{"id":1987,"date":"2026-09-11T17:03:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2026-09-11T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T17:03:32","slug":"f1-antonelli-responds-to-russell-and-tops-fp2-ahead-of-the-ferraris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/f1-antonelli-responds-to-russell-and-tops-fp2-ahead-of-the-ferraris\/","title":{"rendered":"F1, Antonelli Responds to Russell and Tops FP2 Ahead of the Ferraris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kimi Antonelli set the fastest time in the second free practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring, beating Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s Ferraris. George Russell finished fourth, while Arvid Lindblad was involved in an accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After George Russell led a Mercedes 1-2 in the opening session, teammate Kimi Antonelli struck back during FP2 at the brand-new Madring circuit. The young Italian driver showcased impressive speed as the track surface continued to evolve, setting the benchmark time to end Friday at the top of the standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferrari maintained a strong presence near the front, with Charles Leclerc finishing second and Lewis Hamilton right behind in third place, demonstrating solid pace for the SF-26 on short runs. George Russell completed the top four in the second Mercedes, ahead of the rest of the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The session was interrupted by a red flag following a crash for Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad, who lost control of his car and made heavy contact with the barriers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With track evolution playing a crucial role at the new Madrid street circuit, teams focused heavily on fine-tuning setups and analyzing soft tyre performance ahead of Saturday&#8217;s qualifying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimi Antonelli set the fastest time in the second free practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring, beating Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s Ferraris. George Russell finished fourth, while Arvid Lindblad was involved in an accident. After George Russell led a Mercedes 1-2 in the opening session, teammate Kimi Antonelli struck back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1989,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions\/1989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giornalemotori.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}