Former Alpine workforce principal Otmar Szafnauer has claimed that championship chief Kimi Antonelli should discover ways to handle a compromised automotive if he desires to safe titles, drawing comparisons to Michael Schumacher’s potential to nurse broken equipment.
The 19-year-old driver endured a bruising British Grand Prix at Silverstone, ending fifteenth. Whereas he regarded in rivalry to combat Charles Leclerc for the victory, he suffered a dislodged wheel protect that hampered his afternoon.
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As he fought in opposition to steering points and struggled to maintain the Mercedes equipment on monitor, he refused to retire to try to rating any factors he may, however the automotive points and a monitor limits penalty noticed him stroll away from the grand prix with no factors.
Throughout an episode of the Excessive Efficiency Racing podcast, Szafnauer instructed that Antonelli will discover ways to handle a broken automotive like champions, together with Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, as he positive aspects extra expertise in Method 1.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
“That could possibly be all a part of studying the game, it is a part of rising up for him within the sport. Might very effectively be. However I can inform you, Michael Schumacher was a genius at that, bringing the automotive dwelling and it did not matter. I imply, there are races the place he solely had fifth gear left,” Szafnauer defined.
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“And he introduced the automotive dwelling. He was actually, actually good. And there is some drivers which might be good at that and others that I feel must be taught. And I am not saying Kimi is not, but it surely could possibly be one thing that he is obtained to be taught sooner or later.
“And when you do this, then that is one other string in your bow that you have to win these world championships.”
The tenth spherical of the 2026 season, the Belgian Grand Prix, will happen at Spa-Francorchamps from 17-19 July.
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