Mercedes boss Toto Wolff Bemoan’s ‘Abbey Mal’ Monaco GP qualifying as George Russell and Kimi Antonelli miss the top 10 | F1 news

Toto Wolff, director of the Mercedes team, described the qualification of Monaco Grand Prix from Silver Arrows as “Abusnmale” after George Russell and Kimi Antonelli both missed the top 10.

Both Mercedes drivers were able to reach the first quarter for the first time in the same race for the first time in more than three years when Antonelli fell in the first quarter before a technical failure ended Russell’s session in the second quarter.

Russell will start from the 14th, and Antonelli 15.

Wolff to think about the session, said Wolff Sky Sports F1: “Differy.

“We just started to have a car that drove, and these mistakes happen whether they are a manager or not.

“When it comes to George, we have to find out what happened in the engine.”

Mercedes, who is second in the constructor championship after seven rounds of the 2025 season, had fought for the pace during the entire training session in Monaco, but seemed to have found itself in the early stages of the qualification stage.

The breed on Sunday stipulates that a new rule in Monaco is prescribed that every driver has to use three tire rates – and therefore have to carry out two pit stops that depend on red flag interruptions – which at least hopes that the silver arrows can make progress.

“We hope to have an inverted network or something!” He joked. “With these mandatory two stops, there are some variables.”

Russell “really frustrated” at the moment “

Russell’s session ended at the beginning of the second quarter when his Mercedes lost the electrical performance after a bump at the end of Ste Devote before finally came to a standstill in the tunnel.

His interruption came six days after Antonelli had withdrawn from the Emilia Romagna -GP with a gas problem, and Russell said it Russell Sky Sports F1: “Two races, two problems. It is obviously not good. Very different reasons.

“I was just and hit the bump. The bump was there all weekend, but on this occasion the engine no longer worked.

“I’m currently very frustrated. Qualifying here is the most exciting of the season and from round one in the second quarter I felt in the game again. I felt strong in the car.

“I had no doubt that we could fight for a good position.”

And although it is expected that Monaco’s new tire rule will continue to give more opportunities for the drivers in the field to turn their weekends over, as is normally the case on the narrow street route, a pessimistic Russell still suggested: “I think they will go half of the drivers in one direction that goes half in the other so that they cannot do much out of this position.

“Two pit stops for Monaco are not normal, but two pit stops in many other races are very normal, so there will be no revelations.

“We prepared ourselves from the front start positions. We had no strategy plans from P14 and P15. We are here now and that’s not good.”

Antonelli admits “fully towards me” for crash.

Antonelli will only start one place behind his teammate, but the early exit of the Italian rookies was added after having broken the front left suspension of his car against Armco into the Harborside Chicane in his final time round in the second quarter.

“It was a very unnecessary and costly mistake,” said Antonelli. “A shame to end the session like this.

“I’m sorry for the team because it was full of me.”

The 18-year-old said that they should now “do something crazy” to try to save a better result from their weekend.

“We have to think much differently,” he said.

“Also because we had not expected to trace both cars so far, we definitely have to do something crazy. I have to speak to the team to compensate for as many places as possible.”

The Monaco GP time plan from Sky Sports F1

Sunday, May 25th
6.55 a.m.: F3 Feature Race
8.35 a.m.: F2 Feature race
12.30 p.m.: Grand Prix Sunday: Monaco GP structure*
2:00 p.m.: The Grand Prix of Monaco*
4:00 p.m.: Carded flag: Monaco GP reaction
5 p.m.: TEDS notebook
5.30 p.m.: The Indy 500

*Also live at the Sky Sports Main Event Live

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