With his pole position in China, Kimi Antonelli is the youngest polesitter ever in Formula 1. The Italian was logically delighted with his performance. “This was amazing.”
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That he is the successor to Sebastian Vettel as the youngest driver ever from P1 in a Formula 1 Grand Prix? No, that realization wasn’t there for Antonelli, born on August 19, 2006, right after qualifying. “It’s nice, but it was mainly a good qualifying session. A good session, without problems.”
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Teammate George Russell did have those, and that helped the Italian. “I am obviously very happy myself, but unfortunately George had some issues in Q3. It would have been cool to see how the fight between us could have gone. But my own session went without many problems, so I’m already looking forward to Sunday’s race.”
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Results
- PosDriverTeamNationalityTime
- Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
1:32.064 - George Russell
Mercedes
1:32.286 - Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
1:32.415 - Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:32.428 - Oscar Piastri
McLaren
1:32.550 - Lando Norris
McLaren
1:32.608 - Pierre Gasly
Alpine
1:32.873 - Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1:33.002 - Isack Hadjar
Red Bull
1:33.121 - Oliver Bearman
Haas
1:33.292 - Nico Hülkenberg
Audi
1:33.354 - Franco Colapinto
Alpine
1:33.357 - Esteban Ocon
Haas
1:33.538 - Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls
1:33.765 - Arvid Lindblad
Racing Bulls
1:33.784 - Gabriel Bortoleto
Audi
1:33.965 - Carlos Sainz Jr
Williams
1:34.317 - Alexander Albon
Williams
1:34.772 - Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1:35.203 - Valtteri Bottas
Cadillac
1:35.436 - Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1:35.995 - Sergio Pérez
Cadillac
1:36.906
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