Toto Wolff hailed the “maturity” Andrea Kimi Antonelli showed in securing a sixth-place finish in the F1 Chinese GP with a damaged Mercedes W16.

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    9 months ago

    “I remember going over it, but I didn’t really think at the time that there was some damage. But obviously, I struggled.

    I was really struggling in traction. Combined traction was a real struggle.

    I couldn’t really go on power. I really needed to wait until a certain moment, because the car otherwise was snapping."

    He did get mugged by both Ocon and Hulk in the hairpin I believe, in a way that correlates to this description. I didn’t know about the damage at the time and put it down to rawness from a rookie, but it did look a little odd.