Mercedes’ Antonelli earns surprise pole for U.S. Grand Prix as he chases F1 title - TSN
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kimi Antonelli came to the United States Grand Prix with his eyes on a Formula 1 season championship getting closer with every race. On Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas, he’ll have the clearest view possible of the path to get there. And it could come fast. Mercedes’ championship leader earned a surprise pole position on Saturday, edging Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. If he can turn that into a victory, and his closest rivals falter, the 20-year-old Italian could win the season title and become F1’s youngest champion ever. Verstappen was the favorite for pole. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton looked faster than Mercedes through all three practice sessions. Then Antonelli put in a late-afternoon wonder lap at COTA to earn his first pole position since Belgium, a span of seven races.. “It was surprising,” Antonelli said. “I’m just going to try to do the best race I can, try to win and see what happens.”The math for a season championship requires some help but achievable. First he must win. If he does that, and Mercedes teammate George Russell finishes ninth or lower, and Hamilton finishes outside the top four, Antonelli will be champion.
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Toto Wolff has conceded that he doesn’t fully understand how Kimi Antonelli executed a “miracle lap” in Qualifying for the United States Grand Prix, which earned the Italian pole position. Although Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc topped the times in Q1 and Q2 respectively, Antonelli put together a crucial lap in the final segment to take provisional pole with a time of 1m 34.035s.
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