"Very special" Antonelli impresses de Vries

Within the round-up: Former Formulation 1 driver Nyck de Vries has been impressed by Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s efficiency in Formulation 2, a championship he received in 2019.

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Antonelli “very particular” – de Vries

A lot-hyped Mercedes junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli hasn’t completed on the rostrum but in Formulation 2 however de Vries is impressed by how effectively he has in comparison with Oliver Bearman who made his Formulation 1 debut for Ferrari in its place earlier this month.

“Everyone seems to be speaking about Ollie Bearman, as a result of he did an excellent, stable job – however in the event you take a look at Ollie, he did clearly a season in Formulation 2, in the event you take a look at all of the testing in Bahrain within the first weekend Bahrain, though the workforce was not essentially performing, Kimi was all the time forward of Ollie,” de Vries instructed Pelas Pistas.

“After all, once you go to a monitor like Jeddah when you might have half-hour free observe in F2 after which go into quali, he was solely two-tenths off. So I believe he did a really stable job. And clearly in the meanwhile Prema hasn’t actually figured it out but so they aren’t performing. However I’m very positive Kimi could be very particular.”

De Vries, additionally a former Mercedes junior driver, stated Antonelli “lives and breathes racing” and is well-prepared for an F1 debut. “His father has a racing workforce. He has been driving all kinds of vehicles since a really younger age. While you meet him, once you speak to him, he’s a brilliant child. He’s sharp. He is aware of all the things about racing.”

Having made his F1 debut in its place in 2022, de Vries was additionally impressed by Bearman’s efficiency as a stand-in for Sainz throughout the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend. “I actually assume he did a tremendous job,” he stated. “He’s 18 years previous, to show up, you haven’t any free observe, I imply one session, and to do the job he did to me could be very spectacular.

“I clearly did it in a a lot later level in my profession. But additionally if I put myself again into my footwear after I was 18, I imply I seemed like 12, I’d have by no means been in a position to drive the factor.”

Drive to Survive received’t ignore Horner controversy

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Cassidy loses factors lead as Nato regains sixth

Norman Nato’s sixth place end in yesterday’s Formulation E race was reinstated after the stewards settle for a request for a overview from his workforce. Andretti efficiently argued the stewards had not seen a video angle which confirmed Nato had left Robin Frijns enough space as they fought for place.

His five-second post-race penalty was rescinded. He due to this fact returns to sixth within the race forward of Nico Mueller and Nick Cassidy. The latter misplaced his lead within the championship because of this and now lies two factors behind Pascal Wehrlein.

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