Kimi Antonelli has delivered an perception into the struggles he was having with the Mercedes package deal in Singapore amid a difficult dash qualifying session.
The championship chief might solely muster seventh place on Friday, a lacklustre outcome for the Italian who’s closing in on a maiden title.
Antonelli is operating the upgraded package deal that was launched final weekend in Malaysia, whereas team-mate George Russell is operating the earlier specification at a weekend by which he’ll take a grid penalty for the grand prix.
However it was Russell who was quicker on Friday as he certified on the entrance row, whereas Antonelli needed to make do with a place additional down the order.
“Already in FP1, I used to be struggling,” Antonelli mentioned. “There’s nonetheless so much to know about this package deal.
“The automobile could be very troublesome, very unpredictable, and it is very troublesome to place a lap collectively.
“It is a disgrace, as a result of I used to be coming with excessive hopes, however to this point it has been very troublesome.”
Antonelli longing for in a single day enhancements
With no extra apply scheduled this weekend as a result of dash format, Antonelli is anticipating a difficult dash race together with his unchanged set-up.
Nonetheless, with parc fermé situations then opening up after the race, the 20-year-old is hopeful it should deliver a possibility to place the automobile within the higher window.
“It’ll be a troublesome weekend until we will pull one thing out tomorrow,” Antonelli added.
“However aside from that, it may be very tough. I do not actually see the place we will discover seven-tenths.
“Possibly tonight with Bono, the engineers, we’re not going discover one thing within the automobile, and for certain I am going attempt to enhance the driving just a little bit.
“We’ll see the place we find yourself.”
