Antonelli storms to US Grand Prix pole
Originally published by Citizen Digital — Read the original article →
Runaway world championship leader Kimi Antonelli showed no
nerves as he stormed to pole position with a perfectly-measured fastest lap in
qualifying on Saturday for the United States Grand Prix.
The 20-year-old Italian will wrap up the drivers’
championship if he wins in Austin on Sunday, his Mercedes teammate George
Russell finishes outside the top eight and Lewis Hamilton finishes outside the
top four.
Antonelli secured his seventh pole of the season and his
first in eight races with a fastest lap in 1min 34.035sec to outpace Max
Verstappen, his nearest challenger, by 0.179sec with Verstappen’s Red Bull
teammate Isack Hadjar a career-best third.
