Sky Sports activities Components 1 commentator and former driver Martin Brundle has heaped immense reward on Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, drawing a parallel between the younger Italian and three-time champion Ayrton Senna following a powerful Monaco qualifying session.
The 19-year-old, who at present leads the drivers’ championship by 43 factors over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell, claimed pole place on the remaining moments of qualifying across the streets of Monte Carlo on Saturday 6 June.
“That was the most effective qualifyings I’ve ever commentated on,” Brundle stated on Sky Sports activities F1. “Punch, counterpunch, drivers who seemed like they had been about to take pole like Charles Leclerc, then he threw it within the fence. It had every thing.”
He added, likening the Mercedes driver to Senna, who was generally known as the ‘Grasp of Monaco’: “Antonelli made much less errors than anybody else within the entrance half of the grid. It was tremendous spectacular. He makes me consider Senna.”
From 10 race begins in Monaco, Senna secured a record-breaking six wins (1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993), eight podium finishes, 5 pole positions and 4 quickest laps.
Ayrton Senna, McLaren hugs a mechanic
Photograph by: Torsten Blackwood / AFP through Getty Photos
Becoming a member of Antonelli on the entrance row of the Monaco Grand Prix grid is four-time champion Max Verstappen, whereas seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton and his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc full the second row in third and fourth, respectively.
“It was not straightforward to go to sleep as a result of I nonetheless had loads of adrenaline, however I managed to sleep effectively,” Antonelli stated in the course of the pre-race drivers’ parade. “It was an important second yesterday however at present’s one other day and we’ve nonetheless bought to execute the race.
“I’ve two actually robust opponents. The closest one is Max and I do know he’s going to make my life very onerous, so I’ve simply bought to attempt to maintain it cool and be as constant as doable.”
Photographs from Monaco GP – Sunday
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