Mercedes Reveals Cause of Kimi Antonelli’s Painful Barcelona DNF

'Mercedes power unit issues are a real concern'

Kimi Antonelli retired late in Barcelona, costing Mercedes big points as Ben Hunt assesses ongoing reliability worries, Wolff’s response, and Alpine’s upswing

Mercedes Reveals Cause of Kimi Antonelli’s Painful Barcelona DNF

Moments after Kimi Antonelli passed his Mercedes teammate George Russell for P2 in Catalunya, a battery failure brought his race to a halt on Lap 62. The 19-year-old remains the youngest championship leader in F1 history and still heads the standings, but his gap over Lewis Hamilton has been cut to 41 points after Hamilton’s maiden Ferrari victory made the whole thing considerably more dramatic than it needed to be. Antonelli said he never saw i…

Kimi Antonelli Said He Felt Empty After Barcelona. It Could Be the Making of Him

Kimi Antonelli suffered the first retirement of his season in Barcelona, an electrical shutdown with four laps to go that ended a winning run which had defined his year. The 19-year-old’s reaction was strikingly honest: “I feel a bit empty to be fair right now, but it is what it is.” He still leads the championship, now by 41 points over Lewis Hamilton, and how he responds to this first real setback could shape the rest of his title bid. For mos…