All the bitterness of Antonelli: “Two retirements in three GPs while I was fighting to win. It hurts”

The sporting drama by Andrea Kimi Antonelli From extremely threatening predator to defenseless prey, in the space of a handful of curves. Thus the potentially triumphal afternoon of Andrea Kimi Antonelli, protagonist of a comeback with fast laps on Charles Leclerc, was suddenly transformed into a sporting drama: the fault of the cover of one of the rims which was damaged perhaps while passing over a curb and which got stuck, irreparably unbalancing the set-up of the World Championship leader’s Mercedes W17. Result? Two excited pit stops, farewell to the fight for victory and also a five-second penalty for going beyond the limits of the track more than three times. Which translates into a very heavy “zero” in the Drivers’ standings, with the lucky George Russell dropping back to -25 while Lewis Hamilton climbs to 32 points away. Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our contents more easily The immediate analysis of the World Championship leader A very bitter epilogue, in short, that Andrea Kimi Antonelli tried to metabolize to the Sky microphones, after the end of the GP: “The problem seems to be linked to a wheel shield (the cover on the rims, ed.). It was an instantaneous failure, but I hit the curbs in the same way in all the laps. I came out of Copse and I immediately felt that something it was broken. It was also a shame that we had to make two pit stops, because in the first we changed the wing but the problem was still there. After the last stop the mechanics removed the piece that had broken and the car was, so to speak, drivable again.” “It’s a shame – he adds – because we could have taken the points for sixth or seventh place and probably could have avoided the penalty. I’m obviously disappointed, angry, but today I was going fast and had a great chance of winning. With the hard tires I was making a very strong comeback, it’s a shame I didn’t even have the chance to try.” A concept also reiterated to Canal+: “We have had a series of important successes, five victories in a row, and now also two retirements in three races, both while I was fighting for the victory. Obviously it hurts, but I know that the potential is there and the pace is there. We demonstrated it today. I just have to make sure I take maximum care of every aspect that is in my hands”, concluded Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

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2026-07-05 17:28:00