Formula 1 Live Ticker: Antonelli Victory, Norris Bad Luck and Hamilton Out

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… are shown here once again in the video. If the VSC had come a few seconds later, Antonelli would have already passed the pit entry.

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The world champion himself is unsurprisingly not in a good mood either. “I was the only one in the whole field who didn’t get a pit stop [under the VSC]. That’s why I lost 20 seconds to everyone else,” he complains to Sky.

“That’s unfair, but it has happened before,” says Norris, who emphasizes that something like that shouldn’t decide victory or defeat. “It’s frustrating. I don’t think you should lose like that,” he stresses.

He doesn’t blame the team. “It’s not a guessing game,” he explains, because McLaren could have gambled and called Norris to the pits on suspicion. But in his opinion, they just had bad luck.

McLaren boss Zak Brown goes a step further at Sky and explains that Norris would probably have won the race comfortably without the VSC. “Lando was gone,” he recalls the situation before the safety car.

He believes Norris would have won the race with a 20 or 25 second lead otherwise. “He was dominant. He was gone and managed it brilliantly. […] He was in a league of his own,” says Brown.

But sometimes that doesn’t matter in motorsport.

“Today the racing god was on our side,” admits Toto Wolff regarding the VSC and explains: “It’s unfortunate for McLaren because they had just passed [the pit entry]. But [Kimi] also drove well, very, very well.”

Andrea Stella on the other hand says unsurprisingly: “We are not satisfied with the result. Lando has once again proven today, after yesterday’s pole position, that his car is the fastest on the track.”

Ultimately, they were even too fast, which caused them to miss the stop under the VSC.

Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso disagree after their accident at the home race. “I think it was unnecessary. There was plenty of space on the left. I was on the wall on the right side, at 340 km/h. I think it wasn’t necessary,” says Alonso.

Sainz, on the other hand, claims: “I think it’s in the nature of this corner that such accidents happen repeatedly. Because there is only room for one car there.”

“I think he complained on the radio, and that got me a penalty,” he shrugs. The mood seems a bit tense there.

The record world champion has probably said goodbye to the championship fight today. “It really came unexpectedly,” he says to Sky about his brake failure. Until now, reliability had been a major strength of the team.

Hamilton reported he had problems with the brakes, then it was normal again for a while. “And then, I think, a few corners later, the pedal went soft,” he reports.

He then stopped the Ferrari.

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“It was a very difficult race,” reports the winner and emphasizes: “The win is good, but it doesn’t feel so good because I think Lando deserved the win today. But we take it.”

Max Verstappen also explains that Norris had “bad luck” with the VSC. And the Brit himself says: “There was nothing I could do. Congratulations to Kimi and Max, they drove a good race today.”

“Luck was just not on our side. […] I feel like we deserved it today. But that’s how racing sometimes is,” says the world champion.

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Race report

Results

Championship standings

In ten minutes the first Formula 1 race on the Madring begins and we will move the action to our session ticker for now. So there is a short break here, after the finish line it continues here with the voices about the Grand Prix.

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Zak Brown just explained on F1 TV that the pole here is “not ideal.” This was seen in the support races. In fact, the polesitter did not always lead into the first corner. Let’s see how it goes shortly.

All cars made it to the starting grid. Kimi Antonelli goes into this race with a 66-point lead over his teammate. That means: He will definitely still lead the championship after Madrid and also after the next Grand Prix in Baku – no matter what happens in these two races.

Behind him, however, the situation is exciting, because George Russell (201 points), Lewis Hamilton (191) and Lando Norris (171) are separated by only 30 points. Theoretically, poleman Norris could already move into the top 3 of the championship with a win at this Grand Prix.

40 minutes left until the first Formula 1 start on the new Madring. The pit lane is now open. Drivers have ten minutes from now to make their way to the starting grid.

Which tires they start on, we will find out as usual just before the start.

Some parts were replaced on some cars after qualifying. This is allowed if they are identical components. Among other things, the brake-by-wire system was changed on Lando Norris’s pole McLaren.

Opinions on how today’s race will go differ completely. Some expect a boring Grand Prix because overtaking could be so difficult.

Nico Rosberg says on Sky: “It could be a really exciting race with red flags and safety cars that could cause excitement.”

And Martin Brundle also explains: “There will be some challenges during the afternoon.” Let’s hope the experts are right.

Two Spanish drivers are starting today, but scoring points will probably be difficult for both. “I think we don’t have a car to score points,” said Carlos Sainz just now at the drivers’ parade.

Therefore, one has to hope that something happens up front, says the Williams driver, who starts only from P20. He received a penalty yesterday because he blocked Valtteri Bottas once in Q1.

“I will still enjoy every lap and do my best,” he promises. Fernando Alonso also starts only from P17 and will probably have a hard time driving towards the top 10 under normal circumstances.

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