Debut in a Mercedes
Bitter! Antonelli crashes car on first exit
Andrea Kimi Antonelli experienced the worst-case scenario during his first run in the W15. Although the young Italian had gotten off to a strong start in Friday’s first Monza practice session, he crashed into the barrier after ten minutes.
In Turn 11, Antonelli—who had been driving convincingly up to that point—overdid it, turning the wheel too sharply and losing control of the Mercedes race car. After the car began to spin, it came to a stop in the tire barrier.
When Antonelli apologized to the pit crew afterward, team principal Toto Wolff tried to reassure the youngster. “It’s all right, Kimi. Everything’s fine,” the Viennese team principal told the 18-year-old, whose Formula 1 adventure got off to a rough start.
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