Mercedes Formula 1 rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli reckons his incident in opening practice for the Dutch Grand Prix was the root cause of his poor qualifying result.

The 19-year-old only qualified 11th at Zandvoort , after understeering off at Turn 9 in FP1 which beached his Mercedes in the gravel and brought an early end to his session.

Team-mate George Russell qualified fifth, meanwhile, so Antonelli said what happened in opening practice disrupted his preparation because the pace was otherwise there for more.

“Going off in FP1 so early compromised the rest of the weekend,” said Antonelli. “I found myself always chasing and missed many single laps, so that didn't help.

“Also having to do a long run this morning also didn't help. It was all because of my mistake in FP1.

“It was a

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