Miami | We quickly saw all the talent that Kimi Antonelli owns in the first five events of his season recruited in Formula 1. Friday afternoon in Miami, the Mercedes pilot still spread his eyes in a spectacular performance, obtaining nothing less than his first head position in career in anticipation.
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At 18, the Italian had never driven on the Floridian circuit. Whatever, he achieved a real feat by becoming the youngest driver in the history of F1 to start at the forefront of a race, whatever the format.
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The young prodigy of the steering wheel surpasses three years the quadruple world champion, Sebastian Vettel, who had produced his tour de force at the Italian Grand Prix in 2008.
“It was a very intense session. I was confident and the last lap was spectacular. I am very happy with this performance, ”said the one who had never done better than a fourth place in qualification.
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He will thus take an important dose of experience by launching himself in front of the peloton, especially since he will be closely followed by the two McLaren racing cars of Oscar Piastri (second) and Lando Norris (third), which he darlled by 45 hundredths of a second.
“The feeling will be different, but I can’t wait to live it, and then progress in the qualification for the Grand Prix on Sunday.”
Max Verstappen will start from the second starting line ahead of George Russell and the two single -seaters of Ferrari.
Aston Martin’s Canadian pilot, launches Stroll, still took the exit door during the first qualification segment, being able to do better than the 16the chrono.
Piastri dominated the tests
Earlier in the afternoon, by hitting the wall at the end of the only free test session at the Miami Grand Prix, Oliver Bearman cut short the preparation of the teams in anticipation of a weekend loaded in Miami.
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PiaStri signed the best time before the qualification of the Sprint race by ahead of Charles Leclerc (+0.356 s) and the new dad, Max Verstappen (+0,430 s). The two Williams also invited themselves to the top five of this session.
At McLaren, the title champion of the event, Norris, could not do better than on the 12the chrono.
Hamilton lagging behind
Again, Lewis Hamilton has had difficulty on his Ferrari. Saying to put even more ardor at work, the seven -time world champion, which has 31 points in the pilot ranking (seventh), could not do better than the 13the time. He has been delayed by more than a second on his teammate.
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At Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso managed to advance the muzzle of his car in the top 10 on a circuit he does not say in his favor.
On the other hand, his teammate Stroll took 20e And last step of this free test session, behind the cars of Alpine and the rugged haas of Bearman.
