Kimi Antonelli

Mercedes · P1 · 302 p

The Mercedes car currently sits at the front of the field (0.12 s/lap off the fastest car in race pace). Antonelli is stronger on Sunday than on Saturday: race pace (0.28 s/lap) is closer to the front than qualifying pace (0.59). Form has been stable over the last five races. Antonelli is hard to pass (defence +0.77 s/lap, car and driver combined). Tyre management is better than the field's: Antonelli's stints lose less pace per lap than others on the same compound.

Antonelli has 302 points to Russell's 236, 8 wins to 3. In qualifying Antonelli leads the intra-team qualifying battle 9–7, by 0.126 s/lap on average in Antonelli's favour. In races where both were classified: 8–4 to Antonelli, and in race pace Antonelli is 0.118 s/lap quicker over the season. On current form the two are level. Tyre management is better than the team-mate's (-0.025 against 0.000 s/lap stint slope versus the field).