Antonelli embracing pressure & boss Wolff left in awe after the teenager masters Monaco

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/antonelli-andrea-kimi/ptGu0mT1/"]Antonelli[/a], 19, produced a masterclass of pace and precision ‌to become the youngest ever Monaco winner, remaining unfazed after two safety cars and a red ‌flag caused late chaos.[/p][p][b]"It's unbelievable what he's able to deliver. Having ‌control, he's at times 1.5 seconds quicker than anyone else,"[/b] Wolff said of the ‌new prince of Monaco. [b]"Then (he) restarts, builds the gap, it's really unbelievable. [/b][/p][p][b]"It ‌was from (Race Engineer) Bono (Peter Bonnington) at first, then from me; I said to him, 'You have to tell him he has half a minute of an advantage.' Then he kept ‌putting in those times and we thought, 'Maybe it's ⁠his rhythm'."[/b][/p][embed guid="07a9e465-e369-4cb9-9775-75280d73a8e1" url="https://x.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/2063657356567724145" social-type="twitter" /][p]Antonelli's fifth successive win looked ‌a formality for much of the race as he put on an exhibition around the ​glitzy principality, setting fastest lap after fastest lap.[/p][p]Starting from pole, he quickly built a commanding lead without ever going into the red ​and still held a lead of more than 20 seconds when the safety car arrived on lap 60 following Aston Martin's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stroll-lance/I3p9zz4s/"]Lance Stroll[/a]'s crash at ⁠the last corner.[/p][p]After Ferrari's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leclerc-charles/KlCOSRub/"]Charles ​Leclerc[/a] hit the barriers at the same spot on the resumption and the race was red-flagged for repairs to the crumbling track, Antonelli was suddenly faced with having to do it all again over what amounted to an eight-lap sprint ‌from the day's second standing start.[/p][p]With seven-time World champion and three-time Monaco winner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hamilton-lewis/tI5Vpe1h/"]Lewis Hamilton[/a] alongside him on the re-assembled grid, nerves might have kicked in. Instead he was perfect again, winning by 6.271 seconds.[/p][p][b]"I try to embrace the pressure as much as possible, because I don't want to let the pressure destroy me like it did last year in the European season,"[/b] Antonelli, who finished last in Monaco 12 months ago, said.[/p][p][b]"For sure, it was a good test today because with the red flag, I'm not going to lie, ‌I was a bit annoyed because getting the mindset back into redoing ​a full start was not easy. But it was a good test ‌on that side, and I'm happy I didn't fail."[/b][/p]