Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said that Andrea Kimi Antonelli's pace in FP1 was 'astonishing' and that it was a problem slowing him down rather than making
's pace in FP1 was "astonishing" and that it was a problem slowing him down rather than making him go faster. However, his outing in George Russell's W15 came to an abrupt ending after he lost control of the car and crashed into the barriers.
“And the third one, yeah, it’s unfortunate because I guess, having had an hour’s run, we would have seen some good performances. “I think what we’ve seen today was we rather have a problem in slowing him down than making him faster because what we’ve seen from one and a half laps is just astonishing.”
“But he also said that the car, he felt so much confidence in the car, the car was good. And I guess he was just beaten. Wolff emphasized that the immense stress on the junior driver to drive a Mercedes car in Italy must have added to the pressure, something he must get used to in order to become a future world champion. He added:“And obviously this weekend wasn’t easy for him because he still needs to compete in F2.
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