{
  "id": 10160033,
  "title": "Why Mercedes didn’t expect “Monza 2.0” from Kimi Antonelli in Baku",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/why-mercedes-didnt-expect-monza-2-0-from-kimi-antonelli-in-baku",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-27T06:55:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/why-mercedes-didnt-expect-monza-20-from-kimi-antonelli-in-baku/10859479/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kimi Antonelli's performance in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was impacted by a technical issue that cost him track time in practice. According to Motorsport.com, Mercedes deputy team principal Bradley Lord said Antonelli was never going to replicate his \"Monza 2.0\" performance in Baku.\n\nAntonelli had started 19th at Monza and went on to win, but this time around, he faced a tougher challenge. He was sidelined in the opening phase of qualifying after a crash at the first corner, which left him 16th on the grid.\n\nGeorge Russell, Antonelli's teammate, acknowledged that he couldn't discount Antonelli as a threat, despite starting from pole. Russell mentioned that Antonelli had recovered from 19th to win at Monza, and joked that Antonelli \"should be leading by a few laps early this time\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}