhile he sells the Swiss team to a Swedish multinational. One emotional function (more) becomes another. In all of this, Gio da Martina Franca is doing his duty. Prove that you can stay consistent in F1 and learn and compete in good races. With Alpha not exactly missile, it touches the platform. Disappeared from Biscion in GP for about forty years. Is everything alright? Nothing is in order. John Elcon makes a deal for the integration of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot, and no one thinks that the mega merger will have even the slightest effect on many of the key ones: what’s really going on with Geo’s fate? Among the new group born out of the Italian-French agreements are those in charge of Paris. From Paris they tell the Swiss who have become Swedes: we will leave the Alfa Romeo name to you, but we will give you less money and give up the right to hire a team driver. From that moment on, everyone in the world knew that the only Italian on the F1 tracks looked like a panda. Endangered species: Geovinasi’s heir apparent from China’s Pandas land. Now, this Zhou may be an event, he was strong in small categories. The advertising impact here is denied aside: Mao’s great-grandson will be followed by a billion people competing in GPs. Faced with such numbers (which also bring in 30 million sponsors), Geovinaci from Martina Franca necessarily becomes smaller, God forbid.

But what can he do other than drive fast? However he realized that it was not a bar and went fast. In fact, in the last few races, suspicion has grown that his team did not help him to prevent injustice from becoming more apparent. “The strength of money is worth more than merit. F1 is skill, car, risk, speed, but they also know how to be ruthless when it comes to rules dictating money. I believe in small and big wins achieved by their own successes,” he said. Geo unfortunately commented. Who will run somewhere else, of course. I wonder if Martina Franca is actually prettier than Shanghai.