Mercedes Sutra 1 crook Andrea Kimi Antoneley The root cause of his poor qualifying results, assuming his event in practice for Dutch Grand Prix was the root cause.
19 -year -old gained only 11th qualification at ZandewortAfter understanding Turn 9 in FP1, which brought his Mercedes to the beach in gravel and brought an early end to his session.
Team partner George Russell Worthy fifth, meanwhile, so Antoneley said what happened in the practice, disrupted its preparation because the speed was otherwise for more.
“The closure of FP1 was compromised with the rest of the weekends early,” Antoneley said. “I always found myself chasing and remembered many single laps, so it did not help.
“I did not help even for a long time this morning. All this was due to my mistake in FP1.
“It was a shame because I was feeling very decent in the car and I was really much closer to the last few races. It is a shame to remember so much.
“I think it would have been a different weekend with a clean FP1, but we will try to look forward for tomorrow.”
Andrea Kimi Antoneley, Mercedes
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Antoneley is on a difficult run, which claims to be finished by just two points in the last eight Grands Prix and has failed to reach the last session in the last four qualifying rounds.
For example, Italian has faced various accidents this year, for example, but it does not worry about Mercedes’s boss Toto Wolf, which claims that it is part of the learning process.
Wolf said, “It is clear that when you pitch it on your second lap, you are missing all driving in the FP1 in the Zandwort, which is a big ball track anyway, which is removing driving time.” McLaren,
“But I see him. I am always trying to feel it and encourage it. I said,” You put it in the wall again, I am fine with it. “
“I am trying to put no pressure on him. We are not fighting for a constructor championship. So there is a place to develop and learn for him.”
Antoneley currently ranks seventh in the standing of drivers and still has a lot of positivity this year, such as her first sprint pole in Miami and the first F1 podium in Canada.
Additional Reporting by Stuart Codaling and Ronald Wording
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