Kimi Antonelli was issued a stern criticism by Jacques Villeneuve, who blasted the rookie’s qualifying efficiency within the F1 Dutch GP. The younger Italian was unable to make it to Q3 in qualifying, whereas teammate George Russell would begin the race in P5.
This was one other lead to what has been a sequence of races the place the rookie has been unable to maintain up together with his skilled teammate. On shut commentary, the hole between the ultimate Q2 laps of each drivers was not as massive, because it was lower than 2 tenths, however the best way F1 is true now, even a tenth is equal to a drop of a number of positions.
It did finally come right down to the ultimate lap the place George Russell and Kimi Antonelli had been separated by lower than two tenths and whereas one Mercedes driver made it by to Q3, the opposite could not.
Speaking to Sky Sports activities, Jacques Villeneuve was not impressed with the younger Italian and felt that he wanted to begin placing the issues collectively a bit extra now. Emphasizing onhow you come to F1 prepared and it’s not a ending faculty, he stated,
“It is robust as a result of he is already burnt himself up a bit. It is actually arduous to get again from that. The break was presupposed to be the massive reset and it wasn’t. And also you speak about age. No, that is not an excuse. Max was younger. Lewis was younger. There have been different younger drivers. That is F1. It is the top. You arrive in F1 prepared. This isn’t faculty,”
He added,
“You are presupposed to do a couple of robust races and then you definitely maintain progressing like [Gabriel] Bortoleto has been doing. Antonelli has not been doing that.”
Kimi Antonelli funds early race weekend error
Kimi Antonelli lamented an early race weekend error in FP1, the place he beached the Mercedes after which needed to sit out for the remainder of the session. That put him on the again foot, and therefore he needed to do a long term in FP3, which additional harm his total preparation.
Speaking to Sky Sports activities Italia on how a small mistake in Q2 value him a tenth and a Q3 slot, he stated,
“It was a weekend that began off on an uphill slope. Going out in FP1 did not assist me, and I discovered myself a step again. I needed to do a long term, and that did not assist. It is a disgrace as a result of we had been all very shut. A mistake value me a tenth of a second and value me Q3.”
Kimi Antonelli will begin the race in P11 and will probably be hoping to make up locations early, as it is not simple to overhaul in Zandvoort. There’s rain as nicely within the forecast, and that would combine issues up as nicely.
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Edited by Charanjot Singh Kohli
