How did Antoneley win ‘Driver of the Day’ pole in F1 Chinese GP

When Formula 1 revealed that Mercedes Cheating Andrea Kimi Antoneley After crossing the finishing line in the eighth place, the news won his driver of the day pole, the news caused a customly affection reaction. When the team’s boss Toto Wolf congratulated his driver on the team radio, the rolling of the eyes was almost clear.

And yet, while social media pole results are often thicker, in which case the damage to the floor was affected by the performance: the floor damage caused a major change in their W16 performance characteristics. Potential criminal is from debris Charles Lakelerconnection with Ferrari Team partner Lewis Hamilton Inauguration on the lap.

Although the results of the damage appeared in the data, Mercedes did not choose Antoneley later in the race due to the misconduct of his car.

“He suffered a widespread floor damage,” Wolf said at his post-race press conference. “We don’t know why, whether he had run to Charles’ endplate, but there was a huge hole in the floor, Titanium Streaks (skid plates) had gone.

“Given that he had a car that was severely impaired – holding it, in the eighth place, not a complaint, just with a job, reflects maturity and the ability to have it.”

Although the influence of Lakeler with Hamilton’s Sidepod resulted in an immediate shower of debris, the main part of the endplate was not later in the early lap. Antoneley was following the lakeler on the track through the initial sequence of the corners as he fought Isac Hadzar For the seventh place, taking the trick out when the out of Turn 3 exit – where Vastapane was on the inner line, was trying to pass the lakeler on the left.

Was undercurved by Antoneley Yuki Sunoda In the first round of Pitstop, there was anger to overtake since then Estaban Okon With two wheels on the grass. Although he slipped back relative to the oakon through his last term, Antoneley got a position back when Tsunoda had to pit for a new front wing.

Antoneley told Sky Sports F1 after the race, “I could feel that the lap was strange than one.” “Yesterday the border was in front of the left, today Seema was behind for the entire race – which was quite unusual, I felt it really strange.”

The Shanghai Circuit is an exterior on the F1 calendar as the front axle is emphasized more than the back: less areas require hard acceleration, and most corners are slower by moderately. In severe, the radius of the initial sequence of the right -hand corners combine straight to the front hand to punish the front tires directly with the right hand.

Due to a rear limiting on a car here, it weakens to exit that initial sequence of turning bend, and directly under traction – which is highly harmful to the overall lap time.

Antoneley said, “It was really difficult, I was trying to take care of rent as much as possible.” “Mentally it was a good experience, a good lesson, because it was difficult.”

Antoneley achieved another two places after the race when both Ferrari was disqualified – Lakeler because his car was found to be underweight, Lewis Hamilton wearing illegal plank.