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Kimi Antonelli insatiable after historic pole position

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Andrea Kimi Antonelli made history in the Chinese Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, in fact, signed his first career pole position becoming the youngest driver ever to achieve it in Formula One. “It was a pretty clean session, I’m really very happy – he admitted to F1 microphones -. Obviously I know that George Russell had a problem in Q3, it would have been nice to see him with two sets of tires as well, but I think it was a very good session, clean and no mistakes. I am looking forward to the race tomorrow”.

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Maria Grazia (Lella) Lombardi is the'only woman in history to have won points in Formula 1.
Born in Frugarolo in 1941, she grew up in a family of butchers and at 18 years old drove the delivery van.
In 1965 he debuted in Formula Monza, beginning a path made up of minor races and determination.
In 1970 he won the Italian Formula 850 title by winning four out of ten races.
In 1972 he finished tenth in F3 with the Lotus 69 of the Jolly Club.
In 1973 he repeated the tenth place with Scuderia Italia’s Brabham BT41.
On July 20, 1974, he made his Formula 1 debut in the British Grand Prix without qualifying.
In 1975, he drove twelve world championship races at the wheel of the March Ford Cosworth.
At the Spanish Grand Prix of Montjuich she is sixth when the race is interrupted due to Stommelen's accident.

Since the race is not completed, the points are halved and she gets half a point.
The'last race in F1 is the 1976 Grand Prix d'Austria, finished in twelfth place.
In the eighties he devoted himself to the European Touring Car Championship obtaining several satisfactions.
He dies in Milan on March 3, 1992 after founding Lombardi Autosport as team manager.

“I managed to improve every time I went to the track – added the young Bolognese at the microphones of Sky Sport F1-. I struggled a bit with the balance, I had a lot of understeer since Q2. I also asked the team if there was something broken in the car. Even in Q3 it was not easy, however, I managed to put together the lap and will start first”.

“I will enjoy it a little bit, but not too much, because the focus is already toward the race. It feels good to take pole, but you have to finish well. I am aware of the opportunity tomorrow, it would be really nice to be able to bring Italy back to the top step of the podium” confessed Antonelli, who brought Italy back to pole position after almost 17 years (last time Fisichella in 2009).

“The pace is good, because even in the Sprint I remounted well, however, the start was a weak point. This morning I saw what went wrong, tomorrow I will try not to complicate things too much. I will try to do the procedure correctly, warming up the tire well”.

“I was able to restart from mistakes, like in Melbourne. This morning was a very difficult race, full of chaos and mistakes, this result is the best way to end the day. I definitely like to make life difficult for myself, however, I am happy with how I managed the session” Antonelli concluded.

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