Antonelli’s new document – he’s 19 years and 212 days outdated – beat the earlier held by Sebastian Vettel, who was 21 years and 72 days outdated when he took pole on the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.
Antonelli mentioned he was “very glad” however accepted that he may properly not have taken pole had Russell had a problem-free qualifying.
He mentioned: “George had a difficulty, so most likely may have been a special story however glad to be on pole for the primary time.”
Russell described his second place as “harm limitation” after a litany of issues by qualifying.
The championship chief mentioned: “It was a loopy session. Entrance wing broke on the finish of Q2. The crew weren’t certain it had damaged however I used to be certain it had. Then received stranded on observe and simply made it again out in time. It was extra a case of simply getting a lap finished.
“P2 is best than I used to be anticipating after I began the lap with no battery and tyre temperature. Actually glad to be right here as a result of I may have been down in tenth.”
Within the first session, Leclerc turned the primary driver to beat Russell in a aggressive session this 12 months with a time slightly below 0.1secs faster than the Briton.
Then within the second session, Russell ended up third quickest behind Antonelli and Leclerc after he suffered a damaged entrance wing flap.
Heading out for the ultimate session with a brand new wing, Russell’s automotive stopped on observe on his out lap because the gearbox refused to alter gear.
Antonelli drove previous his team-mate as he set the quickest time on his first flying lap, 0.3secs faster than Leclerc.
After frantic work within the storage, Mercedes managed to repair Russell’s automotive by making use of a collection of default procedures akin to switching the automotive on and off once more and swapping out the steering wheel.
He received simply out in time to set a lap however his rushed preparation meant the automotive was not in its optimum situation as he went for a time.
Nonetheless, Antonelli had his personal issues on his closing run – he suffered the identical entrance wing drawback has Russell had finished in Q2.
Hamilton, who tussled with Russell for the lead within the opening laps of the dash race earlier on Saturday, was 0.351secs off pole and mentioned he had hopes of difficult the Mercedes once more within the grand prix.
“It was a very powerful qualifying,” Hamilton mentioned. “A bit tougher with the wind. It’s so gusty at present. So difficult.
“Actually glad and grateful to be up right here with these guys. Engineers did some nice work over the break and managed to get somewhat nearer to those guys.
“It is nonetheless going to be a problem however I’m certain we will have some enjoyable. Realized rather a lot within the dash race and our aim is to interrupt the hole to those guys in some way.”
The McLarens have been simply over 0.1secs behind the Ferraris and Norris mentioned: “We’re glad we’re near them, provides us a great shot at tomorrow.”
However Verstappen was downcast to be almost a second off the tempo within the Pink Bull.
“We alter rather a lot on the automotive, and it makes zero distinction,” the four-time world champion mentioned.
“The entire weekend we have been off. The automotive is totally undriveable. I can’t even put a little bit of a reference in. Each lap is like survival.”
