Mercedes F1 crew principal Toto Wolff mentioned he believed that the pressures and circumstances of Antonelli’s debut may need been an excessive amount of for him.
“Clearly right here, with the whole lot piling up on him in Monza, that may be very tough to deal with. Is that the explanation why he put it within the wall? Perhaps,” Wolff mentioned.
“For him, it feels definitely horrible, however it’s a part of the event curve. What we see is there’s efficiency, and we have now even seen that within the few laps we have now seen however what he did, the automotive could not take.
“A robust driver must get well from this stuff, address the stress, however clearly this weekend wasn’t simple for him – you continue to must compete in F2, you will have all these shenanigans round you in Monza, an Italian child that’s being hyped, first time in a Mercedes automotive.
“That have to be a heavy burden but when he desires to be a champion at some point he wants to deal with that, and I’ve little doubt that he can and he’ll.”
Antonelli, who can also be racing in Components 2 this weekend, mentioned: “Sadly it ended fairly shortly. It was fairly a giant one, round 52Gs, and actually sorry to the crew and George for making them work afterwards.
“Only a mistake by my facet, simply pushing a bit an excessive amount of for the situations. [I] ought to have constructed the run a bit extra progressively, however lesson discovered for subsequent time.
“Not feeling super-well in the mean time. Simply going to return and attempt to relaxation and focus for the remainder of the weekend. There are nonetheless some races to go.”
Fellow debutant Franco Colapinto made a strong begin for Williams, with the academy driver replacing Logan Sargeant for the remainder of the season.
