Kimi Antonelli leads Austrian GP long runs
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George Russell navigated Max Verstappen's crash perfectly while Kimi Antonelli slipped up.
George Russell denied Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli a clean sweep of the practice sessions ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, as the Briton worked through a braking issue to post the quickest time in Saturday's third and final practice.
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Austrian Grand Prix: Kimi Antonelli tops second practice, teammate George Russell off the pace
Kimi Antonelli has gone quickest in the second practice session at this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix.
The championship leader completed a practice double.
Formula 1 championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli has taken the blame for making a costly error in aborting his final lap of qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. There was a dramatic conclusion to Q3 in Spielberg after Red Bull’s Max Verstappen crashed in the final moments of qualifying in a last-ditch bid to snatch a shock pole position.
Antonelli’s victory gives him a commanding 66-point championship lead. Mercedes driver George Russell fell out of the points after his team failed to carry out a five-second penalty.
Kim Kardashian allegedly took race-winner Kimi Antonelli's towel at the Monaco Grand Prix, drawing backlash from F1 fans after the podium celebration.
Kimi Antonelli admits that this season won’t be a “walk in the park” for his Mercedes Formula 1 team as rivals improve – and he believes that Red Bull could make a big step this weekend. With the season proving to be a flat-out development race,
Mercedes emerged from a tense and unpredictable qualifying session at the Austrian Grand Prix with mixed emotions: elation for George Russell’s superb pole position, and quiet encouragement for Andrea Kimi Antonelli,