Andrea Kimi Antonelli dramatically crashed out on his F1 practice debut for Mercedes as Max Verstappen was fastest in the opening session at the Italian Grand Prix.
Italian teenager Antonelli, who is expected to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for 2025, was driving George Russell's car and there was huge anticipation about his first official F1 appearance. But just 10 minutes into the session, he lost control of his car at the final corner on the high-speed Monza circuit.
Having lost the Dutch Grand Prix to Lando Norris by nearly 23 seconds just five days ago, Red Bull look much better on the newly resurfaced Monza, which has seen some of the kerbs flattened out. Red Bull have struggled with bumps and kerbs, so the track changes may help their car as Verstappen looks to stop Norris from eating into his 70-point lead in the driver standings. Norris was 0.241s behind Verstappen, with Carlos Sainz in fourth and Sauber's Valtteri Bottas surprisingly in fifth.
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