13 diff🦄erent drivers stood🅺 on the Formula 1 podium in 2020 and Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi is hoping to become the next new face on the rostrum this year.

Gi🌼ovinazzi, who has a career best finish of fifth place - scored in a chaotic 2019 Brazilian Grand Pﷺrix - heads into his third full F1 campaign with Alfa Romeo looking to move further up the midfield order after a difficult year.

Alfa Romeo’s 2020 campaign proved a struggle, with tဣhe Swiss squad rarely featuring in the battle for points after being hampered by Ferrari’s straight-line speed deficit and aerodynamicജ issues as it took eighth place in the constructors’ championship.

A lack of competitiveness prevented Alfa Romeo from being in a position to fully capitalise on a number of crazy races throughout 2020, with three ဣ;ninth-place finishes in Austria, Mugello and Imola the best the team could muster.

The 2020 season produced five diffജerent winners - including shock maiden victories for Pierre Gasly and Sergio Perez - while three drivers notched their first appearances on the F1 podium.

Giovinazzi is under no illusions that Alfa Romeo will need to make a significant improvement to be in with a chance of such a resꦓult, but the🎐 Italian remains confident.

“Hopefully we can have a better car just to fight more for the points,” Giovinazzi told wuqian0821.com in an exclusive interview.

“This year [ꦜ2020] was quite difficult, we would have two points just when it was a 🗹chaotic race or something happened at the front and we want to be fighting every race for points.

“My dre🍸am of course is to do a p💧odium with Alfa Romeo because it will be a really great thing for me and the team as well.

“This is my main targ🍌et but of course we need a better car and try to be more close to the points and then we can fight also in some races when something happens, for a podiuꦡm as well.”

While Giovinazzi could only manage four points across 2020, he ca🥃me away from the season happy with his personal ga𝔍ins and performances compared to teammate Kimi Raikkonen, who he beat nine to eight in the qualifying head-to-heads.

And with an all-new Ferrari power unit already delivering “very promising” dyno figuresꦐ, there are reasons to be optimistic that Alfa can enjoy a much better 2021 campaign.

“Last season [2019] w🍸e had a stronger car overall, engine-side and everytౠhing,” Giovinazzi explained.

“This season we have struggled a little bit more b💟ut saying that, I think in terms of performance from my side I’m really happy.

“Also with the team, I think we’ve improved a lot from race one until the𝔍 💝end of the season and I’m really happy with this.

“We worked quite hard to improve our car and also to have a better car for🧸 next season and this is our target, to bring a better car from race one in 2021.”