Andrea Kimi Antonelli owned up to a couple of costly mistakes following the Singapore Grand Prix , where he still achieved a second consecutive top-five finish in Formula 1.
Although this was his first time driving on the Marina Bay Street Circuit, Antonelli was on the pace straight away, taking fifth and third in Q1 and Q2, both times with a one-tenth deficit on Mercedes team-mate George Russell .
But while Russell went on to grab pole position, Antonelli ended up fourth in Q3, 0.379s off the pace.
“For sure, the pace has been strong, qualifying has been better and better,” Antonelli commented after the race, having qualified either ahead or fewer than two tenths behind Russell in the previous three rounds.
“I was a bit disappointed with yesterday because I felt I just overdrov