Antonelli: “I was wrong, I thought there was a double yellow. It’s all experience”

Austria Qualifying, Antonelli fooled by Russell With the 18-0 of Barcelona and the assist from the race direction in the Qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, George Russell got back much of what fate took away from him in the first races. Today the #63 was the driver at the right point at the right time: far from Max Verstappen’s accident to be forced to abort the decisive lap, but not too far to end up in the double yellow flag regime (triggered a few seconds after his passage). Russell therefore limited himself to raising his foot enough with a single yellow flag, mocking Kimi Antonelli and the Ferraris and snatching the most discussed pole position of his career. All experience for the Bolognese. It is Antonelli himself who uses these words to describe his Saturday. A day which, in any case, does not affect his weekend. Starting from fourth position, nothing is lost for the championship leader. Antonelli’s words “I made a mistake. I don’t know why, but I thought there was a double yellow flag and therefore I aborted the lap. Instead there was only one yellow flag. It’s a shame, but it’s experience”, this is his comment to Sky Sport F1. “I’m angry with myself because I made an error of judgment which unfortunately cost me the front row.” “Tomorrow won’t be easy, starting from P4 and behind the two Ferraris. However, the pace is good and also with the setup we decided to take a direction more suited to the race. However, I wasn’t great in the second part of qualifying”, he concluded.

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2026-06-28 02:20:00