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 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli: If it were not for the appearance of the safety car, it is difficult to say where we would have ended up10-04-2026 |
Antonelli acknowledged his luck in winning in Japan. Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli said that he had difficulty overtaking Charles Leclerc at the Japanese Grand Prix. And if he had not been lucky with the timing of the safety car, which allowed the Italian to make a pit stop with time savings, he would hardly have been able to win.
It was very difficult for me to do anything being behind Charles Leclerc. Because we had radically different strategies for using battery energy.
So it was very difficult for me to find a point on the track where I could overtake. Fortunately, in the end Charles went to the pits, and I stayed on a clean track. But yes, if it were not for the appearance of the safety car, it is difficult for me to say where we would have ended up. So I was lucky, ” Antonelli said.
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