Turin, 15 Mar. (LaPresse) – “We knew there could be gravel at turn 6, it went wrong for me because I hit it and the bottom came off. It was crawling along the ground and I lost a lot of downforce on the straights”. This was the comment of Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli after finishing 16th and being eliminated in Q1 in the Australian Grand Prix qualifying, the opening race of the Formula 1 World Championship. ‘The yellow tyre? We changed our plan at the end, with the yellow one we needed one more lap,’ he added, ‘But what happened with the soft one compromised the qualifying.’