Social Media: Antonelli “compromised” session with SQ1 error | Brief

Andrea Kimi Antonelli faced a challenging qualifying session for the sprint race, where he made an error in SQ1, resulting in him going off at turn 13. This mistake forced him to make an additional run to ensure he advanced to SQ2, ultimately qualifying in fifth place.

Despite not needing to use another set of tyres, which is not allowed in sprint race qualifying, Antonelli acknowledged the impact of his error and expressed regret to his team. His race engineer confirmed that the incident had caused some damage to the car.