1 hour ago Kimi Antonelli says helium and Mercedes team-mate George Russell "were some fortunate not to crash" successful an incidental during the sprint contention astatine the Canadian Grand Prix.
The Italian said helium was "very annoyed" by an incidental astatine Turn One connected thigh six, successful which helium tried to overtake Russell astir the extracurricular and ended up disconnected the track.
"I was rather good alongside and determination was decidedly interaction truthful I request to recheck that," said Antonelli.
Russell said: "It was tense, it was close, but from my broadside it was conscionable close, hard racing. I don't deliberation I did thing wrong.
"There was thing untoward with the driving and it wasn't adjacent investigated. So that says enough."
Antonelli complained astir Russell's driving implicit the squad vigor but was told by Mercedes squad main Toto Wolff to halt "moaning".
Wolff added later: "It was large cinema. Tough fighting, not lone betwixt our 2 but besides with Lando [Norris]. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
"You tin spot however rapidly it goes, you make a spread with 2 cars and past you commencement to combat a spot and you tin suffer a race. If that goes longer and unlucky for america and it is the expansive prix, past Norris whitethorn good win.
"I truly bask these moments due to the fact that it allows america to larn and say: 'OK, what are we doing with this situation, however are we handling that successful the future?' Because you don't privation to suffer a race, you don't privation to clang into each different and sometimes it needs a small infinitesimal to punctual ourselves what our objectives are.
"This is not peculiarly against 1 oregon the other. There is simply a model we privation to found and I'd alternatively person it successful a sprint race, wherever it is not astir a batch of points, than the main race."
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