Resta on Antonelli's yellow-flag penalty benchmark
Mercedes deputy technical director Simone Resta said Andrea Kimi Antonelli was “especially unlucky” to be penalised for a yellow-flag infringement in qualifying because the mini-sector benchmark used by the stewards was not representative of his true pace. Resta said: "The benchmark lap being used for comparison wasn't actually an ideal lap. In that particular sector, the reference wasn't representative of Kimi's true pace. That made the situation more difficult because even after lifting, he was effectively being compared against a slower-than-optimal sector."
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