Overview

• Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli secured back-to-back top-five finishes with fifth in Singapore, reinforcing his recent rebound.
• He qualified fourth after strong Q1 and Q2 pace but admitted he overdrove in Q3, which he believes cost a potential front-row start.
• Starting from the left side of row two, he was boxed in at Turn 1 and later said trying to hold Lando Norris opened the door for Charles Leclerc around the outside.
• He reclaimed the place with a clean dive on Leclerc at Turn 16 on lap 53, a move Toto Wolff praised as telemetry showed a huge braking event.
• Antonelli has scored 22 points over the last two races versus 18 across the previous ten as Mercedes’ upswing continued with George Russell’s Singapore win.