Antonelli, historic trio: only Senna and Schumacher like him

In his relationship with the greatest Andrea Kimi Antonelli really enjoyed it. In Miami, where a year ago he won his first Sprint pole position of his career, the very young Italian took his third consecutive ‘real’ pole of his career, after those achieved in the Chinese and Japanese GPs. A perfect first attempt was enough for the world championship leader to make himself unattainable to all his rivals and even a mistake in turn 1 on his second timed lap wasn’t enough to make him lose the best time of Q3. Antonelli thus updates the record book again, placing himself at the table of the greats: before him, in fact, only Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher had been capable of consecutively conquering their first three career pole positions: the Brazilian had achieved this feat in 1985 with Lotus, the German in 1994 with Benetton. However, since the days of Riccardo Patrese – 1991 – an Italian driver had not won three pole positions in a row. Russell destroyed, again Impressive is the gap that Antonelli has given to his teammate George Russell, who appears more and more disoriented in the direct comparison: four tenths of a second were collected by the Englishman, who seems to be increasingly in difficulty compared to the young superstar who is growing alongside him.

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News
2026-05-03 07:27:00