Former Formulation 1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes that Kimi Antonelli may develop into the “successor to Max Verstappen at some point”.
The Italian driver claimed his fourth consecutive grand prix win on the Canadian Grand Prix and prolonged his lead within the drivers’ championship to 43 factors over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell.
The early levels of the grand prix featured a tense intra-team battle between the pair. The pair repeatedly traded the lead, pushing one another to absolutely the restrict till Russell was pressured to retire on lap 30 with an influence unit failure.
“Sure, it was an epic duel,” Schumacher defined on the Sky Sports activities Germany broadcast. “And also you additionally should say, Kimi handles it extremely calmly and maturely. And George actually stored making errors there. He himself made one too, in fact, however he was clearly the sooner man.
“And also you first should handle that at such a younger age, to have the scenario so beneath management and to study from the errors he additionally made. So prime job. If this continues, we might actually have a successor to Max Verstappen at some point.”
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
Picture by: Alastair Staley / LAT Pictures by way of Getty Pictures
Discussing the 19-year-old driver’s growth, Schumacher added: “Nicely, let’s put it this fashion: he got here into Formulation 1 with loads of advance reward. However he was additionally somebody who wanted a little bit of time.
“Then Mercedes additionally had a incorrect growth route, which made issues more durable for him. Particularly on the rear axle final yr, if we keep in mind appropriately. However then issues received going. He picked up momentum, on new tracks, he was instantly on the tempo and carried out precisely what was wanted.
“And now he’s taking the following step. Now he needs to maneuver ahead, now he needs to steer the crew. And you may really feel that. He’s not giving George any room to breathe, let’s say. He’s continually placing him beneath stress. And George can also be somebody who, I consider, is tremendous quick however maybe doesn’t cope with stress fairly as properly. We noticed that once more as we speak.”
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