Kimi Antonelli: Carlos and I have different opinions.

      In Austin a collision occurred between Carlos Sainz and Kimi Antonelli, as a result of which the Williams driver was penalized. In Mexico, at the FIA press conference, Kimi said that he and Carlos have different opinions about what happened.

      Kimi Antonelli: "It's unfortunate that this happened, because we both had good positions, but the contact between the cars effectively ended the race for both of us. You know, Carlos has his own take on the collision, and mine is different. What's done is done — now we move on.

      In Austin, despite the difficult circuit, I picked up speed fairly quickly, but I wasn't able to put everything together in the final stage of qualifying. On the first lap I hit a kerb, and because of that the DRS didn't open when I pressed the button.

      As a result I lost a few positions at the start, so it was a bit frustrating. But then I had a good start and a decent pace. After the collision, when I found myself on an empty track, I was showing a very high pace. So there was a lot of positive, although the result wasn't what we wanted. But there will be another chance this weekend."

      Answering a question about how he managed to improve in recent races, the Mercedes driver said: "A lot has changed in my approach to work. Obviously, during the European part of the season I went through a prolonged difficult period. And because the results weren't coming, the frustration kept growing.

      At that moment I began to understand that I wasn't fully focused on the goal, on the basics, on the process. I was focused only on the end result, and it wasn't coming, and the frustration grew.

      After Monza we got together with the team and agreed that something needed to change. Since then my approach has changed a lot. I started to think more about the current tasks, about driving without mistakes and bringing all the pieces together. When I started to get it right, the results came by themselves."