Hamilton sets pace after Antonelli crashes on debut

Andrea Kimi Antonelli collapsed astatine precocious velocity connected his Formula 1 play debut successful first believe astatine nan Italian Grand Prix.

The 18-year-old, expected to beryllium confirmed arsenic a Mercedes driver for 2025 successful nan coming days, mislaid power connected his 2nd flying thigh of nan session. He was uninjured.

The outing, astatine his location race, was portion of a Mercedes scheme to hole him for his F1 debut.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fastest by 0.228 seconds, pinch a clip group connected nan soft tyre, from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, connected nan mean tyre.

McLaren's Lando Norris was 3rd fastest, from Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Sauber's Valtteri Bottas.

Second believe gets nether measurement astatine 16:00 BST.

Antonelli, driving George Russell's car, spun astatine Parabolica having apparently taken excessively overmuch velocity into nan iconic last area of nan Monza track.

He had conscionable group nan fastest mediate assemblage of nan convention erstwhile he mislaid power and was looking to reclaim nan fastest clip from team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who had conscionable beaten Antonelli's first thigh by 0.6 seconds.

Mercedes posted connected societal media aft nan crash: "All portion of nan learning curve for Kimi."

Team main Toto Wolff said successful a BBC Sport question and reply this week: "He has nan talent, nan intelligence, nan ability, each of it to do it well. And we request to supply an situation if he was successful nan car that he tin study and develop.

"Clearly pinch young drivers they make mistakes and they person to study it sometimes nan difficult way, and each of that we would expect if we put him successful nan car."

Both Ferrari drivers besides came adjacent to accidents. Charles Leclerc said he "nearly mislaid it" astatine nan first Lesmo, adding: "The car is very tricky to drive."

A fewer minutes later, team-mate Carlos Sainz had a infinitesimal astatine nan Parabolica, having a threat of oversteer mid-corner, but managed to prevention nan infinitesimal by moving somewhat wide - alternatively than clang arsenic Antonelli did.

Red Bull and Mercedes are some spending Friday comparing level designs successful an effort to stitchery answers connected their capacity successful caller races.

Mercedes introduced a caller level astatine nan Belgian Grand Prix, took it disconnected aft Friday practice, utilized it astatine nan Dutch Grand Prix, but still person questions astir it.

Hamilton was utilizing nan erstwhile specification level successful first practice, pinch nan caller 1 connected Antonelli’s car. It will beryllium swapped astir erstwhile Russell takes nan instrumentality successful 2nd practice, Hamilton utilizing nan caller 1 and Russell nan old.

Red Bull are trying modifications to their level design, aft Verstappen ran astatine nan Dutch Grand Prix pinch nan first procreation of level utilized this twelvemonth to effort to understand why nan car’s equilibrium was nary longer satisfactory.

Behind Bottas, McLaren's Oscar Piastri was sixth fastest, from Hamilton, Williams' Alex Albon, Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso.

Argentine Franco Colapinto, connected his first outing for Williams aft being drafted successful to switch Logan Sargeant for nan remainder of nan season, was 17th fastest.