Article To news overview © Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo have explained why Antonio Giovinazzi's pitstop was so slow, after the Italian came in under the Safety Car to switch tyres. Giovinazzi was fitted with a fresh set of tyres, but the mechanic fitting the front left tyre quickly realised that the new tyre was actually punctured. This resulted in a mad scramble for a new one, all while the car was sitting on the jacks in the pitlane. “It was an operational problem when just picking up the set at one point when getting everything ready in the garage that damaged the valve,” Alfa's Xevi Pujolar explained to media, including RacingNews365.com. “We’ve got a monitoring system. It was okay...
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