Update on Kimi Antonelli after crashing Mercedes minutes into first F1 session

🥀“He was pushing t꧙he limit from Lap 1, that’s always good to see"

Kimi Antonelli
Kimi Antonelli

Kimi Antonelli was given the all-clear from a trip to the medical centre after crashing his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mercedes in F1 Italian Grand Prix practice.

He was unhurt🎃 and his visit to the medics was standard 𒊎procedure.

Antonelli returned to the Mercedes garage where Toto Wolff embraced him with an arm around the waist🅠.

He was fi🗹t๊ to take part in Formula 2 qualifying later on Friday afternoon.

Driving George Russell’s car as part of the rookie drꦰivers rule on Friday, Antonelli’s first official Formula 1 session lasted less than 10 minutes.

He spun into the barriers at Parabolica, ending his pr🃏actice early, bu♊t emerged unhurt.

“Sorry,” Antonelli said via team radio.

“All good, Kimi, all good,” Toto Wolff replied.

Anto🃏nelli reported over the radio that he was okay.

Mercedes’ chief communications officer Bradleꦦy Lord told Sky Sports while FP1 continued: “W🍨e are literally just getting the car back.

“It was a hefty impact at a hig🍎h-speed corner. Kimi 🐼is at the medical centre being checked out, making sure that everything is okay.

“Then we will assess the car and hopefully h💟ave🅠 it turned around for FP2.”

Mercedes’ Lord said about Anton🍌elli’s time behind the wheel: “We were running a floor comparison, still evaluating the update ♋that we brought to Spa.

“He had one, Lewis had the other on the other car. 🐷Two sets of soft tyres.

“Head on out, enjoy the experience, was the only real advice he🌳 was given.

“It’s unfortunate that it ended the way it did.

“He was pushing the limit from Lap 1, that’s always good to see. It’s all part ಌof t꧃he learning curve.”

Lord was asked how Mercedes, and Antonelli, had prep♏ared for his drive on Friday.

“Lots of work back at the factory with the engineers in th﷽e sim, understanding the changes and how the car works, and everything from a driving point of view,” he said.

“He’s done thousands of kilometres this season in a 2022 car in a test🐻ing programme.

“That has also been part of Kimi’s preparatioജn so far.”

Lord said about Antonelli’s emotional recovery: “It’s a high support envir📖onment that we need to give him.

“It changes nothing. I🤪tꦇ’s part of the learning curve for a young driver."

Antonelli, aged 18, is expected♍ to replace Lewis Hamilton as a full-time Mercedes dri💎ver in 2025.

Hamilton’s move to Ferrari has created a vacancy and Wolff is set to back A🤪ntonelli’s youthful promise.

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