Antonelli: Incredible weekend, incredible race!

      Kimi Antonelli flawlessly executed the Monaco Grand Prix and secured his fifth consecutive victory after starting from pole. This was despite all the challenges that the race entailed: there were safety cars, red flags, and crumbling asphalt at the final corner of the track, but the 19-year-old Mercedes driver remained calm and ultimately accepted the winner's trophy from the hands of Albert II, Prince of Monaco.

      His teammate, on the other hand, has been frankly unlucky for the second weekend in a row, and George Russell does not hide his disappointment over the issues that arose due to factors he could not influence.

      Kimi Antonelli (1st): "Incredible weekend, incredible race! This is one of those days when our car was capable of great speed, and everything came together for me absolutely naturally.

      The car worked perfectly, I could rely on it and attack confidently. I had a great time today, but the job is not done yet, as the season is far from over. We must continue to attack and raise the bar even higher.

      Our goal is to keep performing at this level. But our team is doing a fantastic job and prepared a great car for me. I feel immense support from both the team and my family – this is a very happy moment!

      I wasn't particularly keen on a restart being called, but when it was announced, I was able to detach myself from the emotions, gathered my thoughts, and tried to focus again, as well as checked some telemetry data.

      At the restart, I tried to warm up the tires properly, and when I got up to speed, I already knew I could be the first to get through the first corner, and from that moment on, I just enjoyed the last few laps."

      George Russell (13th): "First of all, I don't quite understand why we received a penalty, because I pressed the speed limiter button in the pit lane before the line and released it when the car crossed the line. But I am sure there is definitely some issue with the software, as many drivers received a penalty for speeding in the pit lane today.

      Well, okay, these five penalty seconds – it's not an ideal situation, but it's not the end of the world. Then, at the pit stop, the main mix-up happened, and I received a drive-through penalty in the pit lane, although this punishment clearly does not fit the crime. Overall, I was in 3rd place and dropped back to 13th.

      I asked the team if we could protest this later, because if I serve this penalty now, the race will be in the past. I wanted to serve the 5-second penalty on the next lap. I was ahead of Pierre Gasly by 20 seconds and, let's say, could have gained another tenth in the pit lane due to the software glitch, but in the end, I lost 12 positions.

      But I was told that rules are rules, and if a driver hasn't served a penalty, a drive-through penalty in the pit lane is warranted. I don't even know what to say. Something has happened for the second race in a row. In Canada, I could have won, today I could have finished around 3rd or 4th place. But it turns out I've lost 40 points due to reasons I could not influence."