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Antonelli concedes quali weakness in rookie year

Aug.12 Kimi Antonelli admits he is still struggling to extract the maximum from his Mercedes over a single lap in his debut Formula 1 season. Literal tears flowed during the 18-year-old's first Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps due to a weekend of poor pace, prompting Mercedes to revert to an older rear suspension specification for Hungary – a move that brought an immediate upturn in form. Yet the Italian, Lewis Hamilton's successor at the team and compared early to Max Verstappen, admits he has not yet mastered qualifying. 'In qualifying, the grip is extremely high. You enter the corners so much faster than in the race. And on every lap, you think – this corner is going even...
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