Antonio Giovinazzi feels it was "important" to regain confidence after crashing out of his s꧅econd Formula 1 race in China earlie🏅r this year, having recently completed a successful FP1 run with Haas at the British Grand Prix.

Ferrari reserve Giovinazzi was drafted in by Sauber to replace ꧂the injured Pascal Wehrleinꦅ for the first two races of the season, but crashed out in both qualifying and the race in China during a tough weekend.

The Italian has since enjoyed a test with Ferrari and most recently appeared for Haas at Silverst🎀one in FP1, starting a programme that will see him feature six more times between now and the end of the season.

Speaking after his Silverstone run-out, Giovinazzi said he was happy to learn from his miserable China weekend, having since regained the conf🅰idence lost during the crashes.

"My rules were to be third driver for Ferrari and then in Australia I had the ꦛopportunity on Saturday to jump in the [Sauber] car straightaway," Giovinazzi said.

"I didn't know the track and didn't ꦿknow quite well the car. But it was really good debut I think, especially in qualy but also in the race.

"And then in China I was completely opposite. It was a reallyℱ bad weekend for me. Butꦚ then for a rookie and for a young driver, it's important to learn from mistakes, so I think I learned from what I got from Australia but also what I got from China.

"What's important i🐲s to learn, and to learn better is to come back in the car, do laps and take back the confidence because if the last time you were in the car you🥂 crashed, you are not in the car any more, it's really hard.

"To c💟ome back and take confidence back is really important."

2016 GP2 runner-up Giovinazzi has been linked with a move up to a Haas F1 race seat for 2018, but the Italian is under no illusions about the challenge🐬 he faces to make the step up full-time next year.

"To go in F1 is really hard. There are not maꦫny seats," Giovinazzi said.

"There are only 20 seats in the world, so it's real🎀ly hard. It's not like football.

"But it's just my first season in Ferrari. They are really good. I trust them, so they know what they can do for me. No🔜w it's just time to focus on what they give me this year with seven FP1s, and then we'll see what happens next year.

"Anything canꦇ happen, so I hope I can find a seat for next year."