13 different 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.

Giovinazz🌼i, who has a career best finish of fifth place - scored in a chaotic 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix - heads into his third full F1 campaign with Alfa Romeo looking to move further up the midfield order aft🍨er a difficult year.

Alfa Romeo’s 2020 campaign proved a struggle, with the Swiss squad rarely featuring in the battle for points after being hampered by Ferrari’s straight-line speed deficit and aerodynamic 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 ninth-pla😼ce finishes in Austria, Mugello and Imola the best the team could muster.

The 2020 season produced five different 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 tha𝓡t Alfa Romeo will need to make a significant improvement to be in with a chance of such a resꦡult, but the Italian remains confident.

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

“This year [20🅠20] 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 d🎉ream of course is to do a podium with Alfa Romeo because it will be a really great thing for me and the tea༺m as well.

“This is my main target 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 happ🧔ens, for a podium as well.”

While Giovinazzi could only manage four points across 2020, he came away f🐠rom the season happy with his personal gains 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 figures, there are reasons to be optimistic that Alfa ca𒁏n enjoy a much better 2021 campaign.

“Last sea𝔍son [2019] we had a stronger car overall, engine-side and everything,” Giovinazzi explained.

“This season we have struggled a little bit 🎉more but 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 the 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.”