Andrea Kimi Antonelli admits he was “pushing a bit too much” before his F1 practi🌳ce debut-ending crash at the Italian Grand Prix.

The highly-rated 18-year-old, who is expected to be confirmed as Ferrari-bound 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s ✤replacement at Mercedes for 2025 in the coming days, dramatically crashed out of FP1 less than 10 minutes into the session.y

Antonelli was on just his second push lap w🗹hen he lost control of his Mercedes and spun off at high-speed into the Parabolica barriers. The Italian was unharmed in the incident which brought out the red flags.

Antonelli was due to speak to media afte😼r the end of Friday’s running but his commitments were cancelled with Mercedes confirming he had returned t💖o his hotel due to feeling unwell.

“Ah, what a day. First FP1 done,” Antonelli said in a vide💞o released by Mercedes. “Unfortunately it ended quite quickly because of the crash. It was quite a big one, around 52Gs.

“Really sorry for the team and George for making them work afterwards. Just a mistake by my side, pushing a bit to much for the conditions. Should have build t🐓he run up more progressively, but definitely lesson learned for next time.

“But yeah, still really thankful to the team for making this possible and still great to see💙 all the tifosi out there and to get the first laps with all the drivers on track.

“We’re investing in his future anꦅd these moments, they ✅will happen. They will continue to happen next year.

“We’d rather have a problem in slowing him down than making him faster. What we saw from one and a hal𝓡f laps was astonishing.”