Kimi Antonelli bounced back from the disappointment of another difficult start and a time penalty during Saturday\u2019s Sprint in Miami by storming to pole position in the Qualifying session that followed.<\/p>\n
Antonelli<\/a> dropped from second to fourth at the start of the 100-kilometre race<\/a> and was then demoted to sixth after the chequered flag for exceeding the track limits on multiple occasions \u2013 allowing Mercedes<\/a> team mate George Russell<\/a> to close the gap in the Drivers\u2019 Championship.<\/p>\n However, the Italian youngster came back fighting in Qualifying for the Grand Prix, posting a scintillating Q3 time of 1m 27.798s that nobody else could match across two runs \u2013 and allowing for a mistake on his own final lap.<\/p>\n Speaking after the session, Antonelli said: \u201cIt\u2019s been an amazing day, to be on pole again. It was obviously a difficult start of the day with the Sprint, where it didn\u2019t go our way, but I\u2019m super happy with the recovery.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a good Qualifying. I got a little bit too excited on the last lap of Q3, but the first lap was good enough, and I\u2019m really happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n Pushed on how he felt after abandoning his second Q3 lap, Antonelli smiled: \u201cI was very stressed! I was just waiting for everyone to finish their laps. At the end, as I said before, it was good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n