Antonelli: “Incredible step forward by Ferrari on the straight. They go like us, if not better”

Antonelli, 11 thousandths from Hamilton The incredible Ferrari at the top in terms of top speed seen in the Sprint Qualifying at Silverstone seemed difficult to beat on the Friday of the British Grand Prix.
Only Andrea Kimi Antonelli tried to worry Lewis Hamilton, coming within a whisker of the Englishman – who still missed the last chicane. Just 11 thousandths separated the world championship leader from the Ferrari champion. Andrea Kimi’s words to F1.com “I got really, really close, so it was a shame. To be honest, in SQ1 I didn’t feel comfortable in the car, we made a small adjustment and in SQ2 I was back in pace: it was a difference like night and day. I was very close to Lewis, so congratulations to him; now we focus on our part. The car was fine; Ferrari have made an incredible step forward, so it will be tough; Lewis is in excellent form, but that’s okay, we love challenges, we’ll try: we have everything it takes to do well.” The analysis on Sky Italia “At the beginning of the weekend I said that we need to be careful of Ferrari and I have to say that yes, they were a surprise. It was a surprise how much they gained on the straight compared to the previous races.
Now they are going like us or even almost a little better, so I have to say that they have made a good step. But you know, we’re there, we’re there. Lewis and the team in general did a great job.
And in our case, today I also believe we did a great job. So we will just have to try to improve tomorrow in such a way as to first of all do a good sprint and then try to take that extra step in qualifying. I think we didn’t do very well today in terms of energy. Ferrari seemed to do a little something different that seemed to go better. But even with the car there is a little bit of work to do. But we’re in good shape.”

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2026-07-03 16:48:00