Antonelli: “At the beginning I lost 1″5 per lap. Without those errors I could have won”

F1 Austria, how many regrets for Antonelli Austria continues to give lessons to Kimi Antonelli. In 2025 he taught him to be less impetuous, after the accident that cost Max Verstappen a (in retrospect heavy) zero; a year later, the Bolognese takes fewer risks in melee but still makes a few too many mistakes. Errors with which, as the Bolognese himself admits, he risked the possibility of beating George Russell. The championship leader does not blame a strategy that could be revised but recognizes that the race was compromised by the errors made in the initial stages of the GP, admitting that he lost vital seconds that could have made the difference in the fight for the top positions. Antonelli’s words “In the first laps I was a bit too excited and I certainly didn’t ride well. I made too many mistakes and lost three or four seconds. I lost 1″5 per lap”, this is his immediate comment. “I had some problems with the brakes, but then, after changing the tyres, I regained my composure and the pace returned very fast. It was a shame to enter the race a little too late.” “Once I almost went off the track in turn 4, while on another lap I went off the track in turn 3. Without those mistakes, I probably would have had a chance to fight for first place. But of course it’s easy to say that now, I have to make sure this doesn’t happen again,” he added.

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2026-06-29 13:35:00