“A very intense weekend, mentally and emotionally and I believe on my facet I did not handle issues the very best,” he stated.
“I believe particularly on making an attempt to avoid wasting power, I did not do a very good job on that and I may really feel it have an effect on just a little bit the driving as nicely as a result of I may really feel I did not have as a lot power. Undoubtedly on that facet was a very good studying forward of subsequent house race.”
The Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix weekend was not the primary time that house stress has impacted Antonelli, because the younger Italian crashed throughout FP1 at Monza final season on his debut in an official F1 session.
Whereas Antonelli stored out of the obstacles at Imola, he was unable to progress past Q2 and began from solely thirteenth on the grid. However, after getting the higher of Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari, he discovered himself caught in a DRS practice.
Benefitting from a well-timed Digital Security Automobile, he discovered himself within the factors positions earlier than his retirement on a day which team mate George Russell described as “disastrous”.