Antonelli: Mercedes 'very strong' but 'we expect Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari to be up there as well'

Kimi, the European Swing is going encouragingly for you relative to last year. You've won at this track as well in F2. Just how are you feeling about things heading into this weekend with the car that you've got at your disposal? Yeah, I'm very excited. I think this is one of the best weekends of the season and one of the best tracks, best crowds, so really looking forward to it. And yeah, hopefully it's going to be a good weekend. The car is very strong. But of course, we expect Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari to be up there as well. So yeah, really looking forward to it. And also spring weekend, so it's going to be a good challenge. George just said that you were quicker in Austria, you had passed him in Barcelona, so you were quicker then before the car broke, and then you won all the previous races. So actually, is the momentum still with you in a funny way? Yeah, of course. I mean, I have a big fire inside me because I think the last two races obviously didn't go well, considering the pace we had, I think in Austria. Well, Barcelona, obviously the race was going well, but obviously we had the issue, which was unfortunate. But Austria, I felt very good in the car. But in qualifying, I just relaxed a little bit too much during the session. And I just didn't strike the best out of the car, the tyres. And then obviously, there was the thing with the yellow flag, which George managed well. He did what he had to do. My side, I just didn't do a good enough job. Also, timing was not the best for me because I was just entering the corner. But yeah, and then in Austria, I think I lost the race in the first tenth. So with the first two laps going off, and then I struggled with the brakes, and I lost a lot of time. So I feel like, obviously, without that, it would have given me a better chance to fight for the victory, or at least for P2. So for sure, it's been, let's not say a difficult couple of races, because still, we were up there. But definitely looking forward to this weekend to put things more together and just maximise better the result.