Drama for Mercedes in Dutch GP: Antonelli penalized twice in two minutes

Kimi Antonelli had a dramatic race at Circuit Zandvoort. During the race, the Italian Mercedes driver already received a penalty for the incident with Charles Leclerc. After the race, the 19-year-old was once again subjected to another penalty.

The Mercedes driver was already given a 10-second time penalty during the Grand Prix for the crash with Charles Leclerc in turn 3. After the Monegasque left the pit lane, he came to the door at Antonelli.

The rookie picked the low line through the Hugenholtz corner to carry out an overtaking, but he overshot upwards. This way, he knocked the Ferrari out of the race.

The crash between Antonelli and Leclerc at Circuit Zandvoort

A round before this incident, Antonelli made a pit stop. Here too, the young Italian made a mistake. He exceed the speed limit in the pits. This was set to 80km/h, but the Mercedes was driven at 80.3km/h.

FIA imposes two penalties on Antonelli

As a result, Antonelli didn't receive one, but two time penalties. For the incident with Leclerc, the young Italian received a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points on his license. The incident in the pit lane, which occurred just two minutes earlier, resulted in another 5 seconds penalty for the Mercedes driver. He did not receive any additional penalty points.

In the end, due to the 15 seconds of penalty, Antonelli dropped out from the top ten. He finished the Dutch GP in sixteenth place. Below, you can read the reports from the FIA:

FIA statement about penalty for speeding in the pit lane by Andrea Kimi Antonelli

FIA statement about incident between Antonelli and Leclerc

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