Antonelli had “metronomic” pace in test

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Antonelli had “metronomic” tempo in check

After Mercedes junior driver and F2 racer Andrea Kimi Antonelli efficiently accomplished two non-public F1 assessments for the staff at the Pink Bull Ring and Imola, technical director James Allison stated the staff had been very impressed by the 17-year-old.

“I’ve had the nice pleasure of listening to the engineers describe the interplay with him,” he stated. “Only a younger, enthusiastic driver, very, very quick, metronomic in his tempo.

“He has not been in an F1 automobile till lately, however made it appear like he’d been in a single for ages inside a lap or two. He got here at this era of automobiles, the bottom impact automobiles, with an open thoughts. He feels all the identical issues that you just’d count on him to really feel.”

Antonelli first examined the staff’s championship-winning W12, constructed to the earlier era of technical rules, earlier than transferring on to more moderen equipment. Allison stated his lack of expertise of the sooner automobiles was a energy.

“He’s not type of polluted by the earlier automobiles, so he simply takes them as they’re and tells us what he’s feeling as weaknesses and strengths and lets the engineers work to attempt to enhance these issues. However he appears like a really promising younger driver.”

Penske lead Quick Friday at Indianapolis

The three Penske drivers locked out the highest spots in Quick Friday observe on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway forward of the beginning of qualifying immediately. Final yr’s race winner Josef Newgarden was quickest with a four-lap common velocity of 376.688kph (234.063mph).

Scott McLaughlin was second-fastest forward of Will Energy, adopted by McLaren drivers Alexander Rossi and Pato O’Ward. With the highest 5 locations claimed by Chevrolet-powered drivers, Meyer Shank’s Felix Rosenqvist was the main Honda runner in sixth.

Nolan Siegel suffered a heavy crash when his automobile received away from him at flip two. He spun round, struck the barrier and flipped onto his automobile’s roll hoop, however was unharmed. Final yr’s pole place winner Alex Palou misplaced time with an engine failure round noon however returned to the monitor and set the Seventeenth-fastest four-lap run.

Dunne disqualified from F3 qualifying

New McLaren junior driver Alex Dunne misplaced his fifth place for Sunday’s F3 function race and his eighth place for immediately’s dash race after he was disqualified from qualifying.

The MP driver was found to have anti-roll bar hyperlinks designated for the rear of his automobile put in on the entrance. As this half doesn’t adjust to the rules for the entrance anti-roll bar hyperlinks, he was disqualified from the outcomes of qualifying and permitted to begin each races from the again of the grid.

Alpine junior Nikola Tsolov and Rodin driver Callum Voisin additionally each obtained three-place grid penalties for immediately’s dash race for driving too shortly below purple flag situations in Friday’s observe session. Pink Bull junior Kacper Sztuka will begin the dash race from reverse-grid pole.

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