An Italian with Mercedes ahead of everyone, he is the youngest driver ever in Formula 1. The Reds in second and third place in the Sprint with Leclerc and Hamilton, but then in practice Lewis does better than Charles
The hunt for Mercedes continues, but the gap between the silver arrows and Ferrari seems to have narrowed and Russell and Antonelli’s cars also have some problems. Saturday in Shanghai was characterized by the Italian-German challenge with the Mercedes coming out on top on two occasions, but for tomorrow’s race anything can happen.
The Sprint
The Sprint demonstrated the great ability of the Ferraris at the start with Leclerc and Hamilton overtaking Russell, then a series of overtaking and counter-overtaking which put Hamilton in the lead until the Englishman had problems with the tires and at that point first Russell and then Leclerc also overtook him. And in the meantime, after a turbo problem, Antonelli was penalized for overtaking Hadjar and finished in fifth place, also preceded by Norris. Mc Laren showed signs of recovery, but then as we will see in official practice it ended up behind the Ferraris. IN any case, Russell’s victory ahead of Leclerc and Hamilton is a precise signal on the current balance.
The youngest in history
Kimi Antonelli has made a great recovery in the tests for the first starting grid e took pole position. He is the youngest Formula 1 driver to achieve this, the driver from Bologna is only nineteen years old and with Mercedes he will start ahead of everyone. An Italian on pole hadn’t been seen since 2009. The day for Italy was also positive for the Ferraris who landed the coup on the last lap with Hamilton, third and Leclerc, fourth. All Mercedes front row with Russell stopped in the pits for a long time but then capable of a good lap which earned him the second fastest time. And second row all Ferrari. Behind the Mc Larens. But for the Grand Prix there is optimism in the Maranello team. Already in Melbourne but also in the Sprint, Ferrari demonstrated its ability to make the most of electric energy at the start. The Reds are there and this time they want to win.
