The Monegasque Sesto in the Sprint qualification: “There was no step …”. Hamilton: “Good sensations, but all the machines in front of us go more”
Ferrari in Miami is not as fast as Leclerc and Hamilton would not like they do not go beyond the sixth and seventh position, and then to bring Italy in front of everyone, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the 18 -year -old of Mercedes who, after only five GPs in F.1, wins the first pole position in his career in the Sprint qualification, thinks. A ride from phenomenon that of the Bolognese, which trims over three tenths to the first of the two reds, constantly in difficulty in the slow stretches of the American circuit. “The pace was absolutely not – explains Leclerc down – I put it all all at but at the moment the car is this”
Speak Leclerc
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“Mine was a good tour – analyzes the Monegasque to Sky’s microphones – which makes the situation rather annoying. But it must be accepted. Tomorrow I will do my best, I will try to invent something for the start but I want to be honest, there is not much margin of improvement after what we have seen today”. The Team Principal Fred Vasseur is not hiding, aware that “the detachment is too wide”. “We struggle to put everything together and make mistakes – explains the Frenchman – for which we then pay the price”. To send the Rossa in crisis was the second sector, the slowest of the American system where all the mechanical difficulties of the SF-25 emerged: “It is the most complicated sector for us-confirms Vasseur-we overheat the tires and lose everything”.
Hamilton speaks
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The only positive note in the Sprint qualification of the Cavallino is the minimum detachment between Leclerc and Hamilton, with the Englishman who has finally managed to turn on times similar to those of his partner. “I can say that it was a better session of the previous ones – Lewis explained to Sky microphones – I had good sensations already in free practice but I cannot hide that we still lack speed, we must improve”. Looking at tomorrow’s sprint, the seven -time world champion is rather skeptical about the possibility of tracing the ranking: “All the machines in front of us are faster, so it will not be simple. I have some ideas on how to fix our single -seater for the race, but it is difficult to say if they are right or wrong. Today we have done some change of set -up and the answers we had from the car were good. To recover we need a lot of work”.
Gioia Antonelli
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli thought about the Italian fans smiling, conquering the pole in front of the very favorite McLaren. “I didn’t expect it – confesses the Mercedes pilot to the Sky Sport microphones – I felt good with the car since the beginning of the session and at the last attempt I put everything together. I am really happy”. Antonelli had never raised first on the American track, if not for a few rounds in the morning with a road Mercedes: “I think I will do them more often – he jokes – it was really useful, he helped me to get in tune with the track”. Sixteen years later, Italy is again in front of everyone.
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