2 hours ago Leclerc's triumph was Ferrari's 2nd successful 3 races pursuing Hamilton's successful Barcelona. Although Mercedes were faster, and Antonelli astir surely would person won, Ferrari were overmuch much competitory astatine Silverstone than they expected.
They already had the fastest car successful the corners, and an motor upgrade introduced successful Austria has chopped the shortage to Mercedes connected the powerfulness and deployment front.
Hamilton said: "It's astonishing to spot the gait that we've had this play astatine this benignant of circuit. We decidedly didn't expect it. So conscionable phenomenal to [have a] beardown play arsenic a squad and travel distant with truly bully points is really, truly special."
Leclerc and squad main Frederic Vasseur, though, were cautious astir their prospects of becoming accordant challengers to Mercedes.
"It's excessively aboriginal to say," Leclerc said. "This play was a peculiarly large astonishment for the full team. Not the triumph today, conscionable the wide performance.
"We were a batch faster than what we thought, and I deliberation arsenic overmuch arsenic we request to analyse erstwhile things are going a batch worse than expected, we besides request to analyse erstwhile things spell a batch amended than expected.
"Coming into the weekend, I retrieve the meetings that we've done connected Thursday and we benignant of thought we would beryllium 0.6secs, 0.5secs off, minimum, and we were overmuch amended than that, and we really won today. So, it's a precise peculiar feeling."
As for 19-year-old Antonelli, helium was relaxed, arsenic good helium mightiness be. Although the contention turned sour, this was different play successful which helium was the fastest feline retired there. The gait is coming to him overmuch much easy than it is to Russell, helium looks unbeatable if helium doesn't deed problems, and 25 points is inactive a important lead.
"We mislaid a batch of points, but this play we showed the speed, and we showed arsenic good what the imaginable tin be," Antonelli said.
"When I'm successful a bully place, erstwhile besides we're successful a bully spot with the team, with the car, we showed what we are susceptible of.
"So the momentum is inactive there, and really it makes the occurrence turn adjacent more, to spell retired there, animate and effort to bash adjacent better."
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