Antonelli is taking over F1
Seven wins in 13 GP races held, with the seventh seal arriving in front of the home crowd in Monza, coming back from the back of the starting grid. ‘What can a man do against such reckless hatred’ asks King Theoden in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ before leading one last sortie on horseback inspired by Aragorn to repel Saruman’s troops’ siege at Helm’s Deep.
In the same way, what can George Russell do against Andrea Kimi Antonelli? The English driver finally felt destined to win the world title exploiting Mercedes’ superiority, but he had not reckoned with the 2006-born who, in his second year in F1, is proving to be clearly more effective than Russell at least in adapting to this generation of cars.
Juan Pablo Montoya highlighted another not secondary aspect from his point of view that favors Antonelli and makes it even more difficult for Russell to ‘rebel’ against his teammate’s superiority.
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“It’s really hard to get angry with Antonelli and go against him, since he is such a nice guy – said Montoya reached by BetBrothers – if he were an a**hole, it would be much easier for George Russell to attack him. But he is simply a cheerful and carefree guy. And that makes everything harder.”
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