Update on Kimi Antonelli after crashing Mercedes minutes into first F1 session
“He was pushing the limit from Lap 1, that’s always good to se🌳e"

Kimi Antonelli was given the all-clear from a trip to the medical centre after crashing his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes in F1 Italian Grand Prix practice.
He was🍌 unhurt ไand his visit to the medics was standard procedure.
Antonelli returned to the Mercedes🧸 garage where Toto Wolff embraced him with an arm around the waist.
🌳He was fit to take part in Formula 2 qualifying later on Friday afternoon.
Drivin𒁃g George Russell’s car as part of the rookie drivers rule on Friday, Antonelli’s first official Formula 1 session lasted less than 10 minutes.
He spun into the barriers at Parabolica, ending his pra𒀰ctice early, but emerged unhurt.
“Sorry,” Antonelli said via team radio.
“All good, Kimi, all good,” Toto Wolff replied.
Antonelli reported over the radio that he was o💫♐kay.
Mercedes’ chief communications officer Bradley Lཧord told Sky Sports while FP1 🐲continued: “We are literally just getting the car back.
“It was a he▨fty impact at a high-speed corner. Kimi is at the medical centre being checked out,✨ making sure that everything is okay.
“Then we will assess the car and hop🐓efully have it turned around for FP2.”
Mercedes’ Lordꦺ said about Antonelli’s time behind t🗹he wheel: “We were running a floor comparison, still evaluating the update that we brought to Spa.
“He had one, Lewis had the other on the oth🐽er c🔜ar. Two sets of soft tyres.
“Head on out𝓀, enjoy the experience, was th🌌e only real advice he was given.
“It’s unfortunate that it ended the way it did.
“He was pꦬushing the limit from Lap 1, ꦬthat’s always good to see. It’s all part of the learning curve.”
Lord was asked how Mercedes, and Antonelli, had prepared for﷽ his drive on Friday.
“Lots of work back at the factory with the engineers 🌃in the sim, unders💫tanding the changes and how the car works, and everything from a driving point of view,” he said.
“He’s done thousands of ꧃kilometres this season in a 2022 car in a testing ✃programme.
“That has also been parꦛt of๊ Kimi’s preparation so far.”
Lord said about Antonelli’s em𝄹otional recovery: “It’s a high support e𝓡nvironment that we need to give him.
“It changes nothing. It’s part of the learning curve for a young൲ driver."
Antonelli, aged 18, is expected to replace 👍Lewis Hamilton as a full-time Mercede🌞s driver in 2025.
Hamilton’s move to Ferrari has created a vacancy and Wolff is set to back Antonelli’s yout🧜hful promise.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for 🍒a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.